This year (July 8-11) marks the 10th consecutive year of the interfaith youth leadership camp that we program in partnership with the Des Moines Area Religious Council. Campers at the camp learn about religious traditions and interfaith leadership, visit places of worship throughout the metro area, and create digital stories about personal faith experiences (that are screened for the public the last day of the camp). Through generous funding from Drake and DMARC, we are able to provide housing (in the dorms at Drake), food (through Drake’s food service and the places of worship we visit), AND a $250 “scholarship.”
Currently, we are accepting applications for this year’s camp. Campers are usually 16-18 years of age (with upper-class Drake students serving as counselors), i.e., rising juniors and seniors in high school and entering first-year college students. (Applicants need not be religious; we’ve had plenty of non-religious campers in the past.)
If you know of anyone who might be interested, please encourage them to reach out to comparison.project@drake.edu and/or apply through this link: www.dmarcunited.org/camp. There is over a month to apply, as the deadline is not until Sunday, May 31.