Service Leadership teen summer camp. Mudding bread ovens in Zuni is dirty work but fun.
Activities: Inflatable Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Campcraft, Leadership Workshops and Initiatives.
Community Service: Cross-cultural service projects in Navajo and Zuni; Conservation service project with the US Forest Service (80 total certified service hours)
Locations: Deer Hill Basecamp, …

An amusing anecdote from the leaders on a recent Deer Hill school custom program. The host for their service project with the Navajo, or Diné people, was Patricia, who plays the role of healer in her community close to Gallup, New Mexico.
“One evening Patricia came out to sit around the …

This gallery of photos is a guest post from Michael Barton, a Deer Hill field staff member since 2002, who was Program Leader on our Heart of the Rockies adventure summer camp program last year. The Heart of the Rockies features the Weminuche Wilderness, the largest Wilderness area in Colorado. …

We were delighted to hear from AC 91 alum Alison Fast recently. She sent us a lovely email that reminded us why we do what we do.
Dear Deer Hill staff (Doug & Bev & family):
Almost 20 years after my experience with Deer Hill, it remains a shining light and inspiration …

This book is absolutely wonderful if you have an interest in Native American history and culture. Frank Waters’ “Book of the Hopi” gathers material from interviews with 30 elders from the remote Hopi reservation, describing their spiritual heritage in rewarding detail and sharing some of the secrets of their annual …

This featured photo is community service-themed. In the past few years community service has become a buzzword in the world of teen summer camps and travel programs, and that’s great. At Deer Hill, community service for teens has been an integral part of our mission and values for two decades. …

Deer Hill alumni and field leader Anna Taft works on intake for a medical clinic in Ecuador’s remote highlands with the Tandana Foundation
Anna Taft, an alumni and longtime Deer Hill leader on our adventure summer camps, wrote this piece about how her Deer Hill experiences shaped the development of a …

Stanford chats with Matt Aranow and Mia Burkhalter, of the Ancient Pathways program 2009, while they take a break from Hogan building.

Caroline Goodman, a Program Leader with Deer Hill, wrote this piece about her community service project in the Navajo Nation in 2009 with the Ancient Pathways adventure summer camp …

Sarah Haynor and Richard Honeystewa hanging out in Hopi
This photo, taken by Outreach Director Richard Malcolm while on a community service site visit with Canyon Country 2009, shows one of the special friendships created this summer at Deer Hill. Sarah Haynor, of Seattle, WA, is taking a break from the …