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YMCA Storer Camps
Residential coed summer camp
YMCA Storer Camps is redefining camping: combining nearly 100 years of experience with 21st Century facilities and programs. Challenges like the high ropes course and climbing tower provide campers with a rare combination of fun, self-discovery, self-confidence, and safety. Add to that the unspoiled beauty of Stony Lake, the serenity of the surrounding forests, fields and marshes, horseback riding, sailing, toasting marshmallows and sing-a-longs, and you have all the ingredients for a unique and memorable camping experience.
Children can experience swimming, sailing, canoeing, stand up paddleboarding, archery, riflery, arts and crafts, climbing towers, challenge courses, & more!
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Living Waters Bible Camp
Residential Bible Camp
Living Waters Bible Camp is a scenic year-round Christian camp nestled in a beautiful valley in southwestern Wisconsin, which displays the wonders of the Lord's creation. At Living Waters Bible Camp, we are committed to salvation through Jesus Christ, God's Son, and making everyone complete in Christ from children to adults.
We seek to glorify God by providing an environment where diverse people of all ages can hear His Word and develop a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ. We believe that the camp experience is a tool that God has used for years to bring individuals and families closer to him as they draw near to his creation and take a break from their everyday lives that are so often full of distractions. Our Christian summer camps have been serving individuals and families since 1970.
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Cran-Hill Ranch
Residential coed summer camp and Coed Day Camp
Cran-Hill is located on 300 acres of beautiful rolling hills located 65 miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are committed to give every person a wholesome, outdoor camp experience that will strengthen their relationship with God. Our caring, energetic, Christian staff are ready to give campers the most memorable summer of their lives. We have almost 40 years of camp experience and are ready to share it with you!
Activities include great games, a wild waterfront, cool campfires, horsemanship, photography, high adventure, mountain biking, extreme sports and much more.
YMCA Camp Icaghowan
Coed Overnight Camp
Each day at YMCA Camp Icaghowan is packed with fun, friends, and learning new skills. Enjoy any of the many activities offered like archery, climbing, canoeing, swimming or fishing!
Your week will include all-camp games, campfires every night, and activities with your cabin. Each camper will also experience an exciting camping overnight.
Campers end their day in the cabin sharing stories of the day's adventures and planning for tomorrow.
Bluestone Summer Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Bluestone offers four one week camping sessions in June and July. Our Resident Program will accomodate youth entering 3rd through 10th Grade, and our Trip Camps are for high school youth entering 10th through 12th Grades.
Our Summer Camping Program is based on a small group philosophy, which consists of one female and one male counselor to a group of around 10-12 kids. A week at Bluestone will provide campers with excellent opportunities for spiritual and personal growth, for meeting new friends, learning new skills, and challenging themselves.
In addition to daily arts and crafts, swim time and song time, Resident Campers have a daily bible study based on the theme of the summer. Hikes, creek walks, canoeing, sleeping out under the stars, nightly vespers, cookouts and s'mores are just some of the many other things to look forward to at Bluestone! Trip Campers can look forward as well to whitewater canoeing and rafting experiences, as well as other adventure activities depending upon which week they attend.
YMCA Camp Warren
Residential camp with separate sessions for boys and girls
YMCA Camp Warren is located in the northern woods near Eveleth, Minnesota on Half Moon Lake. Warren is a perfect setting for boys or girls to experience traditional camp activities in a one, two three, four, five or six week session in a single-gender environment.
Camp activities include sailing, horseback riding, & archery, canoeing, overnights, fishing, drama, swimming, photography, arts and crafts and field games. Emphasis programs are for campers who want a more intense experience in a specific program area. They include horse camp, sailing camp, a Short Border canoe trip and a Long Border canoe trip.
YMCA Camp Warren seeks to:
-Develop character, self-reliance and leadership skills in a single-gender environment
-Provide opportunities to develop lifelong friendships
-Develop the spirit, mind and body through challenging and fun camp activities
-Instill an appreciation of our natural world
-Create a sense of community by placing boys and girls in age-appropriate small groups with trained staff.
Lake of the Woods Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Lake of the Woods for Girls is ideally situated in southwest Michigan's water wonderland and offers 2, 4 or 8 week sessions. Campers design their own program from over 40 land and water activities. Our outstanding staff provides a safe environment where campers grow in skills, make friends, increase confidence and most of all just have fun! Campers live in spacious, airy, modern cabins with electricity, hot water, and bathrooms. The 80 acres of grounds include extensive lake frontage, a riding stables, golf course, recreational lodges, athletic fields, tennis courts, archery ranges, craft shops and more!
