Please RSVP - Space is Limited!
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Please RSVP - Space is Limited! ☆
Lakeside
Family Campout
Family, Community, Camping, Connection, Joy
PLEASE RSVP - Space is limited!
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PLEASE RSVP - Space is limited! ☆
Join Us for the Ultimate Family Campout Weekend!
Get ready for an unforgettable two-day adventure packed with fun, excitement, and family-focused activities! Our Family Campout is the perfect opportunity to unplug, connect, and make lasting memories together.
Explore a variety of activities including wellness programs, backyard games, field games, arts and crafts, nature walks, fun with local firemen, movie night, campfires, star gazing, face painting, drum circles, disc golf, Total Nerf Action, a bounce house, a dunk tank and much, much more.
Event Details
Start Time: Friday, September 6, 2024 at 5PM
End Time: Sunday, September 8, 2024 12PM
Set up/Break Down Camp: Participants are welcome to join anytime between above mentions. If you don't want to leave, we understand, but everyone needs to be off the property by 6 PM on Sunday at the absolute latest.
Why You Should Join
Unplug and Connect: Leave the electronics behind and focus on family connections.
Create Lasting Memories: A weekend packed with activities and experiences to cherish. Every activity has been curated to encourage communication, connection, and enhance overall well-being.
Fun for All Ages: Activities designed for every member of the family, ensuring non-stop fun and engagement.
We have grills onsite to bring your own food, or we will have food options for purchase $$ outside of the two meals we are providing.
Activities: click here to see activity schedules, Campout Schedule
Activities and Camping are FREE!!!
If you would like to book a glamping set up for the event please contact our partner Glamp Raleigh - this is separate from Lakeside Retreats.
Join us for fun on the Family Campout, where you can unplug, unwind and connect with nature and one another. Check out our weekend schedule below.
Meet the team
Soup Williamson
Lakeside Owner
info@LIAstudios.com
Joss Michael
Lakeside Event Manager
familycampout@gmail.com
Jana Campbell - Sound Bath Facilitator
Jana Campbell Sound Healer and owner of Sound Sanctuary LLC is dedicated to sharing the benefits of sound therapy with others, advocating for its role (along with other alternative healing modalities) in comprehensive health and wellness. Through personal experience, studying ongoing research, and starting her own business she aims to raise awareness about the transformative potential of sound therapy, not just for those facing health challenges like mine but so many others that could benefit from attending sound bath sessions.
Jana’s website is Sound Sanctuary (soundsanctuarync.com)
Carrie Cook - Emotion Code Practitioner
Carrie is an intuitive energy healer and has her certification in the Emotion Code and the Body Code. She is also a Reiki Master and works with children, adults, and pets to balance and align their energy. She loves working with people and supporting them with letting go of emotional baggage and teaching mindful practices that support emotional and mental well-being. She integrates a variety of healing modalities such as E.F.T. (Tapping), sound healing, and Reiki during her sessions. She's excited to offer these services with you!
Carrie Cook at L.O.E. Healing Center - www.lightofelaine.com
Brandon Besecker - Artist & Facilitator
Brandon Besecker is a dynamic visual artist renowned for his captivating dot art, which blends vibrant colors and intricate patterns to create mesmerizing 3D art. Since discovering his artistic talent in February 2021, Brandon has immersed himself in the world of dot art, using this medium to explore new dimensions of his imagination and creativity. Beyond its visual appeal, Brandon's art serves as a healing practice, offering therapeutic benefits to both the artist and the viewers. The meticulous process of dot painting promotes mindfulness and relaxation, making it a meditative experience. This aspect of his work has been a source of personal healing and growth for Brandon, which he passionately shares with others.
Brandon has give back to the community through raising donations for non-profits such as United Way of the Cape Fear through the auctioning of his art and teaching children dot art at DREAMS Center for Arts Education.
