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Camp Kiowa
Residential coed summer camps
ADVENTURE KIOWA and KIOWA U - 2 unique opportunties and "An ideal summer camp for ALL campers!" Camp Kiowa offers, boys and girls, ages 7-17, learning opportunities that stimulate both the mind and body. Through professional instruction, unique enrichment programs, and recreational activities, campers enjoy a fun and creative summer of discovery on a beautiful college campus and a state-of-the-art adventure camp.
Activities include Digital Art & Photography, LEGO Robotics, Cooking, Art & Sculpture, Rock Climbing, Drama, Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Yoga, Dance, Basketball, Archery, Team Building, Leadership, Science, Nature, Creative Writing, and more!
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Camp Crestridge
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp Crestridge for Girls is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. We are a Christian camp with a recreational emphasis. We help our campers to grow physically and mentally through our skill classes, socially through interactions with the staff and their cabinmates, and spiritually through our cabin devotions and Morning Watch times. Our staff are strong Christian role models that are great examples for their campers. We are ACA accredited and members of Christian Camping International. Come and experience Christian camping at its finest!
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Camp Lonehollow
Residential coed summer camp
Lonehollow - a life changing experience.
Camp Lonehollow is known as one of the best overnight summer camps in Texas. Lonehollow is a place where your kids can run, grow, and thrive in a nurturing environment. At Lonehollow, children will have the opportunity to unplug and get away from city living. Our guides (counselors) encourage many life skills such as self-confidence, independence, and responsibility into the camper's during their time spent at camp. Family style meals occur three times a day, and are a good place to reestablish manners, healthy eating, and group bonding. Even though there is no escaping the fast paced world in which we live in, by sending your children to a camp like Lonehollow, the values and good habits that you instill into your kids at home will be deeply-rooted within them by the time they leave camp.
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Catalina Island Camps
Residential coed summer camp
Catalina Island Camps is a Summer Resident Camp for boys and girls ages 7 through 15. The camp facilities are located at Howlands Landing on the California side of Catalina Island, 22 miles from Southern California. 150-180 boys and girls ages 7 to 15 participate in the camp's waterfront and land programs.
Activities include: sailing, skin diving, water-skiing, sea-kayaking, climbing wall, ropes course, and many others.
Texas Adventure Camp
Residential coed summer campGet ready for an exciting week of adventurous fun! Located in the Hill Country of New Braunfels Texas, your experience will be packed full of a variety of activities that will challenge each camper and create lasting memories.
50 foot swings, canoeing through the rapids, rock climbing and rappelling, a 450 foot zip line, an overnight campout @ Enchanted Rock, tubing on the river, Schlitterbahn Waterpark, paintball games, archery, high ropes, a dance, swimming, caving, and much more await to push you to new heights!
Sessions are 1 week for 9 - 16 year olds.
Twin Lakes Summer Camp
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Twin Lakes Summer Camp is focused on providing an environment that is both safe and fun, while being intentionally grounded in Biblical teaching. For the past 40 years, Twin Lakes has shown the love of Christ to campers from a variety of backgrounds. During their session, each camper participates in each of our exciting activities - Horseback riding, Wild Wilderness Adventure, Games, Challenge Course, Riflery/Archery, Rock Climbing, Waterfront, Leather crafts and Kayaking. Biblical narratives serve as the theme each week, and come to life during assembly times as the whole camp experiences the story on Friday's Bible adventure.
The loving, highly qualified staff are carefully selected and genuinely enjoy developing relationships with each child and seeking to help him/her make the most of their week at camp. A medical doctor and healthcare staff oversee the health and safety of the camp program.
Camp Arrowhead for Boys
Residential Summer Camp for Boys
Located in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Camp Arrowhead is a Christian, high-adventure summer camp for boys ages 6-16. Sessions range from one to seven weeks, and since 1937, generations of campers have experienced life-changing summers at Arrowhead.
Our passion is to help every boy become the man God created him to be. Because we are small, and because we actively create a partnership with parents, we will know the specific hopes and needs of your son. Because we are passionate, your son will benefit from the tremendous excitement, experience and energy of our summer camp staff. And because our team has a boy's heart for fun, your son will find comradary and know that he is loved.
