Last week, we had to suspend Mastermind Connect's Camping to Connect experience due to tropical storm forecasted for Friday and Saturday in Blairstown, NJ. I kept receiving texts messages from participants concerned about it, and honestly, it was not pretty. The risk of injury kept coming to mind. I could not keep their safety out of my mind. Suspending it as a last minute decision was the right call though. A rain date is now in the works, and details will go out soon to our members.

But, how did we get here? Why am I showing you a picture of a camping trip from this past weekend?

Enhance, LifestyleManny AlmonteJuly 13, 2020Camping to Connect, Camping, Black Men CampComment

Connecting the Dots: a Camping to Connect Recap

With the current polarized state of the world, sometimes the most revolutionary act can be found in reconnecting; with self, others, and the natural forces that unite us. This philosophy, along with the need we saw to address the issue of nature deficiency in urban youth, inspired us to create the Camping to Connect Initiative.

Motivation, Enhance, Build, Give Back, LifestyleJD WeatherspoonSeptember 30, 2019C2C, Camping to Connect, Outdoors, Mohican, YOPComment

We Came, We Camped, We Connected: The Camping To Connect Origin Story

On Saturday September 29th, 2018, Mastermind Connect successfully ran it’s most challenging and ambitious event to date; Camping to Connect at Governors Island.

Camping to Connect: An Outdoor Rite-of-Passage Experience for Urban Youth

Camping to Connect, a new experiential learning and mentorship initiative for underserved young men, kicks off this month with a special two-day, overnight camping experience on historic Governors Island.

News, Lifestyle, Give BackManny AlmonteSeptember 20, 2018Governors IslandCamping to Connect, Press ReleaseComment

What Did Camping to Connect Mean to Me?

With a busy week of Washington’s usual joys and challenges behind us, driving north to the Catskills, to meet up with the rest of the Mastermind Connect members who were going Camping to Connect that weekend was… liberating.

Lifestyle, EnhanceJoshua FarrarJuly 20, 2018Camping to Connect, Camping, Andes, Andes NY, Wolfhollow Camp, Gary's Land o' Delight, REiComment

The Mastermind Connect Goes Camping (to Connect)

How do you disconnect when you live in the the busiest city in the world? You get 40 acres of camping ground, load up the cars, bring the bug repellent and go north. The Mastermind Connect is lucky enough to have great brand partners such as Upruit, which helped us secure 40 acres of camping ground in Andes, New York, to have all to ourselves.

EnhanceGuest UserJuly 3, 2017Camping to ConnectComment