Activities include water skiing, horseback riding, windsurfing, gymnastics, sailing, lacrosse, go-carting, drama and more!
We also offer The Glen at Lake of the Woods - a two week session for girls!
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SuperCamp
Coed Residential Camp
SuperCamp is an academic and life skills camp that provides powerful, lifelong learning skills and builds motivation, confidence and self-esteem for students age 11-18. We help create a roadmap toward success that students take back to school after camp. SuperCamp is a place of nonstop work and play, learning and growing, classes and outdoor challenges.
Held at 9 prestigious U.S. school campuses: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; UCLA and Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, CA; Brown University, Providence, RI; Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL; Kent State, Kent, OH; University of South Floida, Tampa, FL; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. 7-day programs are available for middle school students, 10-day programs for high school students and an 8-day program is available for current & incoming college students.
YMCA Day Camp Sacajawea
Coed Day Camp
YMCA Day Camp Sacajawea is a wonderful place for your child to experience fun, outdoor adventures this summer! YMCA Day Camp Sacajawea provides a week packed full of exciting and structured activities for the new and returning camper. Located at Dakota County's Lebanon Hills Regional Park, just a short bus ride from several communities, campers age 4 through 16 participate in small, age-appropriate groups as they build self-esteem, learn new skills, and practice the YMCA's core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. And each year, every child leaves with special beads to mark their accomplishments and treasured experiences.
Traditional camp activities include swimming, canoeing, archery, games, environmental education, cookouts, arts and crafts, hiking, and more. Specialty camps include arts, fishing, challenge course, outdoor living skills, outdoor cooking and wild about nature. YMCA Day Camp Sacajawea is accredited by the American Camp Association.
Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Our Something Different is Something Special. Let's face it. You can choose from a lot of different camps. So what makes Pleasant Hill so special? It's because our camp is more than canoes and campfires. Don't worry, Pleasant Hill has all the toys. We have installed a NEW Zip Line for you to enjoy and we have our a New Mountain Board Park in the works!. Pleasant Hill is a camp where new friendships, great fun and new skills are developed all in the environment of a Christian camp. Here you'll find a place where you can challenge yourself to new experiences and discover a new confidence or just stick with the tried and true. Pleasant Hill is a camp where you can shine from the inside out.
Programs include Adventure Camp, Horselovers Camp, Wilderness Camp and Teen Adventure trips. You can choose from a lot of camps but we don't think you'll find any that are more committed to providing you with a top shelf traditional summer camp experience in an atmosphere that is as encouraging and uplifting as Pleasant Hill. That is our promise.
YMCA Camp Ihduhapi
Residential Coed Camp
Join us at Camp Ihduhapi for daily adventures, learning lots of new skills, and building lasting relationships! Campers will participate in several planned activity options each day by registering for a Specialty Camp or Traditional Camp.
In addition, Wednesdays are Theme Days that add zany and unique activities to the week and every Camper participates in an overnight tenting excursion to a campsite on Camp Ihduhapi property.
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.
Culver Summer Schools & Camps
Residential Coed Camp
The summer of a lifetime
There's camp, and there's Culver. The difference? One summer camp mother of 13 consecutive years put it this way, "Our four sons agree that the best gift we have ever given them is Culver Summer Schools & Camps. Where else can young men and women make lifelong friends while learning that competition is fun and challenges are exciting all at an amazing campus with friends from around the world?"
Culver offers young people 9 to 17 the opportunity to enjoy the most remarkable summer of their lives. Culver's structure allows campers to develop self-confidence while learning the value of self-discipline. They learn to overcome self-imposed limitations; improve technical, academic, and athletic skills; and how to push for their personal best. All while learning to ride, ski, sail, scuba, and even fly.
For 110 years, Culver parents have marveled at how their sons and daughters return home with a greater ability to cooperate and interact with others, achieving not only their own goals, but family and group goals as well. And Culver campers have returned again and again to enjoy their summer of lifetime. Go to culver.org/summer to watch our video and learn 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.
