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Wilderness Works offers Day Camp, City Camp, Summer Camp, Core Camps, and Field Camp, along with activities such as riding a bicycle at City Camp and zipping on the zip line at Camp Glisson. Participants have taken part in a Georgia Tech Climbing Tour and have hiked over 50 miles from Tennessee to Cherokee on the Appalachian Trail.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
Wilderness Works has been serving the community since 1997 and has kept outdoor adventure experiences available for at-risk Atlanta children since that time. Its mission states that it provides disadvantaged children a safe and enriching alternative with friends and experiences that last a lifetime, guided by six core values: Experiential Education, Character Development, Cultural Enrichment, Health & Nutrition, Kinship, and Ecological Awareness. The organization states that it serves all Atlanta children, especially at-risk and economically disadvantaged children, and continues providing year-round enrichment, experiential education, and character development since 1997. Wilderness Works reports that many alumni continue in service during high school and college years in a chaperone or leadership capacity.
According to the program, children in its programming show improved school attendance, more academic aptitude, better grades, and improved classroom behavior. It also reports that children show improved relationships with adults, a new sense of options for their future, and an improvement in self-control and their ability to express their feelings, as well as increased self-confidence and a heightened interest in hobbies. The program describes itself as providing children time in safe and nurturing environments largely in nature and the outdoors, delivering cognitive, emotional, physical, and social developmental experiences, equipping youth with multiple years of program continuity, and offering a series of graduated programs allowing children to develop between the years of eight and eighteen. It states that it complements school calendars by operating especially on weekends, school holidays, and during summer months, and that it gives highest priority to either homeless children or those facing significant economic disadvantage.
Wilderness Works notes that it values its partnerships and describes itself as an indispensable community resource that channels children, especially at-risk or economically disadvantaged children, toward a bright and productive future. In 2018, documentary filmmaker Michiel Thomas followed Wilderness Works into the high mountains of Colorado and chronicled the experience of three boys from tough life circumstances and how the transformational power of nature impacted their lives.
Testimonials from participants include looking forward to being reunited with friends at City Camp, spending a week on Cumberland Island and seeing the ocean for the first time along with 15 different species of animal life, hiking over 50 miles from Tennessee to Cherokee on the Appalachian Trail, learning how to ride a bicycle at City Camp and then riding every weekend, enjoying zipping on the zip line at Camp Glisson as a favorite summer experience, and overcoming a fear of heights with the Wilderness Works Girls Core Group at the Georgia Tech Climbing Tour.
Last updated July 31, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
Wilderness Works has been serving the community since 1997 and has kept outdoor adventure experiences available for at-risk Atlanta children since that time. Its mission states that it provides disadvantaged children a safe and enriching alternative with friends and experiences that last a lifetime, guided by six core values: Experiential Education, Character Development, Cultural Enrichment, Health & Nutrition, Kinship, and Ecological Awareness. The organization states that it serves all Atlanta children, especially at-risk and economically disadvantaged children, and continues providing year-round enrichment, experiential education, and character development since 1997. Wilderness Works reports that many alumni continue in service during high school and college years in a chaperone or leadership capacity.
According to the program, children in its programming show improved school attendance, more academic aptitude, better grades, and improved classroom behavior. It also reports that children show improved relationships with adults, a new sense of options for their future, and an improvement in self-control and their ability to express their feelings, as well as increased self-confidence and a heightened interest in hobbies. The program describes itself as providing children time in safe and nurturing environments largely in nature and the outdoors, delivering cognitive, emotional, physical, and social developmental experiences, equipping youth with multiple years of program continuity, and offering a series of graduated programs allowing children to develop between the years of eight and eighteen. It states that it complements school calendars by operating especially on weekends, school holidays, and during summer months, and that it gives highest priority to either homeless children or those facing significant economic disadvantage.
Wilderness Works notes that it values its partnerships and describes itself as an indispensable community resource that channels children, especially at-risk or economically disadvantaged children, toward a bright and productive future. In 2018, documentary filmmaker Michiel Thomas followed Wilderness Works into the high mountains of Colorado and chronicled the experience of three boys from tough life circumstances and how the transformational power of nature impacted their lives.
Testimonials from participants include looking forward to being reunited with friends at City Camp, spending a week on Cumberland Island and seeing the ocean for the first time along with 15 different species of animal life, hiking over 50 miles from Tennessee to Cherokee on the Appalachian Trail, learning how to ride a bicycle at City Camp and then riding every weekend, enjoying zipping on the zip line at Camp Glisson as a favorite summer experience, and overcoming a fear of heights with the Wilderness Works Girls Core Group at the Georgia Tech Climbing Tour.
Last updated July 31, 2026.
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