ORRJHS SURVIVAL BOOSTER CLUBSupport Survival

A Community Behind Every Adventure

A Shared Road
to a Stronger Self.

Help the next generation of 7th graders experience Survival at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School.

An outdoor experience built on responsibility, teamwork, and self-confidence.

Support Survival Preparing for the Trip?
Survival participants with backpacks gathered along a forest trailOUT THERE, TOGETHER.
50+YEARS OF
SURVIVAL
Old Rochester Regional Junior High SchoolResponsibility · Teamwork · Self-confidence

More Than a Hiking Trip

Learning Together.
Growing Through Experience.

For more than fifty years, Survival has invited seventh-grade students to step into the unknown. During a week-long outdoor experience in Northfield, Massachusetts, students meet challenges together, form friendships, and discover what they can do. Learning continues well beyond the classroom.

The ORRJHS Survival Booster Club brings community support to that experience. We’re here to help sustain the program and the opportunities it gives our kids.

Experience Survival Through a Volunteer’s Eyes

A firsthand account by Becky, Doc Off the Clock. Opens the original photo essay.

For Students & Families

The Adventure Starts
with Getting Ready.

School instructions in one place, with practical packing advice from the Survival community on the way.

01
FROM THE SCHOOL

Official Resources from ORRJHS

Visit the school’s Survival page for program dates, packets, preparation instructions, and school contacts. Check the year shown on each resource.

02
IN THE WORKS

The Packing List, Explained

Where to spend, where to save, and what matters most — practical advice from people with decades of experience on Survival. Our packing list explainer is in the works.

Keep the Experience Going

Big Experiences.
A Community
Behind Them.

We’re building support for Survival week in June 2027. Your gift helps our newly organized booster club prepare to support the student experience.

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The ORRJHS Survival Booster Club is legally AHES, Inc. You’ll see AHES, Inc. as the recipient in PayPal.

As we prepare for next June, we’re exploring where community support can help most.

Equipment Access

Helping students get the equipment they need to participate.

Shared Camp Equipment

Refreshing the equipment that supports life at camp.

Getting There & Back

Helping the school’s transportation budget go further.

Supporting Volunteers

Helping make volunteer travel possible.

These are potential areas of support, not designated funds or established assistance programs. Specific spending priorities are still being developed for June 2027.

Survival participants listening to a speaker among the treesShared experiences. Lasting connections.

An Experience Shared Across Generations

You Leave the Woods.
They Stay with You.

Were you a student, chaperone, or part of the crew that made it happen? You’re part of the Survival story.

We’re beginning to preserve the memories, photographs, and voices behind more than fifty years of the program.

Share a Memory

Share your story and a photo through our form. Submissions are reviewed privately; you choose whether they may be shared publicly.

A framed portrait placed on a weathered log at this year’s Survival memorial

Remembering Those Who Walked Before Us

We’re preparing a place to honor the people whose care and commitment helped shape Survival.

Sunset over wooded hills, photographed during Survival

For the Next Generation

We Go. Always.

Support Survival