Camp For A Cause
Wolves and Wilderness Community Experience
Mission: Wolf
Gardner, Colorado
June 30 – July 2, 2023 for Couples and Single Adults &
August 4 – 6, 2023 for anyone ages 8+

Our Camp For A Cause events are retreats for adults and youth ages 8 and up. Our community focus is environmental stewardship. These events occur in partnership with nonprofit organizations seeking to uplift the wellbeing of people, animals, and places through education and conservation.

This event is open to anyone experienced or inexperienced with camping, to support Mission: Wolf.

Willingness to work outdoors independently and as part of a team in adverse weather conditions are a must.

Beginner hikers and families are welcome.

Please note, dogs are not permitted on the wolf sanctuary. We have two Camp For A Cause events currently on our calendar with Mission: Wolf this year. Contact us for more information.

Mission: Wolf is a 200 acre sanctuary located in the Wet Mountains of southcentral Colorado near Gardner, Colorado. The sanctuary is currently home to twenty-three rescued wolves and wolf hybrids including three gregarious ambassador wolves. The sanctuary has played a critical role in educating people about wolves for over 30 years, with tours through the nation’s capital and schools across the nation and even a spot on Mr. Rogers and Good Morning America, Mission: Wolf has touched the hearts of millions. And their efforts helped to clear the path for reintroduction of wild wolves into Yellowstone National Park and their work continues.

Now it’s our turn to help. Due to impacts from COVID-19, Mission: Wolf experienced a reduction in critical volunteer support. And July 29, 2022 they experienced a flash flood bringing severe damage to the sanctuary. But at Wild Heart Revival we are inspired to help and hope you will join us. Learn more about Mission: Wolf and find out how you can help captive and wild wolves. And keep scrolling to register to join us at a Camp For A Cause volunteer event with Mission: Wolf.

Date and Time:
June 30 – July 2, 2023 for couples and single adults
and
August 4 – 6, 2023 for anyone 8+
Arrive to our meeting location in the town of Westcliffe at 11am on Friday. Our time together officially concludes at 2pm on Sunday but you may continue to enjoy the afternoon volunteering or exploring the sanctuary and adjacent area. We will remain onsite throughout the duration of our Camp For A Cause event. Late arrivals and early departures may be accepted with pre-approval. Contact us to discuss.

Location:
This Camp For A Cause event takes place at Mission: Wolf Sanctuary located near the town of Gardner in southcentral Colorado. The drive from Denver to the retreat site is approximately four hours. Parking on site for our camp is limited and we seek to minimize our carbon footprint, thus carpooling is strongly encouraged. You may extend your stay in the region, booking your own hotel in Westcliffe or camping additional nights. Driving directions and meeting location will be provided to participants upon registration.

Activities:
♥ Live and camp in community for 3 days and 2 nights in a remote and forested high desert wilderness setting in the Wet Mountains of southcentral Colorado where vast meadows offer expansive views of the Sangre de Christo Mountains
♥ Morning meditation and movement for all ages and abilities
♥ Learn about wolf behavior and ecology
♥ Eco-stewardship and volunteer service project
♥ Drum circle
♥ Community feast and fire ceremony (pending fire bans)
♥ Nature connection
♥ Personal time for adventure or rest
♥ Stargazing and night hikes

Meals:
Four organic meals are provided. These include dinner on Friday; breakfast and dinner on Saturday; and breakfast on Sunday. *Vegan and gluten-free options available. Please bring a sack lunch from home for Saturday and snacks for your travels to and from camp. Select your option when you register.

Accommodations:
Tent camping

Here’s what the weekend will look like:
Friday:
Meet in Westcliffe at 11am for caravan to campsite.
Arrive to camp at 2pm for tour of Mission: Wolf
Set up camp as a village
Community gathering and dinner begin at sunset

Saturday:
Morning meditation and mindful movement
Community breakfast
Volunteer project with Mission: Wolf
Ambassador greeting – if possible
Community dinner and celebration

Sunday:
Sunrise regenerative sound bath
Morning meditation and movement
Community breakfast
Break camp at noon
Closing Ceremony at 1pm
Afternoon choose your own adventures:
day hike, revisit Mission: Wolf, volunteer project

What’s not included and what you need to bring:
Do bring sack lunch for yourself for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; snacks for your car ride home; and your personal camping gear (rental gear available). View our packing list here. Bring 3 gallons of water per person in your group for your personal use and for our communal well. And we have a tradition of gift giving with our camp and Mission: Wolf. This will be explained after registration.

