Rad Fat Adventure Camp Schedule - Main Weekend
Friday, September 18, 2026
3-5:00pm · Camp Check-in & Cabin Meet-and-Greet
When you arrive at camp, follow the signs past the welcome center towards Lakeside to Lakeside Dining to check in for the weekend.
5:30-6:30pm · Dinner
Lakeside Dining
6:30-7:30pm · All Camp Convening: Welcome to Rad Fat Adventure Camp!
Lower Level of Lakeside Dining
Recreation Center Indoor Pool
Join us for one of the most iconic fat community activities - swimming together! From the earliest days of ‘chunky dunks’ to Cake Plus-Size Resale’s Fat Splashes of today, we find joy and comfort through swimming with other fat folks. Rad Fat Camper DJ Kiki Joy will be spinning the music to soundtrack our party! If swimming is not your jam, we’ll also be hanging out in the camp lounge to play board and card games to get to know your fellow campers.
7:30-10:00pm · Pool Party!
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Lakeside Dining
8:30-9:30am · Breakfast
9:45-11:15am · Camp Sessions Breakout #1
Meet at the beach for our official group photo.
11:30am · Camp Group Photo
12-1:00pm · Lunch
Lakeside Dining
1:15-2:45pm · Camp Sessions Breakout #2
3-4:30pm · Camp Sessions Breakout #3
4:30-5:30pm · Down Time
Take some time reset and relax until dinner.
5:30-6:30pm · Dinner
Lakeside Dining
6:30-10:00pm · Campfire S’mores, Stories, and Songs
Generously Sponsored by Expanse Active and Thicket Adventure
S’mores at the campfire by the beach
Stories with Arwen at the campfire by Lakeside 2
Songs at the campfire by Lakeside 5
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Bring a towel or yoga mat and/or a chair from the Camp Lounge and meet at the beach for a gentle and accessible yoga session with no props required.
7:30-8:15am · Yoga by the lake with Annie
8:30-9:30am · Breakfast
Lakeside Dining
9:30-10:30am · Goodbyes (for now) with the Weekend Campers!
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
We’ll take some time to reflect on the weekend with each other, celebrate our community, and say goodbye (for now!)
11am-12:00pm · Cabin Clean Up & Check-out for Main Weekend Only Campers
Extended Days Schedule
Sunday, September 20, 2026
12-1:00pm · Lunch
Lakeside Dining
Take some time rest and decompress as we transition into the extended days. You are welcome to rest in your bunk, around the camp grounds, or do any of the following:
Socializing & board games in the camp lounge
Yard games on the lawn/beach (equipment in the camp lounge)
Pickleball, gaga ball, mini golf, frisbee golf (equipment and playing fields just past the parking field)
Lake activities: swimming, using the giant canoe, kayaking, or paddle boarding
Open crafting in camp lounge
Open swimming at the pool from 2-4:00pm
1-5:00pm · Down Time
5:30-6:30pm · Dinner
Lakeside Dining
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
Share your skills, talents, and stories on stage and come cheer on your fellow campers’ performances! Check your email and the camp discord to sign up.
7-9:00pm · Camp Variety Show
Monday, September 21, 2026
8:30-9:30am · Breakfast
Lakeside Dining
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
Let’s co-create camp in real time! We’ll be inviting campers propose and host activities with their fellow campers. This is a fantastic way to cover emerging topics and get a chance to do activities you haven’t gotten to do yet.
9:45-11:45am · Open Space Sessions
12-1:00pm · Lunch
Lakeside Dining
1:15-2:45pm · Camp Sessions Breakout #4
3-4:30pm · Camp Sessions Breakout #5
4:30-5:30pm · Down Time
Take some time reset and relax until dinner.
Fire pits by the beach & Lakeside 2
Gather around the fire to make a classic camp dinner in tinfoil packets cooked on the campfire. Gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options available.
