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The HEAL Project Summer Camp offers farm-based sessions where campers take part in planting, harvesting, cooking, hiking, crafting, arts and crafts, science activities, and helping out with farm projects. Camp days include free time and a group game at the park, along with activities such as a digging square, mud kitchen, snail races, using butterfly nets and magnifying glasses, snack and a story time, and playing in the willow trees or on the play structure in the park. Each day features three themed activities that vary between cooking, arts and crafts, science activities, hiking, and farm projects, and staff also lead small-group crafts while leaving time for campers to explore.
• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: Week-long session
• Price: $575/session; $525/session Early Bird Discount until March 6, 2026; 5% sibling discount
Each week-long session is capped at 24 campers and is staffed with three staff members and one high school volunteer at every session. The camps are staffed with experienced outdoor educators. The HEAL Project Summer Camp is part of a two-acre educational farm program that uses agriculture-based education to help students connect with their place in the environment, and all program participants have the opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the soil, plants, and animals on and around the farm and gardens.
The HEAL Project has offered programs for 20 years with the mission, “We teach kids where their food comes from and why it matters.” The organization offers Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) based farm field trips, and its curriculum is fully aligned with NGSS and Common Core State Standards, including a free, comprehensive school garden curriculum with 26 weeks of standards-backed lessons. Programming is offered to all students in San Mateo County through free or low-cost farm field trips, and through community partnerships, advisory groups, and hiring and training efforts, the organization states that it strives to contribute to a thriving region. The HEAL Project has a Plastic Free Pledge and describes its programs as a refuge from modern life and a chance for kids to reconnect with the things that nourish them.
The HEAL Project’s former executive director from 2015–2024 is Amy Bono. Parent and student feedback includes comments such as a child coming home eager to cook and plant and enjoying spending all day on the farm being close to nature, and a parent noting that HEAL camp reinforces lessons about conserving, recycling, growing food, and being kind to living things. A third grade student has said, “HEAL Class makes me feel calm.” Dr. Scott Morrow, San Mateo County Health Officer, has stated that every child in San Mateo County should get to eat something they themselves planted and that when this happens in a school garden it has a positive impact on academic achievement, health, and the environment, and another parent has described the earth as coming alive for their child, who now understands the connection between food and the place from which it comes.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: Week-long session
• Price: $575/session; $525/session Early Bird Discount until March 6, 2026; 5% sibling discount
Each week-long session is capped at 24 campers and is staffed with three staff members and one high school volunteer at every session. The camps are staffed with experienced outdoor educators. The HEAL Project Summer Camp is part of a two-acre educational farm program that uses agriculture-based education to help students connect with their place in the environment, and all program participants have the opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the soil, plants, and animals on and around the farm and gardens.
The HEAL Project has offered programs for 20 years with the mission, “We teach kids where their food comes from and why it matters.” The organization offers Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) based farm field trips, and its curriculum is fully aligned with NGSS and Common Core State Standards, including a free, comprehensive school garden curriculum with 26 weeks of standards-backed lessons. Programming is offered to all students in San Mateo County through free or low-cost farm field trips, and through community partnerships, advisory groups, and hiring and training efforts, the organization states that it strives to contribute to a thriving region. The HEAL Project has a Plastic Free Pledge and describes its programs as a refuge from modern life and a chance for kids to reconnect with the things that nourish them.
The HEAL Project’s former executive director from 2015–2024 is Amy Bono. Parent and student feedback includes comments such as a child coming home eager to cook and plant and enjoying spending all day on the farm being close to nature, and a parent noting that HEAL camp reinforces lessons about conserving, recycling, growing food, and being kind to living things. A third grade student has said, “HEAL Class makes me feel calm.” Dr. Scott Morrow, San Mateo County Health Officer, has stated that every child in San Mateo County should get to eat something they themselves planted and that when this happens in a school garden it has a positive impact on academic achievement, health, and the environment, and another parent has described the earth as coming alive for their child, who now understands the connection between food and the place from which it comes.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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