TFP 2025 Summer Teen Camp
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Support a compassionate leader, transform a life! 🎉
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
As we celebrate 20 years of our Summer Teen Camp, we’re thrilled to share that we’ve successfully raised funds for all 25 camp scholarships!
Thanks to your incredible support, young, compassionate leaders from the Los Angeles Unified School District will have the opportunity to grow, connect, and thrive this summer.
Together, we've reached an amazing milestone—empowering the next generation through compassionate leadership and community.
Thank you for believing in our mission and making this possible! 👏💙
Our 20th Annual Summer Teen Camp is a week-long day camp at Maxwell House, headquarters of the Western Justice Center, in Pasadena, CA.
We aim to provide an impactful experience for our young, compassionate leaders, including mindfulness and meditation workshops, music enrichment, yoga, and art.
Camp registration for 2025 is available.
*Every teen is welcome to camp regardless of their financial situation
Donate
How you can help power our mission:
Donate: Every dollar counts towards a Summer Teen Day Camp Scholarship for our Compassionate Leadership Program in Los Angeles, California.
$3,000 = Take us all the way!
Help Us Reach Our Goal! We’re almost there, your support can make the difference. Every contribution brings us closer to our vision. Let’s make it happen together!$1,000
Cover a scholarship for one camper at the Summer Teen Day Camp.$150
Provide camp materials.$50
Cover the cost of camp t-shirts.Dedicate: Dedicate Your Gift! (Optional) You can dedicate your gift in one of the following ways: We will read your dedication out loud at camp.
A wish for students and future generations
An uplifting message for our community
Honoring a special individual. Your dedication will be shared aloud at camp.
Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.
Thank you for supporting our mission; your support is invaluable.
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Why your donation matters
The Tools for Peace curriculum teaches that acts of kindness and compassion are courageous. So, please donate. Your donation is meaningful, and it allows us to:
Offer mindfulness-based social-emotional learning programs to underserved children and youth
Empower youth and young adults to become Compassionate Leaders in their communities through mindfulness training, mentorship, and professional development
Inspire kindness and compassion in everyday life for people of all ages through public mindfulness programs
Thank you for giving. When we open our hearts to generosity, we can expect positive results for ourselves and others.
Tools for Peace is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Your generous donation is tax-deductible.
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