Chewonki's annual Winter Vacation Camp for students in grades 1-8 give students and their families an opportunity to explore the outdoors in winter during the week of February vacation, Feb 16-20.

Students in grades 5-8 can build their own toboggan and sleep over in a heated tent on Thursday night. Students in grades 1-8 will enjoy learning outdoor skills including cooking a community lunch outdoors.

Families are invited to enjoy Chewonki together on Presidents Day to enjoy snowshoeing and meet live owls.

On Presidents Day, Feb. 16, Chewonki's Family Fun Day invites adults and children to enjoy snowshoeing on their 400-acre peninsula, animal tracking, an "Owls of Maine" presentation and making a community lunch over a campfire. Snowshoes are available at Chewonki.

Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 17, Chewonki offers two four-day camps for students grades 1-8.

Chickadees (grades 1-2) and Ravens (grades 3-4) will spend the week learning about outdoor cooking, building and creating with natural materials, winter arts and crafts and wild animal adaptations. Campers will also visit Chewonki's organic farm, home to cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, and the famous horse, Sal. Camp will be 8:30-3:30 Tuesday through Friday.

A Toboggan Building Workshop is offered for students in grades 5-8 who want to hand craft their own wooden toboggan over the course of the four-day week. Camp will be 8:30-3:30 Tuesday through Friday with an optional overnight on Thursday night in wood-heated canvas wall tents.

For pricing and registration, please visit www.chewonki.org or contact Holly Lowe at 207-882-7323 or hlowe@chewonki.org.

Chewonki, 485 Chewonki Neck Road, Wiscasset inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives.