Work With Us
Whether you have one summer challenge you want to work through, need professional learning for your staff, or want to redesign the experience across your whole program, there's a way to work together.
Free Resource • Summer Starts in September
A 20-minute Summer 2026 debrief before you start planning 2027.
Created for summer leaders participating in NSLA's Summer Starts in September: Reflection, Impact, and Innovation, this one-page Camp Jamison Way tool helps you look beyond attendance, outcomes, and program data and ask a different question: What did summer actually feel like to the young people in your program?
Start with three young people from Summer 2026, ask them directly about their experience, and turn what you learn into four decisions for 2027: Keep. Stop. Change. Try.
Download the Free Reflection ToolFrom The Camp Jamison Way — practical tools for designing summer experiences around belonging, relationships, youth voice, joy, challenge, and support.
Start with one conversation, tackle a specific challenge, bring us to your team, or build The Camp Jamison Way into your summer.
This work is part of Camp Jamison. Every engagement goes straight back into camp and the Philly youth at the center of it.
Not sure what you need yet? Spend 20 minutes with Jacqueline talking through your summer program, challenge, or idea.
A focused 60-minute working session on one real challenge. You leave with a written follow-up: practical ideas, clear next steps, and a plan you can use this summer.
Interactive professional learning for your staff, built from what actually works in our cabins, not a slide deck. Half-day or full-day sessions for up to 25 staff, focused on belonging, relationships, and safer culture.
Starting at $1,400
Request Team TrainingFor organizations ready to change how summer works. We work alongside your leadership from spring planning through summer to strengthen or redesign the whole experience: staff training, program structure, and culture.
Starting at $7,500
Start a PartnershipAdd an On-the-Ground Perspective
For team trainings and larger engagements, organizations can add a Camp Jamison staff member or alumni leader to bring an additional practitioner perspective to the conversation—connecting The Camp Jamison Way to what it actually looks and feels like in practice with young people.
Our practitioners are Camp Jamison staff and former campers who are now leaders. They show your team what belonging looks like from the young person's side.
Available with Team Training and Summer Program Partnerships
Team Training add-on: +$500
For larger partnerships, practitioner involvement can be built into the customized scope.
The Framework
The Camp Jamison Way is built around six elements we intentionally design into the young-person experience: developmental relationships, belonging, restorative practices, youth voice, joy, and nature. Together, they help create environments where young people feel known, connected, supported, and free to experience childhood.
Consistent, caring relationships with staff who know young people and show up for them.
Environments where every young person is known, included, and valued as part of the community.
Responding to behavior in ways that repair relationships and build community rather than punish.
Centering young people's ideas, choices, and leadership in the life of the program.
Intentionally making room for play, delight, and the freedom to experience childhood.
Time outdoors and shared experiences that restore, ground, and connect young people.
A simple, collaborative process that starts with your program's real needs.
A free 20-minute conversation about your summer program and what you're trying to accomplish.
We recommend the right way to work together—from a single session to a full partnership.
We work alongside your team to put The Camp Jamison Way into practice before and during summer.
The Camp Jamison Way in Practice
In 2026, Camp Jamison partnered with the School District of Philadelphia to provide a healing-centered summer camp—a residential summer experience for 70 high school students from across the city—putting these practices to work while building belonging among young people arriving from different schools and communities.
Tell us about your summer program and what you want young people to experience. We'll help determine the right next step.