Feb 24, 2022 | In the News
This past summer, Alexis Newsome began the transition of becoming Sherwood Forest’s first ever camp director of color. We celebrate this long overdue event within our leadership and are looking forward to Alexis leading camp this summer. No stranger to Sherwood, she...
Feb 11, 2022 | In the News
During the past summer our campers and staff expressed a very real and desperate need to understand and talk about racism in our world and community. Questions included “What is racism?” “How, and why are racist ideas and practices alive in our society today?” “How...
Jan 26, 2022 | In the News
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Dec 15, 2021 | In the News
A reflection about my friend, Gary Chastain, on his life and career at Sherwood Forest: Mary Rogers, Executive Director Emerita In my memory, we are hiking in Cuivre River State Park on an autumn Saturday. We are campers in the Leadership Program at Sherwood...
Dec 13, 2021 | In the News
Throughout this fall, Supports for Success (S4S) program participants have been meeting up in the Great Outdoors for group hikes and “Walk & Talks” with our staff! Being in the camp off-season, everyone has been taking advantage of gorgeous greenspaces...
Jul 28, 2021 | In the News, Quest
For Leadership Training Program campers returning to Sherwood Forest, this summer has felt like re-capturing a year of their life. While they deeply appreciated the efforts of our staff to create the virtual Stay Camp program last summer, there’s just nothing like...