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Camp EARTH is a four-week summer program that includes pre-vocational training, socialization activities, and hands-on experience working in area neighborhoods to enrich the environment and their surroundings. Participants take part in horticultural work, environmental clean-up, and beautification work, including landscaping, gardening, planting, weeding, mulching, and designing the layout of the plants. The program also includes going on outings, playing games, learning, educational field trips, listening to motivational speakers on many different topics, and team building.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Camp EARTH is a four-week summer program
Macon Resources, Inc. (MRI) has been serving individuals with developmental disabilities since 1957, and its mission to promote the growth, independence, and self-worth of children and adults with disabilities drives its programming. Camp EARTH offers pre-vocational training and socialization activities for youth with developmental disabilities in Macon County, with a staff-to-student ratio of 1 to 3 in each group. Camp EARTH staff are often also employed by the school district during the school year, so they are acquainted with many of the clients and their needs. Students are divided into groups, with each group working on several projects in a different location in the county, and Camp Earth participants go out into the community to beautify city parks, schools, and businesses in Macon County. In 2013 the organization was awarded 1st place in the Medium Business Category for the Let’s Keep Decatur Beautiful contest for the work done in landscaping Independence Pointe. Spots for Camp EARTH are limited, and potential students must fill out an application and go through an interview process. Leadership contact for the program includes Cindy Storey at 217.872.5382 or [email protected]. A parent of a Camp EARTH student stated, “I am as thankful for this program as this gives my child an opportunity to learn teamwork, be with her peers, and have fun. If not for this program, she would have been at home watching television and playing video games.”
Last updated May 24, 2026.
• Ages: 14–18 years old
• Schedule: Camp EARTH is a four-week summer program
Macon Resources, Inc. (MRI) has been serving individuals with developmental disabilities since 1957, and its mission to promote the growth, independence, and self-worth of children and adults with disabilities drives its programming. Camp EARTH offers pre-vocational training and socialization activities for youth with developmental disabilities in Macon County, with a staff-to-student ratio of 1 to 3 in each group. Camp EARTH staff are often also employed by the school district during the school year, so they are acquainted with many of the clients and their needs. Students are divided into groups, with each group working on several projects in a different location in the county, and Camp Earth participants go out into the community to beautify city parks, schools, and businesses in Macon County. In 2013 the organization was awarded 1st place in the Medium Business Category for the Let’s Keep Decatur Beautiful contest for the work done in landscaping Independence Pointe. Spots for Camp EARTH are limited, and potential students must fill out an application and go through an interview process. Leadership contact for the program includes Cindy Storey at 217.872.5382 or [email protected]. A parent of a Camp EARTH student stated, “I am as thankful for this program as this gives my child an opportunity to learn teamwork, be with her peers, and have fun. If not for this program, she would have been at home watching television and playing video games.”
Last updated May 24, 2026.
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