We had great fun at Mover’s and Makers Camp 2025!

Check back soon for information about MMC 2026!

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! 

Over the course of the week, campers will potentially be exposed to skills in woodworking, songwriting, sewing, jewelry making, printmaking, fiber-arts, non-violent communication and community-building while learning about local history and the many cultures and communities of our region. Suggested cost is $50-$200 (pay as you are able, sliding scale). Click here to pay for camp or donate to camp!

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.

Movers and Makers Camp is sponsored by The Perch and the City of Comer.