About the Program

Hey Kinderland campers, want to learn about your environment and yourself in it? Want to take a good long walk

in the woods, cook your dinner on a log, and then lay your head down under the stars? Want an experience you’ll remember for the rest of your life? Then Project Expedition is the challenge for you!

Since 2017, Pex has brought expedition-based outdoor education to the Camp Kinderland community.

Small groups embark on two-night backpacking trips along sections of the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Our mission to bring experiential outdoor education to Kinderland campers by providing the opportunity to facilitate the physical, mental, emotional, and social challenges that lead to the growth and development of character and leadership skills; and to foster an ethic of stewardship by forging concrete and personal relationships with the land, thereby creating a more profound and powerful foundation for political action.

It is our belief that a comprehensive outdoor education program at Camp Kinderland strengthens leadership skills within the camp community and inspires a renewed commitment to environmental conservation.

Along the way we learn about:


-Forest Ecology
-Natural history
-Berkshire History
-Expedition behavior
-Primitive Skills
-Environmental Ethics and Advocacy
-Leadership
-Journaling