Camp Anokijig
Residential Coed Camp
Camp Anokijig has been recognized for excellence in camping since 1926, with a rich tradition and history of offering youth an experience that will last a lifetime. Anokijig is synonymous with new friends, positive values, personal growth, great adventures and outrageous fun. Coed, overnight programs are offered for kids ages 7-16, for 4 days to 1 or more weeks of summer fun. Campers may register for the traditional Resident Camp program with a wide variety of activities from which to choose, to emphasize a well-rounded and fun camp experience.
Resident Camp consists of two daily skill periods, all-camp activities, sectional/cabin activities, and directed free time. In addition, any resident camper entering 7th grade or above can also sign up for additional day trips. Or, campers can choose to specialize in Ranch or Circle A Riders (horse programs), Competitive Swim, Fishing Expeditions, Theater in the Woods, Yoga, Camp Comedy, Drumming, or Adventure Challenge Specialty Camp Programs. Older campers, ages 12 and above are eligible for our adventure trips which travel to the Sylvania Wilderness, Apostle Islands, and Devil's Lake State Park. Activities include: horseback riding, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, archery, fishing, crafts, drama, dance, nature, woodworking, riflery, music, digital photography, and much more!
Otyokwah Camp & Retreat Center
Camp & Retreat Center
Otyokwah Camp & Retreat Center (a.k.a. Camp Otyokwah) is a Christian residential summer camp and retreat center located in north central Ohio. Our facility is located approximately half way between Columbus and Cleveland on 260 acres of beautiful rolling wooded Ohio terrain.
In June and early July, we offer one-week residential Christian summer camp sessions for children and youth from second grade to entering college. We desire for our campers to have a transformational experience through a fun, safe, Christ-centered program and quality relationships with staff and other campers.
YMCA Day Camp Kici Yapi
Coed Day Camp
Your child can have an amazing outdoor experience this summer and sleep at home, too. YMCA Camp Kici Yapi jam packs every week with exciting, structured activities for both new and returning campers. Nature's beauty is all around to explore at Camp Kici Yapi. The camp is spread out over 80 acres of spectacular wooded land located in Prior Lake.
Each day campers, ages 4 through 14, participate in small-group structured activities with other campers in their age group. They learn new skills and build self-esteem while being guided by the YMCA's core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
Campers fill their days with traditional camp activities such as swimming, lakefront canoeing, kayaking and row boating, archery, games, environmental learning, cookouts, arts and crafts, hiking and more.
Camp Jump Start
Residential coed summer camp
Your success starts here. Camp Jump Start is the FIRST health professional owned and operated weight loss camp in the nation-- we revolutionized the industry in 2003! Come to the camp that others try to copy but cannot. The weight loss is amazing under health professionals who guide campers to weight loss success through fitness activities, behavior modification, and nutritional education along with well-balanced, portion-controlled meals. The gain in self-esteem is incredible: Campers leave feeling empowered to make healthier choices in order to maintain weight loss. We offer lifestyle emphasis and FREE follow-up.
We are open to kids and teens and offer traditional camp activities with non-competitive sports, as well as many adventure experiences in mountain biking and hiking. Pool and lake on property. See our website for session dates and prices.
We're a weight loss camp, but weight loss is only one part of the awesome benefits you find here. CJS is FUN, and the campers are always part of our family-- even after the summer ends. See what a difference a summer can make!
Camp Kupugani
Residential Camp with Separate Girls' and Boys' Sessions
In separate girls-only and boys-only programs, we emphasize diversity and communication skills in a fun atmosphere... uniting kids of varied backgrounds; they expand their comfort zones and build character. They enjoy activities like rock climbing, river walking, canoeing, playing under waterfalls, and night hikes under the stars, plus carefully designed group activities and games so that fun and personal growth coincide.
Our campers' comments bear out our program's positive effect: "Camp Kupugani helped me see that I am beautiful on the inside and out. Because of my time here, I want to teach girls that they are strong independent women who can change the world."
"Camp Kupugani helped me realize everyone is unique and that makes us special, and everyone is alike and that brings us together." "Going to C.K. really helped me make friends, be happier, more sure of myself, and pretty much a better kid all around!"
Big Sandy Camp
Camp & Retreat Center
Big Sandy Camp is located on beautiful Big Sandy Lake in McGregor, Minnesota. We are the Northwestern District camp of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and would love to have you here to join us for one of our many camps. It is our desire to provide an environment where lives can be changed through a Christ-centered social experience. Summer youth camps are a major part of the Big Sandy Camp Ministry. With eight camps for youth entering grades 2 - 12, we have a camp that is perfect for you.