5:30-7:00pm · Campfire Dinner
7-10:00pm · Evening Activities: S’mores at the campfire, board and card games, open crafting
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
8-9:00am · Breakfast
Lakeside Dining
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
Come together one last time at camp to reflect in community and say goodbye (for now!)
9-10:00am · Camper Goodbyes
10-11:00am · Camp cleanup & checkout
Camp Sessions - Breakout #1
Saturday, September 19, 9:30-11:00am
From Memory to Story: A Fat Narrative Project Storytelling Workshop
Recreation Center Multipurpose Room
Everyone has stories worth telling. Join Authentically Fat for a Fat Narrative Project inspired workshop to reflect on meaningful experiences in your fat body, uncover stories you want to tell, and explore what makes those stories connect with others. Through guided reflection, conversation, and fun, low-pressure storytelling activities, you'll have the chance to practice sharing in small groups, cheer each other on, and build confidence in your own voice. No writing, storytelling, or performance experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to play. If you want to, you'll leave with a story you can share later at the camp variety show or at a future Fat Narrative Project event.
Hosted by: Chelsea
Chelsea is a Registered Art Therapist who believes in the power of creativity, connection, and making space for people to be themselves. When they’re not making art, you can find them floating in lakes, listening to sapphic pop, playing cozy games on their Nintendo Switch, watching the MN Lynx, or getting lost in a good queer romance novel. They also serve as Vice Chair on the board of Authentically Fat, where they support work centered on body liberation and community care.
Mindful Nature Walk for Curious Humans
This is not a hike. This is an invitation to slow down and be one with the great outdoors.
Inspired by forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku), a Japanese practice of intentionally connecting with nature through the senses, this session seeks to honor the spirit of that tradition while acknowledging that we are visitors to a practice rooted in a culture not our own. Rather than claiming expertise, we approach this experience with gratitude, curiosity, and respect.
Together, we will move slowly through the landscape. There is no mileage goal, no destination, and no expectation that anyone maintain a particular pace. We travel at the speed of the group, stopping often to notice what is calling for our attention. A bird. A patch of moss. The way light shines through a branch. A mushroom that seems to have strong opinions.
Meet at Camp Lounge
Participants will be invited to engage their senses, observe closely, reflect quietly, and follow the subtle invitations nature offers. Sometimes that means being still for several minutes. Sometimes it means following a trail of wonder that nobody planned.
This session is rooted in the belief that nature is not something we conquer, consume, or accomplish. It is something we build a relationship with.
At the conclusion of our wandering, we will gather for a whimsical closing ceremony, a simple and playful ritual of gratitude, reflection, and perhaps a little bit of magic to honor what we noticed, what we learned, and what we are carrying back with us.
This experience is ideal for people who are tired, curious, overwhelmed, nature-loving, nature-skeptical, a little goblin-corey or simply longing for a quieter way to spend an hour.
Hosted by: Arwen
Arwen is a fat outdoors enthusiast who plans to change the world by making apparel and gear for all the fat outdoorsy (and future fat outdoorsy) people out there.
With over 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and fund development, Arwen is also a recognized voice in outdoor equity and inclusion work in Vermont. Arwen loves swimming in lakes, shady trails, and celebrating Halloween year-round.
Rad Fat Camp Badge Making
Lower Level Lakeside Cabin 3
You deserve recognition for your accomplishments and I believe that merit badges should continue to be part of adulthood, not just Girl Scouts! Inspired by the Rad Fatty Merit Badges by Stacy Bias, we will reflect, discuss, and design the merit badges we wish existed for our accomplishments.
After designing badges that are as silly, serious, or aspirational as you want, we’ll make our designs into wearable button pins.
Hosted by: annie j.
Annie was a Girl Scout for 12 years and has never recovered from learning that adulthood doesn’t come with a built-in reward system. She created Rad Fat Adventure Camp to bring the joy of camp to fat liberation and the Minnesota fat community.
