At Movers & Makers Camp rising 3rd - 9th graders move their bodies, make things and gain inspiration from local community leaders. Campers are empowered to use their own gifts and passions to make the world a more just, peaceful and beautiful place.
Camp registration is full for this summer, but you can click here to be added to the waiting list.
Click here if you would like to share your passions with campers as a guest teacher!
We had great fun at MMC 2025!
We welcomed 24 campers and 10 young adult counselors with ages ranging from 8-19. Our group represented families from 4 different continents with 6 different languages spoken among the group. And we had so much fun together!
Campers played tons of games including musical chairs, tag, soccer and capture the flag. Games helped campers get to know one another, build community, get exercise and practice healthy competition and non-violent communication.
They did creative projects with watercolors, collage, clay, wood and cloth.
They got to meet and hear directly from movers and makers in our own local community: the Comer city clerk and chief of police, a community member who started a free clothing closet and free meal program in Comer, the manager of our local farmer's market, the poet laureate of Athens, and activists working to protect the Broad River, to plant more trees in Comer and to promote more access to healthy, local food.
We took two field trips, one to the Georgia Art Museum and one to go tubing on the Broad River.
And, we ate incredibly well all week with delicious baked goods donated by community members (including Natalie!) and lunches donated by local restaurants: Maggie's Cafe, Chief Burger, Southern Drawl, and Nell Browne's Sharing and Caring Meals. A food highlight was our International Feast on Thursday, when parents and community members joined campers to prepare dishes from Tanzania, Burma, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico.
The City of Comer welcomed camp into the newly opened Comer Community Center this year. We had access to meeting rooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and campers were able to shop at the free clothing closet before and after camp. After learning more about the community center on the first day of camp, we split into service project teams that afternoon to plant blueberry bushes, put together soccer goals and organize clothes in the community closet.
Thank you to our camp sponsors for 2026!
Oak $1,000+
Doug & Patty Schmucker
Brandon Jones & Abigail Darwin
Magnolia $250+
Betsy & Bruce Gandy
Patsy & Tony Martin
Nell Browne’s Sharing & Caring Meals
Dogwood $100+
Tom Dybdahl & Trish Steen
Melora Purell
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Movers and Makers Camp is sponsored by The Perch and the City of Comer.