an international residential summer camp whose mission is:
1.To foster an appreciation of both diversity and common humanity of the participants and encourage lasting friendships across boundaries of color, religion, gender, and nationality.
2.To expand the participant's intellectual horizons through serious discussion of personal and world issues and by encouraging introspection; to heighten artistic sensibilities through guided exploration.
3.To develop leadership abilities and self-reliance by encouraging each participant to take on significant projects and responsibilities for the program and to gain experience in motivating others.
4.To offer and demonstrate by action a strong working philosophy of living characterized by the belief that personal fulfillment flows from making lifelong commitments to serving society through the pursuit of humanitarian goals.
Youth for Environmental Sanity - Yes!
a non-profit organization founded in 1990 by 16-year-old Ocean Robbins and 19-year-old Ryan Eliason. YES! has become one of the most successful youth-run environmental organizations in the world. In addition to national speaking and workshop tours reaching hundreds of thousands of highschool and college students, YES! has held 54 week-long summer camps in seven countries. YES! Action Camps inform, inspire and empower youth ages 15-25+ take positive action for healthy people and a healthy planet.