Camp Sessions - Breakout #2
Saturday, September 19, 1:15-2:45pm
Speedy Portrait Drawing*
Lower Level Lakeside Cabin 3
Generously supported by Drop Dead Gorgeous Health & Beauty in Minneapolis, MN
Folks will be paired up with new friends to draw quick portraits. You will only have 10 minutes per drawing! This event is open for ALL artistic abilities. Bad, funky, goofy, portraits encouraged. The goal of this event is to meet new people and come home with some silly, new art!
*This session will be offered again during extended days.
Hosted by: T./Talya M. (they/she)
T. is an Iowa-based community worker and artist interested in the plurality of existence. As a fat, queer, disabled, and transgender individual, Miller doesn’t shy away from the complexities of identity. With 10+ years of experience, their projects have been featured regionally and nationally. While varying in medium and method, there is a unifying narrative of creative connection throughout their work in both physical pieces and community spaces. They are super excited to be heading back to Rad Fat Adventure Camp! ✿
Intro to Kayaking while Fat
Meet at the beach
Learn the basics of kayaking and take a leisurely paddle on the lake. Whether your new to kayaking or nervous about kayaking in a larger body, this session will support you in feeling comfortable on the water, led by an experienced fat kayaker!
Hosted by: Jessa
I’m Jessa, born and raised midwesterner, currently living in Minneapolis. I grew up running through the woods and cornfields and really not much has changed.
I’m a special education teacher who also dabbles in outdoor education as much as I can. Ive kayaked many different bodies of water and love seeing people experience nature in new ways.
Writing to Wholeness: a Creative Writing Workshop for Collective Healing
Recreation Center Multipurpose Room
Creative writing is a healing practice that can help us reflect on our experiences, uncover and process our emotions, and connect to our deepest selves and to our communities. In this workshop, we will read poems by fat writers that center fat liberation. Then, we will do free writing exercises, and campers will have the option to share parts of their writing aloud. Writing materials will be provided during the session, but you are also welcome to bring your preferred tools.
Hosted by: Julia
Hi, I'm Julia (she/her)! I live in St. Paul, MN with my partner and our two cats. I enjoy painting, baking pies, and watching bad reality tv. Most of all, I love reading, writing, and generally talking about books. I consider myself a connoisseur of the horror genre and would be honored to recommend your first (or next!) read for spooky season.
Improv for Fat Folx
Recreation Center Gym
Are you a fan of DropOut? Do you love watching Who’s Line Is It Anyway? Have you ever wondered how people who do live play D&D do it? Join Britt, an improviser of 10 years, as they lead you through the basics of improvised comedy. Come to play! Open to all levels of improv experience!
Hosted by: Britt J.
Britt is an improviser, puppeteer, educator, creator, and clown hailing from the twin cities. They have been improvising since 2017 and have directed and produced several original improvised shows with a focus on centering queer and other marginalized voices including PattyCakes, PattyCakes Presents: Claustrophobia, Doldrums, No-Fear ShakeQueer, and Yes, Anderson. They have also had the honor of playing in Mighty Improv Rangers, Family Funeral, and The Thursday Night Improv Spectacular at Strike Theater. Britt is the reigning Assistant Director for the crowd favorite show Family Dinner. Britt is passionate about using the medium of improvised narrative storytelling to highlight queer joy and portray their vision of an inclusive and equitable future for all on the stage.
Camp Sessions - Breakout #3
Saturday, September 19, 3:00-4:30pm
Nature and Notecards: Guided Nature Exploration and Paper Making*
Lower Level Lakeside Cabin 3
Generously supported by FITSO - Fit In to Stand Out
Campers will take a guided walk outdoors and gather flowers, leaves, and other organic materials for their projects. Then, campers will make their own unique paper by adding the items collected earlier. After the paper has dried, campers can create notecards, journals, or other fun crafts!
*This session will be offered again during extended days.
