For teenagers accustomed to the fauna of New York City — pigeons, rats, cockroaches — Roxie the goat is a game-changer.

Each summer, a group of 120 lucky high schoolers treks north to a place called Steve’s Camp at Horizon Farms in the Catskill Mountains to spend 12 days, fully funded by scholarships, with Roxie and a team of educators intent on building community and leadership through experiences on the farm and in the kitchen.

“Kids who have never been around a goat before [were] fighting to milk Roxie, each sharing a teat,” explains the camp’s executive director Josh Borkin.