Global Village at Shepherd's Spring

04/09/2024

An inviting, yet eye-opening experience. Challenge your group to see life through another's eyes and give them the opportunity to DO something with that knowledge. What will you do to fight global hunger and poverty?

03/27/2024

Looking for a way to get some noses out of screens and into the fresh air? Looking for a way to help growing minds gain some perspective and nudge them toward serving others? Our immersive Global Village programs are designed to do just that.

Email Kaite at [email protected] to book the Global Gateway - an immersive lesson that pushes participants into the daily life of those struggling through hunger and poverty.

Check out shepherdsspring.org/global-village for full details.

03/27/2024

What creative ways do you know of to combat food insecurity??

03/22/2024

We are so honored to receive a grant from the Community Foundation of Washington Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Incorporated for our Local to Global program, which brings inner city children from Hagerstown to our facility for a variety of global awareness lessons over the course of 2024!

The Global Village is doing exciting things this year!

03/19/2024

"World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater.

World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030." -UN Water

What will you do with your World Water Day?!

World Water Day is led by UN-Water and the 2024 Task Force is co-coordinated the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).This year’s theme is “Leveraging water for peace”. The global public campaign...

03/14/2024

We love to see our visiting schools live out the conversations we have during our programs! Our friends at Buckingham Friends School did an amazing job with these sustainability presentations 👌🤌🌍

03/01/2024

Fight hunger and poverty by spreading awareness! Change your outlook and open up your heart; book your overnight or daytime poverty simulation today.

Email Kaite at globalvillage@shepherds .org

09/30/2022

Global Village programs are in full swing this fall here at Shepherd’s Spring! Enjoy this leaf bug we spotted on the Appalachia sign while on a tour of the village earlier this week 🍃

03/17/2022

It's time to start thinking about summer camp, and with that comes a lot of questions!
Here are our top 3 questions lately:
1. What are your health and safety regulations regarding COVID?
A: We follow all of MD State regulations on masks and vaccines. Vaccines are not required but campers must follow state mask mandates if they are not vaccinated.

2. Why is the age range so wide when you used to divide weeks by age?
A: We wanted to give all campers the opportunity to pick from a many weeks as possible during the summer. Cabin assignments and activities are grouped by age; campers will never mix age groups outside of meals and supervised pool time. The goal is to move back to dividing weeks by age in 2023.

3. Are you offering Family/Grand Camp this year?
A: You asked and we listened! As of 3/17/22 we are offering a week of F/G Camp! Official announcement to come soon, along with open registration!

For more info, go to our FAQ's page on the Shepherd's Spring website!
https://www.shepherdsspring.org/faqs

03/05/2022

Calling all Big Kids! Do you love camp? Do you love sunshine, fresh air, games, adventure, and new friends?! Be a camper for life by applying for one of our Summer Staff positions!

The application deadline is extended to April 30th - don't miss this chance! Apply at https://shepherdsspring.campbrainstaff.com/

01/24/2022

Share your talent with us! If you are a pottery or basket weaving instructor, a farmer ready to teach simple livestock care, or have backpacking gear for rent, send us a DM or shoot an email over to [email protected] - we would love to tap into your skills for Summer Camp 2022!