Spring is a Do It Together (DIT) event
What does DIT mean to us?
- The forward planners take care of the essential logistics (rent the camp, set up registration, make sure there’s food, and other background logistics).
- Everyone who attends creates the daily programming that happens at Spring.
Daily programming includes: workshops, rings, evening activities such as Coffee House, and anything else that strikes your fancy (scroll down to see activity descriptions).
This means, it is up to everyone who attends to volunteer to make all that things that happen at Spring happen.
If no one volunteers to run any things ahead of time, it’s still OK! We’ll all hang out in a lovely spot with some lovely food and our lovely selves, making it up as we go along. There’s no bad outcome: only awesome and awesomer. And that’s the magic of Spring!
When you register, there will be a list check boxes of ways you can help make Spring happen. Check as many or as few boxes things as you want.
activities
There are a wide range of activities that happen at Spring, all lead by attendees, which means at any given Spring, anything can happen. Here’s an overview of some of what goes on.
workshops
There are two types of workshops, weekend-long workshops, which meet every morning (and occasionally in the evening), and one-shot workshops which meet in the afternoon.
Weekend-long workshops tend to involve a bit of pre-planning on the workshop leader’s part and offer an opportunity to work on larger projects or have more in-depth discussions. One-shot workshops meet for a couple of hours on any give afternoon and tend to be more spontaneous.
Past workshops have included discussion groups on a wide variety of topics, journaling and creative and collaborative writing, making magic, role playing and board games, art of all kinds, making music, knitting circles, water aerobics, and more.
If you are interested in running a workshop, and you didn’t check that box on the registration form, email staffofspring@gmail.com
rings
Rings are groups of around 5-8 people who meet once a day at Spring, providing a smaller, more intimate opportunity for people to connect with each other throughout the weekend. The central activity of Rings is check-ins, where each person in the group gets a chance to talk about whatever is on their mind in a confidential, safe space. When we’re not checking in we also just get to hang out, play games, and help out the community by preparing and cleaning up meals a few times during the weekend.
Rings are often the biggest highlight for Spring’s participants.
food
The food will be healthy, hearty, fare using local and organic ingredients as much as possible. Meal prep and clean up is communal; be prepared to help out with your Ring a couple of times during the weekend.
evening activities
Coffee House is held on the last night of Spring (no actual talent necessary to participate). On other nights you may find a dance party, bonfire, story time, late night moments of group reverence, or night workshops.
other things
Swimming , kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing, sunning on the dock, hiking trails around the camp, flying kites, and model airplanes, frisbee, tennis, basketball, card games and board games, zombie tag, puzzles, tons of art & craft supplies, and more.
And don’t forget the Spring swap (bring clothes you don’t want and pick up some you do).