Set along our very own sparkling clear trout stream, Arrowhead has 217 acres of beautiful woodlands, waterfalls, streams, meadows and trails for boys to explore, camp and ride. We also take advantage of over 2 million acres of nearby mountain forests and rivers of National Forest lands.
Boys live in cabins with others their age and our exceptional counselors.
Campers ride horses, Blacksmith, hike, bike, paddle, water-ski, sail and climb the premiere areas within Western NC. Come join our family!
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Wilderness AdventureLocated in heart of the Texas Hill Country near Austin, we provide coed teens unique opportunities to build character, leadership skills, confidence, and outdoor wilderness skills. Unlike most camps in Texas, we spend our time at different outdoor locations enjoying what the Texas outdoors has to offer.
Activities include Kayaking, Backpacking, Camping, Rafting, Climbing, Cooking, Building Shelters, Canyoneering, Caving, and Hiking. Activities are age appropriate and adjusted to each camper's abilities helping to build self confidence. All major gear is provided and comprehensive instruction is provided by well trained knowledgeable staff. We are a camp with a purpose!
Camp Shield
Residential camp for boys
Here at Camp SHIELD, we strive to teach today's boys to become tomorrows' leaders. Through leadership training, fellowship and various outdoor activities, Camp Shield will give your son valuable tools to navigate life successfully.
Activities include: Paintball, Strategy Games, Survival Skills, Rappelling, Team Sports, Archery, Riflery, Camping, Swimming and Water Activities, Obstacle Course, Physical Training and much more. . .
YMCA Camp Lakewood
Residential coed summer camp
YMCA Camp Lakewood, a branch of the YMCA of Greater St. Louis is a co-ed summer residential camp for ages 6-17, located 75 miles south of St. Louis between Potosi and Steelville, MO. Set amidst 5,000 beautiful woodland acres with a private 360-acre lake, Camp Lakewood is a true escape. Your child will forget all about television, video games, and mp3 players while discovering the ultimate childhood experience, all within a safe and trusted environment.
Programs at Camp Lakewood are based on the YMCA's four core values: Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. We believe in making your camper stronger in spirit, mind and body! At Camp Lakewood, your camper can attend our Traditional Summer Camp Program, participate in the Ranger Program, work on leadership skills in our Leaders In Training Program (LIT), or focus on a special elective of our regular camp program like Horsemanship.
Campers ages six to eight can experience a taste of the summer camp program through Mini-Camp. We also have Tween Camp for campers ages 9-10 or Pre-Teen Camp for ages 11-12.
We welcome children of all nationalities and denominations and pride ourselves on the cultural diversity of our campers and counselors.
EquipGirl
Residential girls' summer camp
EquipGirl is a mix between a girls' summer camp, a finishing school, and a Christian leadership conference. Our mission is to give girls the tools needed to navigate life successfully. Our staff is professional and experienced, and each has a heart to minister.
EquipGirl will help every girl develop more confidence with her own image from professional makeovers to training in beauty techniques, skin care, and flattering wardrobe. Girls will learn how to make good decisions, prepare for life issues, gain leadership skills, build quality friendships, appropriately interact with others, and learn to successfully handle many other specific issues facing youth today. EquipGirl features unique camp fun with our ChicKombat, EG Fashion Show, Karaoke event, Rappelling and many other adventures like singing the national anthem at the AT&T center for the Silver Stars Game.
Wellspring Camps
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camps
Wellspring Camps provide a scientifically-based behavioral change program focused on long-term weight loss. The goal of Wellspring Camps is to expose campers who are more than 20 pounds overweight to different ways to get in shape and lose weight so that they continue to be active after camp ends.
Campers are typically grouped by age and gender, maximizing the program for each participant's needs and body type. In addition to recreational activities, campers meet with doctorate-level behavior coaches to make long-lasting changes in attitude and self esteem.
With a Wellspring Camp near you, you can enjoy the benefits of a scientifically based approach, a large pool of resources, smaller programs than traditional weight loss camps, diet camps or fat camps, and the chance to implement healthy lifestyle change in a supportive and fun environment. This summer, you may choose from 12 Wellspring programs: New York, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, Texas, Vancouver, United Kingdom, Wellspring Academy and Wellspring Family Camp.