Each camper that participates in one of our camps will have the opportunity to utilize all our facilities. Our beautiful year-round accommodations for groups of 10-350 are sure to make your stay with us a pleasurable one. Each of our three main lodges has a large meeting room as well as the media equipment needed.
Camp Voyageur
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Voyageur, owned and operated by the Erdmann family since 1951, is a small private camp for boys 9-17 located next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
We have a traditional in camp program but our specialty is canoeing trips. We lead 3-16 wilderness trips canoeing in the Boundary Waters and Canada's Quetico Provincial Park. In addition we also lead hiking along the North Shore of Lake Superior and on Isle Royale National Park and we lead sea kayaking in the Apostle Island National Lake Shore. Our in camp program of land and water sports includes: waterskiing, soccer, basketball, volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, archery, rock climbing, sailing, arts/crafts, and much more. 1 well trained counselor to 4 campers.
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Lake Geneva Youth Camp
Coed Residential and Day Camp
Lake Geneva Youth Camp is a place set apart for campers to have life-changing experiences. It provides a wonderful world of discovery for boys, girls, teens and adults. It is a place surrounded by God's beautiful creation filled with intense fun, and packed with real life experiences, challenges, and relationships that will draw them closer to God. Our programs are tailor-made for each age group and gender.
Our carefully selected and trained staff desire to give campers the time of their lives in a safe, nurturing environment. Lifelong friendships are developed. New skills areas are learned. Memories that last a lifetime are made. And first and foremost, the deeds and words of Jesus Christ are taught in relevant ways that will impact lives.
Howe Summer Camp
Residential Boys' CampHowe Summer Camp is a great opportunity for boys to learn, grow, and gain self-confidence during a three-week or six-week session. Campers have the opportunity to develop leadership skills, maturity and self-discipline.
Howe is a unique blend of academics and numerous recreational activities. All campers participate in math and English. Cabins consist of open bay with bunk beds. We have a counselor to camper ratio of 1 to 8 for older campers and 1 to 6 for younger campers. The camp's grounds include 55 acres of woodlands, open countryside along the shores of Cedar Lake in Howe, Indiana.
Greenwoods Camp for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
2, 4, or 8 weeks. Fully Elective Program
Greenwoods Camp is known for providing a superior camp experience where meaningful friendships are formed, unique traditions are embraced and each boy is valued for his individuality. The real magic of Greenwoods lies in its people - the campers, staff, alumni and directors.
Greenwoods offers the opportunity for boys to explore a variety of interests. Our exceptional instruction combined with a fully elective program is designed to meet the needs and interests of each camper. Choose from 40 activities - from the athletics fields to the waterfront and from the great outdoors to the arts, the experience is customized for each of our campers.
Activities include water skiing, wind surfing, golf, tennis, archery, go-carting, sailing, lacrosse and more! Campers live in spacious, modern cabins with electricity, hot water, and bathrooms. The 80 acres of grounds include extensive lake frontage, riding stables, golf course, recreational lodges, athletic fields, tennis courts, archery ranges, craft shops and more!
Our camps have been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Crain's Chicago Business, Family Life Magazine, National Public Radio and numerous other publications and media outlets.
A perfect environment for first time campers!
-Camp Maha
Girls' Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsBeautiful river bluff setting for girls grades 1-12. Transportation. Hiking, songs, swimming, environmental education center.
Activities include: Archery, Arts/Crafts, Camping Skills/Outdoor Living, Hiking, Leadership Development, Music, Nature/Environment Studies, Swimming-Recreational.
YMCA Storer Camps
Residential coed summer camp
YMCA Storer Camps is redefining camping: combining nearly 100 years of experience with 21st Century facilities and programs. Challenges like the high ropes course and climbing tower provide campers with a rare combination of fun, self-discovery, self-confidence, and safety. Add to that the unspoiled beauty of Stony Lake, the serenity of the surrounding forests, fields and marshes, horseback riding, sailing, toasting marshmallows and sing-a-longs, and you have all the ingredients for a unique and memorable camping experience.
Children can experience swimming, sailing, canoeing, stand up paddleboarding, archery, riflery, arts and crafts, climbing towers, challenge courses, & more!
