Camp Everytown

Building Understanding (BUDS)

Camp Everytown

1995 Camp Delegates

Everytown is BUDS' flagship youth leadership-development program specifically designed to address and reduce prejudice and conflict, and to prepare youth to be leaders within a diverse community.

Experienced facilitators guide young people through a series of transformative dialogues, culture-sharing activities, and interactive games. The week culminates in delegates developing action plans for building understanding upon return to their schools and home communities.

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Key Elements of Success:

Carefully assembled delegate cohorts break down divisive stereotypes.
Each camp has a one-to-four ratio of trained adults to youth delegates.
Everytown focuses on enhancing conflict-resolution skills, citizenship values, and interfaith and inter-cultural respect.
Alumni are encouraged to return to Everytown as trained student counselors and are provided follow-up service leadership opportunities.
Ongoing assessment, evaluation and reevaluation of curriculum are based on participant feedback.

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2013 Camp Everytown Details
Dates: Sunday, July 21 - Friday, July 26

Cost: $400 (all inclusive)

Location: Fortson 4-H Center
999 Fortson Road, Hampton, GA 30228

Overview: Camp Everytown is an intensive six-day, five-night residential leadership-development experience that develops rising high school juniors and seniors into change agents for building more understanding communities. Everytown intentionally brings together delegates from varied socio-economic, religious, and racial backgrounds for face-to-face explorations of the issues that unite and divide our society. Camp Everytown is based on respect, acceptance, and responsibility—core values that promote connected, compassionate communities.