Camp Highlander
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Highlander is a co-ed residential summer camp devoted to the growing and nurturing of boys and girls, ages 5-16 in a safe, fun-filled environment since 1957. Located in the North Carolina mountains, our goal is to give children memories to fill their hearts, friendships to last a lifetime, and achievements to give them confidence while encouraging them to build character and strong values that will remain with them always. Our qualified and caring staff are able leaders, dedicated to providing each child with an exciting summer of adventure, while maintaining the highest standards of safety.
Our program consists of over 35 activities with five primary disciplines including sports, waterfront, arts, horseback riding and wilderness experience. One thing that makes Camp Highlander so unique is our wonderful off-camp adventures. Whitewater rafting trips to the Nantahala River, overnights in Pisgah Forest, water-skiing at Lake Keowee, swimming in the beautiful waterfalls and Looking Glass Falls . . . taking our campers into the magical Appalachian mountains is the highlight of their experience. At Camp Highlander, we are committed to teaching our campers a deep respect for nature and an increased awareness of not only themselves, but of their peers and surroundings.
Wellspring Texas
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Texas campers are young males and females with a common goal: to lose weight while having fun. Boys and girls ages 11-18 enjoy an amazing summer of weight loss, fun, and friendships. Rapid and dramatic weight loss is achieved through a proven and comprehensive program provided by a staff of trained professionals. Set against the incredible backdrop of the Big Hill Country, on the sprawling 200-acre campus of San Marcos Baptist Academy outside of Austin, Texas.
Team sports like soccer, football, tennis, and kickball along with swimming, hiking, canoeing, biking, rafting, kayaking, climbing, and aerobics are just some of the activities that campers enjoy in a very supportive environment. Nutrition and culinary classes paired with the delicious food served in the dining hall guarantee knowledge of and love for new foods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a "BC" (Behavioral Coach) in group and individual sessions knits these elements together into comprehensive lifestyle change for rapid weight loss and long-term weight control.
Camp Ridgecrest
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Ridgecrest for Boys: Impacting lives for God's glory through discipleship and adventure. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, Camp Ridgecrest is designed for individual attention, maximum fun, and the safety of each child. We facilitate camper growth by offering a Christian camp program that has been thriving since 1929. Camp Ridgecrest for Boys offers over 25 activities taught by solid Christian role models. Our staff are highly trained, committed believers with a heart for children and youth ministry. Join us for an unforgettable experience of fun encompassing physical, mental, social, and spiritual growth.
Heart O' the Hills Camp
Residential girls' summer camp
Character-building atmosphere, fun and instruction-oriented. Personal growth through intangibles - self-confidence, teamwork, leadership, individual identity, dealing with challenges. Some 40+ activities - traditional, plus unusual - including English and western riding, Red Cross swimming instruction, fieldsports, cheerleading, drama, dance, canoeing, "Just For Fun", archery, riflery, tennis, climbing and rappelling, sign language, diving, journalism, volleyball, sewing, fishin', war canoe, pioneering. Worldwide, limited enrollment, personable! Camp population small enough to be friendly, large enough to do many fun activities. "Tepees" and dining room fully air-conditioned. Family-style dining, tradition of etiquette. Ragsdale family owned, operated. Role model counselors. Located in the cool Texas Hill Country (2,000 foot elevation) on beautiful Guadalupe River's south fork.
Camp Kiowa
Residential coed summer camps
ADVENTURE KIOWA and KIOWA U - 2 unique opportunties and "An ideal summer camp for ALL campers!" Camp Kiowa offers, boys and girls, ages 7-17, learning opportunities that stimulate both the mind and body. Through professional instruction, unique enrichment programs, and recreational activities, campers enjoy a fun and creative summer of discovery on a beautiful college campus and a state-of-the-art adventure camp.
Activities include Digital Art & Photography, LEGO Robotics, Cooking, Art & Sculpture, Rock Climbing, Drama, Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Yoga, Dance, Basketball, Archery, Team Building, Leadership, Science, Nature, Creative Writing, and more!