Personal Investment:
Our requested contribution is $360 per adult. Please select your contribution level and submit via PayPal or Venmo on our registration page. Your donation supports sustainability of Camp For A Cause events, four meals with gluten-free and vegan options available, and a membership donation to the wolf sanctuary. Note: No one will be turned away for financial reasons. If you are in need of assistance check out other ways to support our camp on our partial work-trade scholarship page. Deposit for this event is $120. Balance is due in full 4 weeks prior to our event.

Inclusivity Statement:
♥ This experience is meant to be uplifting, friendly, playful, and most importantly safe for everyone. By attending this event, participants agree to inclusivity and co-creating a welcoming space for all people, plants, animals, and the earth. We agree to respect ourselves and each other at our intersections in all dimensions including mind, body, emotion, energy, and spirit. Read more…
♥ Individuals with mobility limitations are invited to contact us directly to discuss accessibility at our event locations.
♥ Wild Heart Revival events are substance free. Use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and mind altering substances is prohibited. We welcome you just as you are, unaltered, and in your true nature while on retreat with us.

Meet our organizer:
Melissa Reed-Eckert is founder of Wild Heart Revival and visionary for our Camp For A Cause events and Women Rising Wild transformational retreats. She is a fourth generation medicine woman and wilderness guide. She has lived closely with wild canids since childhood and has over 30 years experience as a science educator and wildlife ecologist specializing in studies of rare and endangered mammals. Melissa is a tracker, medicine weaver, and mystic with deep and intimate ties to nature. She is currently pursuing her PhD in psychology with a specialization in consciousness and spiritual studies. Melissa is our fire tender and Camp For A Cause event manager.

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Camp For A Cause
Moab, Utah

Camp For A Cause
donation-based, desert retreat
Boost your well-being and give back,
Your Moab adventures await!
NEW DATES TBD
in Moab, Utah

Our Camp For A Cause events are camping retreats for adults and youth ages 8 and up. Our focus is environmental stewardship.

These events occur in partnership with public lands agencies and nonprofit organizations seeking to uplift the wellbeing of people, animals, and places through education and conservation.

Camp For A Cause – Moab! is open to anyone experienced or inexperienced with camping. Beginner hikers and families are welcome. Please note, dogs are not permitted at this Camp For A Cause event.

Willingness to work outdoors independently and as part of a team in adverse weather conditions are a must.

This event is entirely donation-based. Just like any event with Wild Heart Revival you can expect engaging facilitation, beautiful meals, adventure, and meaning-making experiences to nourish the body, mind, and soul. Our sliding scale includes a base fee. Your additional donation helps to ensure that these events remain sustainable for our community and our facilitators long-term. If our minimum requested donation is beyond reach for you, message us to inquire about a service-trade exchange.

Here’s what our Moab weekend will look like:

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Description: This intergenerational Wolves and Wilderness Experience is a weekend community camping retreat on the Autumn Equinox to ignite and nourish your heart of compassion. During our time together at Mission: Wolf Sanctuary in the Wet Mountains of southcentral Colorado we live as a pack, cultivating conscious reciprocity with each other, the wolves, sanctuary staff, and our wilderness home. At One Wild Heart we celebrate and share the medicine of our belonging.

Date and Time: Arrive to Westcliffe, CO at noon on Friday, September 20, 2019 for caravan to Mission: Wolf. Our time together concludes at 2pm on Sunday, September 22, 2019. We will remain onsite throughout the duration of the retreat.

Location: One Wild Heart takes place on wildlands near Mission: Wolf Sanctuary located near the town of Westcliffe in southcentral Colorado. The drive from Denver to the retreat site is approximately four hours. Denver International Airport is our closest major airport. Parking on site for our retreat is limited and we seek to minimize our carbon footprint so carpooling is strongly encouraged. Driving directions and meeting location will be provided to participants upon registration.

Activities:
♥ Live and camp for 3 days and 2 nights in a remote and wild setting with others experienced and inexperienced with camping
♥ Experience embodied contact with wolves supported and supervised by sanctuary staff
♥ Dream walks and moving meditation
♥ Solo time for inner journey work or personal restoration
♥ Eco-stewardship
♥ Drum circle and soul sounding
♥ Unifying sacred fire ceremony
♥ Prayer, dance, and ritual to awaken compassion, connection, and drive
♥ Wolf ecology, wildlife tracking, and deep listening
♥ Howl with wolves
♥ Stargazing and night hikes

Meals: 6 Organic Meals. *Vegan and gluten-free options available.

