TFP 2023 Summer Teen Camp
from set-back to come-back, we are celebrating our resilience!
Thanks to the generosity of the TFP community we raised $21,896 for camp this year. With this we are delighted to announce that our 17th Annual Summer Teen Camp will be a week-long day camp at Maxwell House, headquarters of the Western Justice Center, in Pasadena, CA.
Maxwell House offers a beautiful restorative setting for camp, complete with rose gardens, patios, and a neighboring park in the heart of Old-town Pasadena. We aim to provide an impactful experience for our young compassionate leaders, including mindfulness and meditation workshops, music enrichment, yoga, and art.
Camp registration is currently available through the link below. Feel free to share information about this opportunity with the young people in your life. Note that limited space is available, as a certain number of spots are reserved for scholarship recipients from our afterschool programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
coming to camp
Campers creating a sand mandala. The Shitro Mandala provides the framework for our curriculum, the blueprint of the Mandala helps participants understand how their attitudes directly impact their actions and experiences.
“Every year at camp, I witness our teens become more resilient, confident, and free to be kind, compassionate, and caring. By the end of camp, they feel safe enough to be inclusive and generous to everyone, including themselves. Not only is it healing, it’s inspiring."
— Mayme Donsker, TFP Executive Director
In the closing ceremony campers dissolve the sand mandala in recognition of the impermanence of all things, and our potential for peace and well-being.
Tools for Peace Annual Summer Teen Camp
In our Annual Summer Teen Camp, students enjoy a transformative week-long experience rooted in practicing mindfulness, learning meditation, and cultivating compassion, along with the usual fun activities like hiking, crafts, music-making, and game nights. Camp hosts 20-40 youth (ages 13-18) on each year, and takes place in a peaceful, natural environment in the L.A. area.
Friendly counselors
Learning yoga
Hanging out with new friends
Writing and performing new songs
camp song
Every year, with the help of our amazing Camp Music Director, Abby Posner, the campers write a song about what they have learned at our Annual Tools for Peace Summer Camp. Enjoy!
Making art
Mindful games