Glover Pioneer Camp

Glover Pioneer Camp You can register your child at our website, www.gloverpioneercamp.com. Camp is open to all students going into the 1st through 8th grades. Camp runs from 8 a.m.

Glover Pioneer Camp is now in its 29th year of bringing local history, pioneer skills, nature, environmental awareness and arts & crafts to kids in grades 1 - 8. Glover Pioneer Day Camp is a history camp intended to teach local children about their pioneer roots, and to instill knowledge and hometown pride in them. We are a very active day-camp that began at the Glover Town Hall, eventually moving

to the West Glover Church, and have finally found our permanent home at the original Parker settlement. We also employ Counselors-In-Training (CIT's) and Jr. CIT's who are going into the 8th through 11th grades. until 3 p.m. We provide a snack, but children must bring a bag lunch, as well as a towel, bathing suit, and outside play clothes. Please read on to find out more about our focus groups and how to join our camp.

Here is the flyer about camp this year, June 23 - 27. Go to our website, www.gloverpioneercamp.com to register your chi...
03/28/2025

Here is the flyer about camp this year, June 23 - 27. Go to our website, www.gloverpioneercamp.com to register your child.

Glover Pioneer Day Camp is coming up June 24 -28 for 1 - 8th graders. Here is the poster of info. You can register on ...
05/31/2024

Glover Pioneer Day Camp is coming up June 24 -28 for 1 - 8th graders. Here is the poster of info. You can register on our website: gloverpioneercamp.com.

Glover Pioneer Camp

June 24 - 28, 2024
Mon.—Fri., 8:30 a.m.—3 p.m.
The Parker Settlement
765 Parker Rd., W. Glover

Join us for our 28th year of town camp with a focus on
History, Nature, Traditional Skills, and Old Fashioned FUN.

Sponsored by the Glover Historical Society

Choose your Afternoon Focus Group:
(space limited, first come first served)
Fishing - Learn about the fish in Lake Parker and try to catch some. Practice digging for worms, baiting a hook, tying a
fishing knot, and casting a line. Boat safety will be introduced in preparation for the opportunity to go out in a boat to fish
offshore.

Carpentry Basics - Last year campers built a sturdy new swingset on the settlement for all their friends to enjoy. It also
included a climbing wall and a platform for playing on. We are still designing this summer's main project, but whatever it
ends up being, campers will learn to use tools correctly, confidently and, above all, safely.

Stones & Bones - Meet the residents in the local cemetery who were the very first homesteaders on the old Parker Settle-
ment where our camp is today. Learn about cemetery stone maintenance and West Glover history at the same time!

Archaeology - Explore old cellar holes, and use trowels and metal detectors to find long-lost objects from the early 1800's.
In the past, campers have found pieces of brick, shards of painted pottery, square nails, old kitchen knives, and iron hooks
for hanging pots over the fireplace.

From the Page to the Stage - A writing, theater, and set design experience with Vermont nature as the backdrop for inspi-
ration. Campers will come up with an original script and then work throughout the week to bring their story to life!

LUNCH PROVIDED. BRING A MORNING SNACK.
Please eat breakfast before you come.

Wear long pants, socks and close toed shoes, as we will be in the woods. Bring a backpack with bathing suit and a towel and water.

Cost: $250 for first child in the family, $200 additional children Scholarships Available.
Register online at gloverpioneercamp.com

We need a couple of additional Junior Counselors for the 2024 Camp, June 24 - 28. If you are in 9-12 grade, and are int...
05/22/2024

We need a couple of additional Junior Counselors for the 2024 Camp, June 24 - 28.

If you are in 9-12 grade, and are interested in becoming a Junior Counselor this summer at Glover Pioneer Camp, please email a letter of interest, a resume, and a reference from someone outside your family to:

[email protected]

Junior counselors may choose between a small stipend and community service hours in compensation for their time. Must like playing with young children and being outside.

ANNOUNCING the 28th annual Glover Pioneer Camp June 24 - 28 at the Parker Settlement in West Glover. Registration forms...
03/11/2024

ANNOUNCING the 28th annual Glover Pioneer Camp June 24 - 28 at the Parker Settlement in West Glover. Registration forms will be coming soon. We are planning some new and exciting activities for this year’s camp.

Our junior Archaeologists received a lesson in high-tech metal detection from our local ambulance chief/metal detection ...
07/07/2023

Our junior Archaeologists received a lesson in high-tech metal detection from our local ambulance chief/metal detection enthusiast Adam, and discovered a new celler hole on the settlement that has been hidden in the earth for more than two centuries! They can't wait to get digging!

Campers in our Nature Explorers group chose rocks from the brook near the old brick kiln and painted them into rock pets...
07/07/2023

Campers in our Nature Explorers group chose rocks from the brook near the old brick kiln and painted them into rock pets. No, this isn't a filter—it's just the shade from our pop-up on a nearly 90° day!

Campers finish up their felting projects. Eventually, all of their designs will be sewn together into a quilt that will ...
07/07/2023

Campers finish up their felting projects. Eventually, all of their designs will be sewn together into a quilt that will hang from the ceiling of the Glover Town Hall.

Campers practice writing with a quill pen using their homemade black walnut ink!
07/07/2023

Campers practice writing with a quill pen using their homemade black walnut ink!

Our youngest campers take a nature walk and splash around on the on the Hester Webster trail at the south end of Lake Pa...
07/07/2023

Our youngest campers take a nature walk and splash around on the on the Hester Webster trail at the south end of Lake Parker

Campers take turns grinding black walnut with a morter and pestle to make homemade ink for feather pens.
07/05/2023

Campers take turns grinding black walnut with a morter and pestle to make homemade ink for feather pens.

Counselor Heidi teaches campers the fine art of felting.
07/05/2023

Counselor Heidi teaches campers the fine art of felting.

Address

Historic Parker Settlement, 765 Parker Road
West Glover, VT
05875

Telephone

+18025254051

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