Cooperative Leadership Camp

To Educate, Connect and Promote our future leaders.

A week-long camp that allows teens to form a worker/owner cooperative and work together to solve business challenges as they develop leadership and team-building skills.

2021: The FFA Facility has closed for the remainder of the year. For 2021, we will facilitate a robust, fun and interactive at-home camp experience for all teens sponsored. This will include zoom meet ups, at home challenges, small group meetups and social activities. Teens will have a chance to win prizes, showcase talents and be part of a virtual start up cooperative! We still need adult volunteers for our program this year, sign up below.

Cooperative Leadership Camp attendees are also eligible to apply for the $1,000 Jim Graham college scholarship during their senior year of high school.

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2019 Camp fun... We look forward to 2022 in person camp!

#CoopsNC

White Lake, NC

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What is #CLC?

Cooperative Leadership Camp is a five-day overnight camp program hosted by the Cooperative Council of North Carolina. Teens from all parts of the state are sponsored to attend for free by a local cooperative. (If sponsorship is not available through their local cooperative, we have a limited number of self-pay spots.) We can take up to 100 teens for the program.

The program is an experiential learning process where the teens form a worker/owner tee shirt cooperative, elect a board, hire a general manager, and design, produce and distribute tee shirts. Throughout the week, they learn about leadership, cooperative governance, and the seven cooperative business principles. The teams put together 7 Principles Infomercials, have a leadership awards banquet night and learn what it means to be a part of the greater good that cooperatives offer. The week also includes workshops from a wide range of cooperative industries including the agriculture sector, credit unions, retail and utilities.

The objectives are to educate, connect and promote the cooperative way of doing business and provide a fun learning experience for the teens that are selected to attend.

Virtual #CLC 2021 countdown!

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Camp Applications

Applications will are open for June 21st-25th, 2021 Camp.

Participant (Teen) Application

As a teen, use this application to be matched with a sponsor. Camp for you is free!

Sponsor Organization Form

Sponsor a Teen or a few to attend camp.

2021 Camp Call for Content!

Submit your idea for a virtual Cooperative Challenge!

Adult (Staff) Application

Past years at #CLC

Check out our photo albums of what goes on at Cooperative Leadership Camp and apply to join us for the next camp!