Domino Family Camp: Safety In Connection!

Why Domino Family Camp?

Our kids mean the world to us! As multiracial/transracial adopted children, they have often faced social and mental health challenges unique to their backgrounds and identities. When our children connect with peer mentors and other children like them, they learn more about who they are and how they can best navigate their world. As their adoptive parents, we can better support them in their unique journey when we learn and engage with others in the multiracial adoption community.

New this year, we have added an extra night and day to the Domino Family Camp (4 days 3 nights)! This will allow us to add more activities, like a river tube float, and more time for parents and kids to connect with adoptee mentors and speakers. We also will have a "Community BBQ" on Sunday afternoon where the camp families can meet and interact with attendees of the Domino Adult Adoptee Retreat that follows.

Domino Camp is about building the skills we each need to heal our inner anxieties and doubts, empower our families as we face racial issues, and stand strong each and every day. As a multiracial/transracial adoption community, we are always better when we come together--as parents, children, families, and adult adoptees. Connect with mentors, peers, and special guests at Domino Camp as we find Safety in Connection!

Tickets for Domino Camp

Purchase both tickets and lodging here for the Domino Foundation Family Camp at Maple Grove Hot Springs, July 11-14, 2024:

1 . Purchase an attendance ticket for EACH member of your family. Attendance tickets cover all meals, mentors, and activities. Attendance ticket is required for all attendees of Domino Camp age 5 years and older, regardless of lodging selection or just coming for the day.

2. Purchase a lodging option for your family at Maple Grove in the ticket selection below. Lodging covers the overnight stay. Contact us for day-only options.

You can also choose to sponsor another family's attendance at the Domino Family Camp by donating $100 per child or $500 per family, or $250 to sponsor an attendee at the Domino Adult Adoptee Retreat. Domino thanks you for your generosity!

For Children & Parents:

Domino Camp features Focal Point adult adoptee mentors of color who will spend the camp teaching, interacting, conversing, and supporting camp families. Stormey Nielsen and Brandon Williams are trained therapists and adult multiracial adoptees who support children, parents, families, and adults. Stormey and Brandon will also be available to converse, answer questions, and support parents at the camp. These mentors are true peers of our children who grew up brown and black in a very white world, just like our own children.

Each day will feature classes in the morning for children and for parents. Parents will learn how to support and advocate for their adopted children of color. Children will learn how to better understand their own background and identity, and how to support themselves emotionally. Afternoons are dedicated to play and adventure around Maple Grove. Evenings feature special speakers and always end with smores around the campfire.

Domino Camp also features self-care expert Raven Ray who will guide us daily with mindfulness exercises and yoga experiences, designed to engage parents and children alike.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Domino Camp is designed for children 5 and older. You are welcome to bring younger children, but they are your responsibility as a parent. Mentors will be with the kids at all times, but they are not lifeguards and not child care--they are there to build relationships of support with the children.

Domino Camp is designed to build community with families like yours—parents learning how to be an empowered parent of kids of color, kids supported by mentors of color, connecting and reflecting with other kids like them, and all of us building trusted relationships together. Each day features good food at every meal, activities in and out of the water, crafts, play, and collective time where we find Safety in Connection!

Agenda:

Thursday, July 11, 2024:
4:00 pm – Check-in opens
6:00 pm – Dinner (served flexibly on arrival)
7:00 pm – Mindfulness & yoga expert Raven Ray sets the stage for the camp with a group mindfulness exercise as she shares her journey of being Black, young, and strong in Utah.
8:30 pm – Smores!

Friday, July 12, 2024:
8:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – Yoga & meditation/Raven
10:00 am – Parents/Group Yurt
10:00 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
10:45 am – Youth snack break
11:00 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
12:30 pm – Lunch
1:00 pm – Free time: crafts, pools, lake, & nature hike
4:00 pm – Parents circle with mentor Stormey
6:00 pm – Dinner
7:00 pm – Using their personal stories as an example, Stormey & Brandon of Focal Point lead families through an activity on how to write and tell their own unique stories.
8:30 pm – Smores!

Saturday, July 13, 2024:
8:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – Yoga & meditation/Raven
10:00 am – Parents/Group Yurt
10:00 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
10:45 am – Youth snack break
11:00 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
12:30 pm – Lunch
1:30 pm – Float trip in tubes down the Bear River
4:00 pm – Free time: crafts, pools, & lake
4:00 pm – Parents circle with mentor Brandon
6:00 pm – Dinner
7:00 pm – Special Speaker (TBA)
8:30 pm – Smores!

Sunday, July 14, 2024:
8:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – Pack up and check out of units
9:30 am – Yoga & meditation/Raven
10:00 am – Parents/Group Yurt
10:00 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
10:45 am – Youth snack break
11:00 am – Youth mindfulness
11:15 am – Youth/Stormey & Brandon
1:00 pm – Multiracial Adoption Community BBQ with Adult Adoptee Retreat Attendees
3:00 pm – Head home!

Domino reserves the right to change and modify this agenda as needed.

Location:

Maple Grove Hot Springs will be our home for four days and three nights. It is located about 2.5 hours north of Salt Lake City, right on the Bear River in the Oneida Narrows, just past Preston, Idaho. Stay overnight in glamping cabins, yurts, your own tent or RV. Soak in the hot spring pools, paddle in the lake, fish, hike and enjoy good home-cooked food at every meal. Learn more at www.maplegrovehotsprings.com.

When purchasing tickets, please purchase an individual attendance for every member of your family, age 5 and older. Please also select a lodging option for your family in addition to the attendance tickets. We look forward to you joining us at Domino Camp!

FAQ About Maple Grove

https://www.maplegrovesprings.com/faqs

Directions to Maple Grove

While there are 3 ways to access the property, we only recommend one access - Please use HW 34 at mile marker 29. Whatever maps app you use (Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc), please assure that the directions keep you on highway 34 and NOT highway 36 (leading to a high clearance non-maintained dirt road).

At HW 34, mile marker 29, you will turn right pass the mailboxes and a second quick right to head downriver on a dirt road for roughly 3 miles. Watch for "Domino" signs marking the way.