Hosted by Amanda G., Sister Outsider
Jersey girl by way of the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia, Amanda enjoys curating affirming and restorative experiences for fat community. Returning to this year’s Fat Camp as Sister Outsider, Amanda is excited to share her love of the outdoors and experience the playful joy of arts n’ crafts. When she is not hiking or backpacking, Amanda can be found at home perfecting her savory s’mores recipe and watching reruns of Golden Girls. She is and will always be, Dorothy Zbornak.
Fat Sauna*
Meet at the beach
Generously supported by Threshold Healing
Come sweat in a small intimate session. We will offer multiple sessions for three people at a time to sauna for 25 minutes by the lake, with optional swimming before or after your session!
*This session will be offered again during extended days.
Hosted by: Carly C.
Hi! I’m Carly and I live in St Paul with my darling doggo Ginger. I love being outside, cooking delicious food, funky music, and being in fat community. I can’t wait to bring Fat Sauna to camp this year: sauna is one of those things where we can reconnect with our bodies while being surrounded by others and is an actualized act of empowerment. Come as you are, take what you want and let’s get sweaty.
Shared Somatic Experience
Recreation Center Gym
I invite you to participate in a shared group experience where we tap into our bodies sensations and our internalized lived fat experiences to reclaim and liberate our bodies through movement, self expression, and imaginative play. We will explore intuitive movement, breath attunement, and bodily sensations together in a fat affirming setting.
Hosted by: Sarah B.
I’m Sarah, but my friends call me by my last name, Berge (sounds like Bergie). I find connection with others through nature, song, laughter, deep conversation, and creative expression. I find connection with myself greatest when I am floating in a body of water. I enjoy spending time with friends and family while on the search for a treasure at a garage sale or thrift store. I love petting and celebrating the cuteness of all the furry creatures I encounter. It’s bliss when I can bring my Saint Bernard, Ingrid, along on hiking trails or any adventure. Here we are on the Ice Age Mammoth Hike Challenge last October.
Meet at Camp Lounge
Books & Banter
Bring your current read to decompress in nature and have time to chat with other book-minded folks! We'll begin with 45-60 minutes of silent book club (reading on your own, any book of your choice) followed by 30-45 minutes to chat about our current reads and anything else book-related.
Hosted by: Claire W.
Hey folks! I’m Claire (she/her). I’m an avid reader, rock climber and little treat getter :) I have two sweet kittens, Eliza and Becks, who I snuggle with any chance I get! I love spending time outdoors, crafting, and being in community with fellow queer and fat folks.
Professionally, I’m a sexual health educator (and director of an awesome education team) and size inclusivity specialist. Personally, I am a fat activist and run a fat rock climbing club (Climb Big TC).
Camp Sessions - Breakout #4
Monday, September 21, 1:15-2:45pm
Thick Thighs & Campfire Vibes: Camping While Fat Discussion
Recreation Center Multipurpose Room
Join us for a discussion-focused session on the unique challenges and opportunities while camping in a fat and/or disabled body. Hear from an experienced camper, get ideas and answers to your own questions, and meet others who are interested in starting or continuing their camping journey.
Hosted by: Christy E.
Christy (she/her) grew up in the Midwest and loves experiencing all 4 seasons. She is an introvert who enjoys bringing people together, craving a balance of human connection and solo adventures. Her career is ever-evolving, and currently focuses on the human side of human resources. Outside of work, you might find her reading, cooking, cuddling her 19-year old cat, hiking, camping, or traveling.
Nature and Notecards: Guided Nature Exploration and Paper Making
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
Generously supported by FITSO - Fit In to Stand Out
Campers will take a guided walk outdoors and gather flowers, leaves, and other organic materials for their projects. Then, campers will make their own unique paper by adding the items collected earlier. After the paper has dried, campers can create notecards, journals, or other fun crafts!
