A mentor-led, hands-on camp focused on leadership, teamwork, real-world skills, and daily work with rescue animals.
Quick Details
Dates: June 23 – June 27
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ages: 12–16
Location:
Hidden Bee Learning at Hidden Bee Farm
753 Carters Creek Pike, Columbia, TN 38401
This is a one-week intensive camp with intentionally limited enrollment.
Program Overview
Foundations Leadership & Skills Camp is a one-week, hands-on adventure camp built for older kids who want to stay busy, work together, try new things, and actually do stuff all day.
This is not a sit-and-watch camp. Campers spend their days building, exploring, problem-solving, working with rescue animals, and learning practical survival-style skills through real projects and challenges.
Camp is led by David Seaton, a former Scoutmaster with years of experience mentoring youth, alongside his son Zachary Seaton, an Eagle Scout and military officer. Campers work in small teams, learn by doing, and grow confidence through shared effort, responsibility, and accomplishment.
Expect muddy boots, tired muscles, dirty hands, and kids who go home proud of what they built and helped care for.
What Campers Will Work On
Throughout the week, campers rotate through focused skill blocks and team projects that may include:
- Woodworking and basic tool safety
- Fire building and fire safety
- Land navigation and map reading
- Team-building challenges and problem solving
- Building and improving animal enclosures
- Physical fitness activities and obstacle-style challenges
- Daily hands-on work with rescue animals
- Group projects and challenges that change each day
Activities are adjusted based on age, readiness, and conditions, but each day is full, active, and purposeful.
Daily Flow
Each day follows a clear structure while allowing flexibility for hands-on work:
- Morning check-in and plan for the day
- Skill-building blocks and project work
- Outdoor and physical activity
- Lunch and brief downtime
- Afternoon challenges, builds, or animal work
- End-of-day wrap-up and reflection
Campers are busy, engaged, and supported throughout the day.
Outdoor Time & Conditions
This is a predominantly outdoor camp. Campers spend time outside every day unless conditions are unsafe.
Outdoor work may include supervised creek and water-based activities, animal care, environmental tasks, and physical challenges when conditions allow. Indoor space is used as needed for safety, rest, or specific projects.
Pricing
Weekly Tuition: $250 per student
Deposit: $50 required to hold your spot (applied to tuition)
Remaining Balance: $200 due by May 1
Enrollment Caps & Minimums
- Enrollment is intentionally limited to maintain quality and supervision
- Camp requires a minimum number of participants to run
- Families will be notified in advance if minimum enrollment is not met
What to Bring & Wear
- Closed-toe shoes (required)
- Lunch, snacks, and water bottle
- Clothes that can get wet and dirty
- Extra change of clothes
- Sunscreen applied before arrival and packed for reapplication
- For safety and focus, cell phones will be kept in the classroom during camp hours.
Students will get wet and dirty. Please do not send them in clothes or shoes you want to keep clean.
Safety & Supervision
- Mentor-led instruction with clear expectations
- Close supervision during tools, fire, and physical activities
- Emphasis on teamwork, responsibility, and respect
- Led by experienced mentors, including a former Scoutmaster and an Eagle Scout and military officer, with CPR and first-aid certification and additional background screening.
Refund & Transfer Policy
Summer camp payments are non-refundable.
Because staffing, materials, and planning are based on enrollment, refunds are not available once payment is made. Transfers are not guaranteed and depend on availability.
Registration
Spots are limited. Registration is required.
Questions?
Have questions about readiness or whether this program is a good fit?
Give us a call at 931-674-1790 and we’re happy to talk it through.