Teaching life skills for resolving conflicts, and building trust, harmony and more long lasting meaningful family connections, in the present moment and into adulthood.
Come learn with us in a place where everyone’s needs matter!
Family HEART Camp
August 2-8, 2026
Wisconsin
Can't make it and want to support camp?
Location
Camp is nestled in the heart of a lush Wisconsin pine and oak forest, on the shore of Little Hills Lake. There are miles of hiking trails, swimming and boating on the crystal clear lake, and views of the Milky Way!
We understand that sometimes you may need to cancel due to circumstances that changed after you made your original plan to attend camp. We value flexibility, knowing that you are tending to the needs of your family. We want to be responsive to both your needs and those of the organizers of FHC who have made financial commitments in order to hold camp.
Our cancellation policy is guided by our care for your needs and our needs for financial sustainability and integrity. We have made agreements with our venue, which requires a final count for camp by a specific date. This final count determines the fee we pay them, regardless of cancellations after that date.
- If we cancel we will return to you 100% of your tuition payment.
- If you cancel on, or before Tuesday, July 21 ,2026 we will refund your tuition, minus a (10%) cancellation fee.
- Cancellations made after July 21, 2026 will not be refunded
- We accept both check and credit card payments.
- Due to the high processing cost of credit card payments, we ask that registrants cover the 3.2% processing fee. This supports our small nonprofit in keeping our camp rates lower.
Support Camp
Your donations make camp possible for families who would not otherwise be able to participate. Help us create a world where children grow up into empowered, compassionate individuals, imbued with a strong sense of purpose, and equipped with skills to resolve conflicts and build long-lasting meaningful connections with people around them.
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Why Family Heart Camp
What everyone shares is:
- Curiosity
- A willingness to learn
- A longing for more connection and harmony—in their family and beyond
Family HEART Camp is a residential retreat. Only registered families and staff participate. We begin and end the week together, without outside visitors, to create a strong, safe community container where trust can grow and learning can deepen.
Camp is especially meaningful for families who want:
- More harmony and connection at home
- Support in navigating challenges and repairing conflicts
- Skills for staying connected as they grow and change
- More autonomy, voice, and choice for every family member
- A deeper understanding of nonviolence as a way of living
- Tools for navigating an ever-more polarized world
Family HEART Camp is where you can bring the “sticky places”—the moments where you want to show up with love and presence, but are exhausted, stretched thin, or unsure how. Here, you are met with understanding, community, and practical NVC skills to help you live your values even in challenging moments.
Programing & Activities
- NVC skill-building workshops
- Games that foster empathy and cooperation
- Micro mediation for all ages
- Creative arts
- Nature-based explorations
- Connection circles for adults, teens, or youth
- Embodied learning (movement, play, role-play, etc.)
- Community rituals, field games and evening gatherings
Our Program Team offers guided sessions that help anchor the community in the core values of Family HEART Camp, while CSP creates flexibility and spaciousness so the group can follow what is alive, relevant, and needed each day.
Every camper—including each child— is recognized as a vital contributor to the community.
Who Comes to Camp
Financial Assistance: It is important to us that camp is accessible to every family wanting to learn. If the fee is a barrier to your family's participation, please contact the camp host.
Camp Lakotah
Wautoma, WI
- Dane County Regional (MSN) Madison (1.5 hr)
- General Mitchell International (MKE)Milwaukee (2.5 hr)
- O’Hare International (ORD) Chicago (3.75 hr)
- Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP), MN (3.5 hr)
Lodging & Meals
- Families in a Lodge share a bathroom and some have common space as well. Most rooms have wood bunk beds, and some have twin beds. There is electricity and indoor plumbing.
- Cabin Shells have a wood floor, four walls and a roof. They are rustic, providing the experience of camping without having to bring your tent. These cabins have single beds rather than bunks. There is electricity, however there is no indoor plumbing. The bathhouse is a short walk from the cabins.
Camp is structured around Community Sourced Programming (CSP), an adaptation of Open Space Technology (OST), which allows both staff and campers of any age, to offer sessions.
Tuition covers lodging, meals, activities and materials.
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