Summer outdoor adventures include canoeing, sailing, rock climbing, hiking and camping.
Learn to make Web sites using Photoshop and iMovie. Learn to use Canon DSLRs and Flip video cameras. Learn about teamwork, make friends and have fun!

What trips are available?
Trips will take place in the months of July with corresponding technology sessions occurring in August. Students must attend ALL components of the CampInteractive Summer Program; orientation, outdoor, and technology. Students will be placed into a group based on age and experience:

Trailblazers:
July 2, 7:00pm Parent/Student Pre-summer Meeting (@ Tech & Trek Center)
July 6 – 9 Orientation (intro to digital media/cameras/video/journaling)
July 13 – 25 Outdoor trip and expedition
July 26 – 30 and
August 2 – 6 Technology sessions (Web site design and creation)

Vermont
July 1, 7:00pm Parent/Student Pre-summer Meeting (@ Tech & Trek Center)
July 6 – 9 Orientation (intro to digital media/cameras/video/journaling)
July 12 – 21 Outdoor trip and expedition
July 26 – 30 and
August 2 – 6 Technology sessions (Web site design and creation)

West Virginia
July 9 Parent/Student Pre-summer Meeting (@ Tech & Trek Center)
July 12 – 15 Orientation (intro to digital media/cameras/video/journaling)
July 25 – 31 Outdoor trip and expedition
Aug 9 – 13 and
Aug 16 – 20 Technology sessions (Web site design and creation)

Sailing

July 8 Parent/Student Pre-summer Meeting (@ Tech & Trek Center)
July 12 – 15 Orientation (intro to digital media/cameras/video/journaling)
July 19-25 Outdoor trip and expedition
Aug 9 – 13 and
Aug 16 – 20 Technology sessions (Web site design and creation)

What does it take to get accepted ?

• Turn in application by June 24, 2010
• Attend an interview with a guardian
• Have enthusiasm for learning about technology and the outdoors
• Ages of 12- 18 years old
• Enrolled in school
• No criminal background
• Work well with others
• Both the parent and the student must be available and committed to this great opportunity.

Expectations
Students will participate in 100% of the program, attend with a positive attitude keeping an open mind to learn and step out of comfort zones.

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CampInteractive (CI) is raising $150,000 to give 50 inner city teenagers a life changing experience.

Gift Levels

• Expedition Leader – Gift of $6,000 supports program and technology!
• Mountaineer – Gift of $3,000 supports one youth for 5 weeks!
• Explorer – Gift of $1,800 supports one youth for 3 weeks!
• Trailblazer – Gift of $600 supports one youth for one week!
• Trekker – Gift of $300 supports one youth for one half week!
• Sherpa – Gift of $25 or more brings us closer to our goal and is greatly appreciated!

Donors of $3,000 or more will be thanked by the camper they support.

Each summer, CI students are introduced to nature through extended wilderness trips. They rock climb, bike, canoe, sail, backpack, and camp. Living in nature challenges and encourages teens to develop leadership, teamwork, and communication skills.

These teenagers record their adventures with digital cameras, videos, and journal writing. Returning to CI’s Tech & Trek Center, students learn through intensive technology workshops to create their own web sites about the summer experience.

Every dollar you give will be matched!
A family foundation has agreed to match every dollar contributed up to $50,000 by July 15th.

CampInteractive is a recognized 501 (c)(3) organization and your gift is tax deductable to the fullest extent allowed by law.

NYC documentary film professionals will present their work and answer questions tonight at CampInteractive’s Tech & Trek Center in the Bronx. All are welcome.
Check out the bio’s of tonight’s presenters below.

April Hayes
April Hayes is a producer, editor and director who has worked on shows for PBS, music documentaries about Bob Dylan, The Who and Bruce Springsteen, and independent social issue documentaries about immigration, world religions, global health and human rights; she is currently working with Martin Scorsese on a feature-length documentary and co-directing a documentary about domestic violence.

Katia Maguire
bio: Katia Maguire has worked for PBS programs American Masters and Bill Moyers Journal as well as other independent films and production companies; the focus of her own work lies in stories about latinos, human rights and women’s issues.

Naftali Beane Rutter
Naftali Beane Rutter is a writer, director and editor. His newest music video is a dance epic for UNDERWEAR, by Peck the Town Crier. His short film credits include The Trial of Shahawar Matin Siraj, an examination of the case of a young Pakistani man who was convicted of conspiring to bomb the Herald Square subway station in downtown Manhattan, and Your Neighbor’s Steps, about two young guys from Brooklyn who decided to make two magical portals connecting Brooklyn and New Orleans. Both of these films were broadcast on national television, and have been screened at festivals, galleries, and museums across the United States. Naftali has collaborated on a wide range of projects, working as an editor, producer and cinematographer on feature films, commercials and series for PBS/NOVA, the Wall Street Journal, and TruTV. He is currently writing a narrative feature, a ghost story about a journalist’s encounter with a whale. TODAY is his first feature documentary.

David Gaynes
Film Title: Bus Stories, 2000
Bio: David Gaynes is a filmmaker and cinematographer who lives in New York City. “Keeper of the Kohn” (2005) won the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Vail Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Palm Beach Film Festival. He is directing the forthcoming film “Saving Hubble” about the people of America’s fight to save the Hubble Telescope from an untimely death.

Elan Bogarin
Bio: Elan is a New York City based filmmaker/photographer and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Elan is currently directing Invisible Murals, a feature length documentary. Elan recently produced the feature film Big Fan for director Robert Siegel which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and screened in over 30 US cities. She was nominated for the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Awards prize and a Gotham IFP Award for Best Picture.