Accommodations: Tent Camping

Outdoor Equipment Checklist and Gear Rental Form

Price:
$450 per person. Event price includes six meals with gluten-free and vegan options available and a $40 membership donation to the wolf sanctuary.
Ways to Save:
♥ $350 per person. Save $100 with Early Bird Registration. This discount ends May 28, 2019. Discount code: Early Bird
♥ $400 per person. Details: Register to volunteer at a community service event near you prior to our event, let us know about the project you chose, and save $50 on registration. Discount code: Volunteer
♥ Bring-a-friend and you each save $50. Bring two friends and save $100.
♥ Partial work-trade scholarships may be available upon request.
♥ Discounts may not be combined.

One Wild Heart Guides: Our Wild Heart Revival facilitators have more than 30 combined years of experience in wilderness guiding and collectively embody a diverse array of wisdom and skills in nature-based therapies; spiritual mentoring; ecology and applied conservation work; wilderness survival; yoga and meditation; subtle body dynamics; wildlife tracking; and deep listening.

Melissa Reed-Eckert is founder of Wild Heart Revival and the visionary for both One Wild Heart and Women Rising Wild transformational retreats with wolves. She is a fourth generation healer and wilderness guide. She has lived closely with wild canids since childhood and has over 20 years experience as a wildlife biologist specializing in studies of rare and endangered mammals. Melissa is a seasoned tracker, medicine weaver, ritualist, and mystic with deep and intimate ties to nature. Melissa is our fire tender and wild nature spirit guide at One Wild Heart.

In 2019, Melissa will be joined by Ilyas El-Amin, a spiritualist who expresses himself as an Islamic Mystic. He is a father, husband, spiritual mentor, veteran, and social worker who has dedicated his life to studying and embodying the teachings of ascended masters. Through these studies he has learned to connect to the divine nature existing within all of creation and to live in faith in humanity. Ilyas’s mission as a bearer of light is to help others develop awareness of their own divine nature or God Consciousness within. As a social worker, Ilyas is helping underserved and marginalized individuals and families experiencing homelessness to establish stability, support and self-sufficiency in their lives. At One Wild Heart Ilyas will support our conscious remembering and reconnection to the One Wild Heart residing within All.

Mission: Wolf and One Wild Heart wolf ambassadors: The 200 acre – and growing – Mission: Wolf sanctuary was created in 1986 and is currently home to thirty-four rescued wolves and wolf hybrids including two gregarious senior ambassador wolves and three new wolf pups. Each animal at Mission: Wolf embodies a unique character and quality of medicine derived from it’s inspiring life journey. For those who are ready and receptive, these animals have much to teach. Learn more about Mission: Wolf and find out how you can help captive and wild wolves. 

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Next Steps:

View our Inclusivity Statement and Registration Agreement

Submit your $150 Deposit and Pay Your Balance due in full by August 30, 2019, via the Cash App, PayPal, or Venmo. Click logo or scan to make payments.

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For more information about One Wild Heart or Wild Heart Revival email wildheartrevival@gmail.com or call 303.886.1764

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Description: This Wolves and Wilderness Experience is a weekend community camping retreat to ignite the heart of compassion. One Wild Earth takes place at Mission: Wolf Sanctuary in the Wet Mountains of southcentral Colorado on the Autumn Equinox. At One Wild Earth we will focus on team building and interpersonal relating with each other and the more-than-human world. We will utilize medicine walks, ritual, and facilitated interactions with wolves to remember our gifts and our place of this world. Through nature connection and intimate experience of community we will embody the medicine of our belonging. Our circle of connection will expand through the weekend to include the wolves, the land, and wolf sanctuary staff as we work shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, in a sanctuary improvement project. We will explore how our experiences of reciprocity, compassion, and individuality within pack can elevate joy within our lives when we return to our families and home communities.

Date and Time: Arrive to Mission: Wolf between 4 and 6 pm on Friday, September 21, 2018. Our time together concludes at noon on Sunday, September 23, 2018. We will remain onsite throughout the duration of the retreat.

Location: One Wild Earth takes place on wildlands near Mission: Wolf Sanctuary located near the town of Westcliffe in southcentral Colorado. The drive from Denver to the retreat site is approximately four hours. Denver International Airport is our closest major airport. Parking on site for our retreat is limited and we want to minimize our carbon footprint so carpooling is strongly encouraged. Specific details and driving directions will be provided to participants after registering for the event.

