Our mission is safe spaces.
PRIDE Camp Registration Is OPEN!
PRIDE Camp is a safe space camp, which means your LGBTQ+ child will be surrounded by counselors and staff who have been carefully trained to provide a safe and affirming space and who know how to follow the Gracie’s House Safe Space Code of Conduct. Our award-winning host camp is Camp Conrad Weiser in Reinholds, PA.
Gracie’s House staff will be on site and will travel with campers throughout the busy camp day, providing resources, support, and additional programming catered to our campers’ needs and interests. A slam poetry workshop and performance night led by a Stonewall Award-winning author, arts workshops run by one of our favorite artists, and built-in time for mindfulness from a master yoga-for-all-bodies yogi.
PRIDE Camp is sponsored by Gracie’s House and campers are offered a reduced rate from the SMYMCA cost of camp. We also have scholarships available. More info at the registration link above.
Gracie’s House helps organizations create, maintain, and protect safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and offers resources to improve the quality of life for LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
Gracie Grants keep kids safe. Do you run an organization that is welcoming to LGBTQ+ youth and their families? Are you a community center that wants to expand your reach to families like ours? Are you serving LGBTQ+ youth in a rural area? Apply for a Gracie Grant!
PRIDE Camp offers a Safe Space Camp for the first time in our area. Sleep under the stars! Learn about Nature! Swim, climb, zip-line, create, and learn in a safe and nurturing space! Our goal is to run a week of sleepaway camp for LGBTQ+ youth starting in 2025. No waiting lists. No applications. A tiered fee program and scholarships to allow access to camp for all.
Promoting Mental Wellness through Expression is a big part of Gracie’s House. One of the best ways to keep young people safe is to provide a place to express their feelings. We run arts workshops, writing circles, and public performance events for young people to express and share space with others doing the same. Stay tuned for coffeehouses, open mic slams, and fun art / craft nights.
