Camp WHOA’s founder, Micah Seavers, spent his youth being blessed with opportunities to be in the outdoors hunting and fishing with wonderful mentors to guide him. As Micah grew up, he would see kids have an interest in the outdoors but lacking the mentors to nurture that interest into a lifelong love for nature and wildlife. Wanting to be part of the solution he began with educating interested youth by taking them hunting, fishing, and trapping. This one-on-one effort turned into programs that grew from Micah mentoring a few kids, to his outdoorsmen friends joining him and many more kids participating. At this point the need to form a non-profit organization and build a permanent camp was made obvious. The camp consists of 41 beds in 8 rooms, one room being fully wheelchair accessible including the in-cabin bathroom, and the camp commons building houses the kitchen, laundry, lounging area, showers, and bathrooms. The Annual West Kentucky’s Trappers Class, held every July, helped Micah to make connections that sparked many of our programs. At its start WHOA sponsored hunts for Veteran and Police Officer’s children, this sparked the idea for what is now our annual youth deer hunt,“Hero’s Hunt”, for Children of Gold Star Families, Purple Heart Recipients and Wounded or Killed First Responders. Camp WHOA aims to give back to those who have sacrificed so much for our country. Having the opportunity to share the outdoor knowledge and skills with children who have themselves sacrificed so much for our country has been and will continue to be one of Camp WHOA’s greatest honors. Some of the other programs at WHOA are, “Catching with Cops” fishing outing which will focus on encouraging positive relationships between Law Enforcement and at-risk youth who have suffered through abuse, neglect, and poverty, the “Survivor’s Syndrome Quail Hunt” will focus on Veterans that may be at risk for suicide due to the PTSD and guilt that comes from surviving when their comrades did not, connecting them with their children in a fun environment that can help them step away from any negative thoughts that may plague them, our Annual West Kentucky Trappers Class that is open to the public to learn about trapping and its rich history and other activities and hunts.

Our goal at Walking Humbly Outdoor Adventures is to continue encouraging youth to get involved with the outdoors through education and adventure. We want to continue to expand our current programs to include more children. In the future as we have more participants, we will naturally come up with more program ideas to connect youth with the outdoors. As our program becomes known among the hunting and outdoor activities community, our hope is that other outdoor enthusiast use our organization as an example and replicate what we have been doing in their own communities.

Walking Humbly Outdoor Adventures is dedicated to seeing our youth become lovers of the outdoors and all the adventure, knowledge, and camaraderie that comes with it. Camp WHOA will continue to provide and promote youth outdoor education, programs focused on our at-risk youth, and to give back to our military veterans and first responders who serve our country so selflessly. The work that Walking Humbly Outdoor Adventures does will live on in the children who have participated in our programs, classes and adventures through the skills learned, knowledge gained, friends made, and lifelong love for the outdoors.