Wilderness Works

With a new school season upon us Wilderness Works is celebrating our longtime partnership with the caring hearts at the Associated Credit Union Foundation!

Thanks so much to director Prisca Walters!

When Atlanta children return to school many need school supplies.
Thanks so much to Associated Credit Union Foundation for collecting and sharing hundreds of schoolbook-bags filled with supplies for children and families that need help!

Wilderness Works heads back to Atlanta!

After many weeks at summer camp and all the freedom and wonder camp can bring we turn back toward school (less than a month away!). Summer camp promotes mental and spiritual well-being!

See you next year!

Wilderness Works closes the 2023 – 2024 season with the very best instructors!

Special thanks to Christopher Jones and Leah Kellaway of Paint Love for their super encouragement in art fun for kids and also to the incomparable herpetologist Germaine Cato for sharing animals with our excited campers!

Our children and families have thoroughly enjoyed a year of day camps!

Wilderness Works Core Camp all gather for unforgettable experiences with horses at Healing Hearts & Horses Inc! Spectacular weather for Mother’s Day weekend and millions of Cicadas!
Arts and crafts, horseback riding, games, friendship and hiking along beautiful Lake Oconee!

Special thanks to the biggest heart of them all: Jamie Ryan Pennington

Recalling so many memories of brother Jerell Battle. Gone way too early and to be sorely missed. 2004 - 2024

Thanks for assisting family members with costs including a memorial service and related - (designate your gift to Jerell) Gifts should be directed to: atlantaleadershipclub.org

Many children today experience play in a structured, organized manner (think sports and playdates) and the era of the free-range child seems, sadly, behind us. We believe in letting kids be kids and create opportunities for outdoor free play.
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A Saturday well-spent promoting fraternity and discovering nature in the world of plants! Wilderness Works boys thoroughly engaged in learning about ecosystems and exotic flora as shared by the great Atlanta Botanical Gardens! Alice In Wonderland theme added artistry to a surprisingly fulfilling afternoon. Special thanks to our own banker and chef: Van K Brown for another fantastic breakfast for a hungry group!

A great day meeting parents at Humphries Elementary School at the fantastic Humphries Parent Carnival! Great spirit - great leadership! Great work by Wilderness Works team members Nishawna Bey and Leo Lane and an inspiring speech given by leading Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Lewis! Getting ready for summer camp!

Wilderness Works boys discover natural life and ecological concerns on Savannah’s Bull River salt marsh habitats!

Our boys learned up close about critical habitats that support egrets and herons. Our excited group examined fiddler crabs and other marsh creatures.

Excellent guides shared about endangered species including southern bald eagle, peregrine falcons, ospreys, brown pelicans, woodstorks, American Alligators, loggerhead sea turtles, northern right whales and manatees.

Wilderness Works boys spotted jellyfish, horseshoe crabs, hermit crabs and a pod of dolphins that followed our boat all afternoon!

Special thanks to Captain Eric of Bull River Marina for excellence and care in teaching our campers!

Wilderness Works Boys Core Camp busy serving with our long term partner Atlanta Mission! Boys sorting donations to uplift homeless families and individuals. Wilderness Works and Atlanta Mission celebrating near 20 years of partnership!

As we ready for summer camp Wilderness Works is so excited to be partnering with lifelong learners at Humphries Elementary School and the South Atlanta Cluster of Atlanta Public Schools. Here are our own Nishawna and Leo with a great educator and school principal Jaron Trimble. We knew Jaron when he was a remarkable and dedicated fifth grade instructor at Hope-Hill Elementary School!

Kids need Camp!!

Why Kids Need Summer Camp A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis

Celebrating the Wilderness Works - Salvation Army Red Shield Atlanta partnership. Decades of service and connection for underserved children. Special heroes: Edie Summerour and Thomas Thompson. Anticipating the new building: Center of Hope!

Wilderness Works girls beat the rain and chaperoned one of our children’s groups to Round1 for bowling! Thanks to our caring girls for their support and maturity! Some great bowling, too! Special thanks to Immanuel Church for sponsoring our Saturday inside! Special thanks to Field Camp for again providing the incomparable leadership of Nishawn Bey!

Boys Core Camp visits Chattanooga, the Tennessee Aquarium, IMAX and Etowah Archeological Museum! Fantastic weather for great times connecting with nature and each other!

Beating the rain and real experiential art discovery this Saturday at the High Museum for Girls Core Camp! The High is really moving forward into the 21st century! These excited and inspired young people are seeing so much!

Budding artists get creative with t-shirt designs! Special thanks to the great folks at Blick Art Materials for supporting this rewarding project!

Special thanks to amazing Germaine Cato at 8 Legged Scales for teaching about wild animals for our boys!
Teaching about the fellow species we share our planet with!

Fantastic 4th Friday last night! Big thanks to for introducing our campers to many things that creep, slither and crawl!

We are so grateful for our partnership with Julie's Dream. Over the years, they have provided so many impactful adventures to Wilderness Works campers. We look forward to 2024!

Summer Camp Memories!

Give the gift of summer camp to disadvantaged children, and thanks!

Give the Gift of Summer Camp! – Wilderness Works 24 Dec Give the Gift of Summer Camp! Summer Camp Do you remember how it felt to be a child during the summer? The anticipation of school ending and the promise of summer camp adventures just around the corner? Remember those days at camp? Long, sunny days – filled with laughter, camaraderie, and t...

You are invited to join us for our Wilderness Works Holiday Open House next Tuesday, December 12th from 6 - 8PM. Come learn about the impactful programs that Wilderness Works continues to provide to Atlanta's underserved youth and about the big plans for 2024.
Join us!