Hosted by Amanda G., Sister Outsider
Jersey girl by way of the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia, Amanda enjoys curating affirming and restorative experiences for fat community. Returning to this year’s Fat Camp as Sister Outsider, Amanda is excited to share her love of the outdoors and experience the playful joy of arts n’ crafts. When she is not hiking or backpacking, Amanda can be found at home perfecting her savory s’mores recipe and watching reruns of Golden Girls. She is and will always be, Dorothy Zbornak.
Slow Paddle Club
Meet at the Beach
Let’s get on the water! Whether you want to kayak, canoe, or paddle board, paddling doesn’t have to be an endurance sport. We’ll go for a paddle at a slow pace that allows us to soak in the peace and the beauty of the lake.
Hosted by: annie j.
Annie is an avid kayaker who finds her greatest inner peace while paddling on a lake. She created Rad Fat Adventure Camp to bring the joy of camp to fat liberation and the Minnesota fat community.
Camp Sessions - Breakout #5
Monday, September 21, 3:00-4:30pm
Intermediate & Advanced Friendship Bracelets
Meet at Lakeside Dining
Now that you’ve learned the basic knots of friendship bracelets, you can use that same basic knot with many different techniques to create complex patterns, designs, and even lettering. We’ll learn how to start and finish your bracelet with a cleaner look, how to read a bracelet pattern, and two different ways to approach more complex designs.
Hosted by: annie j.
Annie has been a camper and crafter nearly her whole life. She loves the calm that comes with the repetitive rhythm of knotting friendship bracelets and the joy of learning a new technique or design that brings the craft to the next level. She created Rad Fat Adventure Camp to bring the joy of camp to fat liberation and the Minnesota fat community.
Fat Sauna
Meet at the beach
Generously supported by Threshold Healing
Come sweat in a small intimate session. We will offer multiple sessions for three people at a time to sauna for 25 minutes by the lake, with optional swimming before or after your session!
Hosted by: Carly C.
Hi! I’m Carly and I live in St Paul with my darling doggo Ginger. I love being outside, cooking delicious food, funky music, and being in fat community. I can’t wait to bring Fat Sauna to camp this year: sauna is one of those things where we can reconnect with our bodies while being surrounded by others and is an actualized act of empowerment. Come as you are, take what you want and let’s get sweaty.
Speedy Portrait Drawing*
Lower Level Lakeside Dining
Generously supported by Drop Dead Gorgeous Health & Beauty in Minneapolis, MN
Folks will be paired up with new friends to draw quick portraits. You will only have 10 minutes per drawing! This event is open for ALL artistic abilities. Bad, funky, goofy, portraits encouraged. The goal of this event is to meet new people and come home with some silly, new art!
Hosted by: T./Talya M. (they/she)
T. is an Iowa-based community worker and artist interested in the plurality of existence. As a fat, queer, disabled, and transgender individual, Miller doesn’t shy away from the complexities of identity. With 10+ years of experience, their projects have been featured regionally and nationally. While varying in medium and method, there is a unifying narrative of creative connection throughout their work in both physical pieces and community spaces. They are super excited to be heading back to Rad Fat Adventure Camp! ✿
Brindlewood Bay TTRPG One-Shot
Recreation Center Multipurpose Room
Brindlewood Bay is a cozy tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) where elderly women solve murders in a New England town, facing a dark occult conspiracy. If you’ve ever wanted to be fully immersed in a story or loved choose your own adventure books as a kid - you’ll love roleplaying games! You’ll play as a character in the story as I guide you through the plot - no need to have any experience! We’ll get you set up with everything you need to play.
This session is limited to 5 players.
Hosted by: Christa H.
Christa is active part of the Twin Cities Fat Community and attended Rad Fat Adventure Camp in 2019. She is an admin of the TCFC facebook group and is also involved in the Big Fat Super Swap. She identifies as a white neurodiverse queer fat femme. She loves crafting, puzzles, and listening to podcasts and audiobooks. She lives in St Paul with her three cats.