Brandon Besecker - www.DotArtBrandon.com
Maria Young - Artist - Face Painter
Hey there! My name is Maria Young and I work as a PreK T.A. Not only do I help shape minds, I also began teaching my own art classes on the side. I enjoy spending my afternoons creating new pieces or planning projects. There is nothing better than to be able to create, share, and inspire those around us!
C. Anne - Author
C. Anne is a local author who loves animals, nature, and finding magic in everyday moments. She enjoys weaving fantasy, adventure, and elements of shamanism and love for the planet in her stories. C. Anne believes books have the power to change lives and all children deserve to see themselves represented in them in a positive way. When she isn’t writing she enjoys creating art, spending time with family, connecting with nature, biking, hiking, reading, and going on adventures.
C. Anne’s website is c-anne-everydaymagic.com.
Debbie Hessels - Artist & Facilitator
Debbie loves to paint all the perfect imperfections of nature! She can paint really fine details or very loose with fun brush strokes and everywhere in between. She remembers in elementary school winning every poster contest, then seeking out any art contest outside of school and began to get commissioned work before the age of 12!
Debbie never questioned if she would pursue the arts, she lived in my high school art room, she took adult art classes after school when she was 16 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at a local Art College. From there she dove into photography and made a nice career for 17 years. After putting down the camera, she became a Director of an Art Education facility in Raleigh, NC that offered year-round art camps, art lessons, and events.
Debbie Hessels Debbie Hessels Art
Roxy Baye - Yoga Instructor
Roxy is very honored to guide you and your family in your personal practice of Yoga. She is ritually devoted to embodying freedom, love and gratitude. She strives to do her best every day, leading her community by example and promoting physical and mental health through Yoga.
Roxy Baye Ritual Devotion
Mariama Bah - Volunteer Coordinator
Mariama Bah (she/her) is a young Entrepreneur and a mental health advocate visionary founder of Nation of Diversity (NOD),
At Nation of Diversity our mission is to help reduce homelessness and raise awareness about mental health through creative arts. We believe in breaking down stigmas that demonize the homeless and work to promote mindfulness through creative arts. We value a holistic approach with the belief that improvement within our community can be achieved by uplifting one's spirit with art being an outlet for emotional release, mental well being, and a sense of belonging.
Our goal is to consistently connect unhoused individuals and those experiencing housing insecurity with the proper resources and support to help them overcome the adversity they are facing. We also work directly with them to provide critical resources and impactful initiatives that help them to live with dignity and joy.
Mariama Bah Nation of Diversity
Brian Alston - Unit Commander
Mr. Alston currently serves as the Unit Commander for Capital City Young Marines and is responsible for everything the unit succeeds in, or fails to do. He is a former Young Marine. He joined the Young Marines in 2011 and retired in 2015 as a YM/GySgt. He became an Adult Volunteer in fall of 2015. And is honored to bring his unit to the Family Campout to assist families set up camp. For more information on the Young Marines
visit: www.youngmarines.com
Milbre Burch - International Storyteller
Milbre Burch is a GRAMMY-nominated spoken-word recording artist; an internationally known storyteller, and a sought-after teaching artist and story coach. She has been featured nine times at the National Storytelling Festival – mostly recently in 2023 – and has performed across the US, in Canada, Europe and Asia. She has released numerous, award-winning, storytelling recordings on the Kind Crone label.
Milbre is a Georgia girl who married a Mississippi boy in New England. She and her husband, Berkley Hudson, began their family in Southern California before moving to the Piedmont of North Carolina so Berkley could get a PhD in Media Studies from UNC. Since Milbre got her Bachelor’s Degree from “the other school,” their two daughters wore one light blue and one dark blue shoelace when they played soccer in the Triangle.
The family moved to mid-Missouri in 2003. There Berkley taught at the nation’s oldest journalism school and Milbre got her PhD in Theatre and performance Studies from the University of Missouri. The two moved back to Chapel Hill in 2018 and are glad to be home.
They are especially glad when their daughters visit from LA and DC.