Activities:
♦ Live and camp for 2 days and 2 nights in a remote and wild setting with others experienced and inexperienced with camping
♦ Experience embodied contact with wolves supported and supervised by sanctuary staff
♦ Deepen relationship with the more-than human world for inspired living
♦ Nature Walks
♦ Solo time for inner journey work or personal restoration
♦ Nature Medicine Meditations to nurture the whole body-mind being
♦ Eco-service learning
♦ Unifying Sacred Fire Ceremony
♦ Stargazing and night hikes

Meals: 6 Organic Meals. *Vegan and gluten-free options available.

Accommodations: Tent Camping

Outdoor Equipment Checklist and Gear Rental Form

Price: $360 per person. Event price includes 6 meals with gluten-free and vegan options available and a $25 membership donation to the wolf sanctuary.
Ways to Save:
♥ $310 per person when you register with a friend
♥ $280 per person when you register with 2 friends
♥ Partial work-trade scholarships available upon request

One Wild Earth Guides: Melissa Lynn Reed and Kelly Cooper have more than 30 combined years of experience in wilderness guiding and collectively embody a diverse array of wisdom and skills in nature-based therapies; ecology and applied conservation; wilderness survival; yoga, dance, and meditation; subtle body dynamics; wildlife tracking; tantra; rewilding ritual, and wild listening. Learn more about our guides.

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Register for One Wild Earth, 2018

Next Steps:

View our Inclusivity Statement and Registration Agreement

Submit your $100 Deposit and Pay Your Balance due in full by September 1, 2018, via the Cash App, PayPal, or Venmo:

Debit Card Payments with Cash App

Credit or Debit Card Payments with PayPal
Credit or Debit Card Payments with Venmo

For more information about One Wild Earth or Wild Heart Revival email wildheartrevival@gmail.com or call 303.886.1764

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Free Events
Saturday, December 9, 2017 &
Saturday, January 6, 2018
10:30-12:30pm
Chautauqua Park, Boulder, Colorado
*Registration Required

Feel into our fundamental nature and evolutionary kinship with wild bushytails as we walk Kohler and Enchanted Mesas and explore both myth and ecology of wolf and other wild canid species found in Colorado.

Meet at the Chautauqua Ranger Cottage. Map and directions available here.

This free hike is offered by Melissa Reed, wildlife ecologist and wilderness guide with Wild Heart Revival. Melissa has more than 20 years experience as a wildlife ecologist and has lived closely with wild canids since childhood. This past Labor Day Melissa hosted a transformational rewilding retreat for women with wolves at Mission: Wolf wolf sanctuary in southcentral Colorado. Registration for Women Rising Wild, 2018, is now open. View the photo gallery from the 2017 event.

The photo gallery for Women Rising Wild, 2017, is finally live. Come have a visit and preregister for 2018!

Women Rising Wild is a rewilding retreat for women and wolves organized by wildlife ecologist and wilderness guide, Melissa Lynn Reed, in the heart of the Southern Rocky Mountains. 

View gallery here.
Learn more and preregister for Women Rising Wild, 2018!

Spring 2018

Vision Walks
April 1,14,29 & May 12
9am-noon
Boulder County Locations
Registration Required
Suggested Donation: $30

Access clarity and direction on Vision Walks this spring with Melissa Esha Lynn & Wild Heart Revival. Activate expanded states of multisensory awarenesses through nature-connection activities. And awaken a life ignited by an embodied faith in your own capacity to know yourself and the world. Register for any or all Spring Vision Walks to reserve your space.

Please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the start of our event and allow a minimum of 20 minutes for solo integration time prior to your next activity of the day.

Dress in layers. Carry micro-spikes or similar traction aid for icy conditions on trails, water, and a light snack. And bring a light weight, water resistant, insulated seat for sitting comfortably on cold, wet surfaces. A small piece of tarp, extra sweater, or old rain jacket work well for this.

Location details provided to participants after registration.

Suggested Donation: $30/event or $80 for all four walks.
No one turned away for financial reasons.

Fall 2017

Vision Walks
October 18,25 and November 1,8,15
12-1:30pm
Chautauqua, Boulder, Colorado

Access clarity and direction with Vision Walks at Chautauqua in Boulder, CO every Wednesday this fall at noon. Dates: October 18,25 and November 1,8,15. Enter into an open receptivity with nature on this easy 90 minute hike and gain insight on personal explorations. Continue on with your day after our walk or stay and discuss your visions at a cafe nearby with friends. We will begin our walk from the porch of the Chautauqua Ranger Cottage. View map and directions here. And register here.