History

In 1997, a group of concerned citizens responded to a vision for a nearby special needs camp to serve children and adults with mental retardation and/or physical disabilities. Camp Still Meadows, the first of its kind in the Shenandoah Valley, is located on 17 acres of rolling hills in Rockingham County with pristine views of Massanutten Mountain and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Camp Still Meadows was designed around nature to provide therapeutic activities in a safe, creative, country setting. The land was donated to the camp in 2000. Thanks to the Knights of Virginia Assisting the Retarded (KOVAR), we have a spacious picnic shelter and a barn that accommodates horses, sheep, and other small animals.

Except for two paid specialists hired for the summer sessions, Camp Still Meadows is run entirely by members from our Coalition of Volunteers. People from the Harrisonburg Men’s Diversion Center have cleared the land, cut wide trails through the woods, built fencing for our animals, put in an orchard, planted grass around the new construction, repaired equipment, and maintained the grounds. Because of limited funds, our camp would not exist without their help.

Camp Still Meadows not only provides for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the participants, but we are also there for their families and caregivers, providing them respite and time to regroup both physically and mentally.