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Camp Chewonki for boys
Residential boys' summer camp	Wiscasset, Maine
Chewonki has had more than 90 years to develop its engaging blend of learning, action, and ideals. We maintain a relaxed atmosphere where the program is meaningful and free from high pressure and intense competition. We believe that in an encouraging, supportive community, campers and trippers gain self-knowledge, initiative, and the realization that they have much to contribute to the world. Camp activities include archery, art, camping, canoeing, organic farming, sports, kayaking, nature, photography, pottery, renewable energy, sailing, swimming, tennis, & woodshop. We offer one seven-week session (ages 10 -15), one five-week session (ages 10 -12), two three-week sessions (8 - 15) and two introductory ten-day sessions (8 -11). Coed wilderness trips for teens.
E-mail: camp@chewonki.org, Website: www.chewonki.org, (207) 882-7323
Accredited by American Camp Association Established in 1915

Windsor Mountain International was founded in 1961, as Interlocken International Camp and leads young people to discover the magic of creating friendships across cultures. At Windsor Mountain International SUMMER CAMP, activities include sports, theatre, arts and crafts ranging from stained glass to Batik, festivals, music such as guitar, and Jamaican steel drumming, as well as a wide range of outdoor adventure including rock-climbing, camping, kayaking, and a world class ropes course. Last summer Windsor Mountain represented 29 countries which gives campers an opportunity to learn about a broad variety of countries and cultures while making lifetime friends from around the world. We also have an ASL (American Sign Language) program which integrates Deaf students and staff into the camp community.

Windsor Mountain offers exciting summer TRAVEL PROGRAMS for students in grades 8-12. All our travel programs are creative adventures focusing on building friendships among diverse cultures, and include community service learning, language opportunities, cross cultural exchanges and environmental explorations. 2008 destinations include Mexico, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Hawaii, China, Southern Africa, Peru and western USA,. We also have a NEW ENGLAND TRAVELING THEATRE program for students interested in performing arts, and a NEW ENGLAND ADVENTURE program for students in grades 6-8.

Vermont Adventure Camps, run by Extreme Adventures of Vermont is Vermont's Premiere Summer Camp Experience. VAC is dedicated to helping teens enjoy, respect and create a sense of harmony with nature, while challenging their mind and body. We offer 8 five day adventure camps for teens 12 to 14, and 4 twelve day adventure camps for teens 15 to 18. These camps are sleep over camps. You will go on an adventure each day and then come back to our quaint camping area where each night will be spent in a cozy lean-to. Each camp session is a little different but there is always a 5 to 1 camper counselor ratio. The age range for the camps are posted on each camp description the ages of the camps run from 12 and up. You will have breakfast every morning at the camp site and then we will leave for our daily adventure. Trail lunches are provided for you each day while on our adventure. Return to the camp site each night where everyone helps prepare dinner. You do not need experience, but rather the enthusiasm and willingness to try new things and meet new people.

Activities include Hiking, Mtn Biking, Kayaking, Canoeing, Rafting, Rock Climbing, Caving, Camp Games, Outdoor Classes. Join us in 2008- Reserve your teens spot between February 2nd and March 1st save $100; Between March 2nd and April 1st save $50.

Camp Hawthorne, founded in 1919, is located on over 2 miles of shorefront on pristine Panther Lake in Raymond, Maine. We offer 2, 3 and 5-week programs for coed campers ages 7-16. Programs include a 2 and 3-week general camp with land sports, sailing, waterskiing, camp craft, drama and visual arts. We also offer a 2-week sailing program with racing, a 3-week video film making program, and a 2-week creative arts program with professional staff focusing on performing and visual arts and film making.

We also offer a wilderness and leadership program called New England Camping Adventures offering Outward Bound style trips in white water canoeing, rafting, rock climbing, backpacking, ocean kayaking and biking. We are a small family type camp of 115 campers. Designed for an easy adjustment for first-year campers.

Founded in 1996, Kroka Expeditions is a non-profit Earth Living Skills School dedicated to assisting young people in developing character, responsibility, a sense of community and place, in harmony with nature. All of our programs offer sustainable community living experiences balanced with instruction in adventure sports and the ancient art of wilderness living.

Programs are offered to students ages 7 through 18 and include both day and residential programs. Adventures involve wilderness programs, rock climbing, caving, biking, building projects, white water and ocean paddling in canoes, rafts and/or kayaks and more.

Founded in 1886, Incarnation Camp offers both residential and day camping to boy and girls ages 7-15. Located on 700 wooded acres, which surround a mile-long private lake, Incarnation Camp offers a well-rounded program including traditional camp activities. Teens take part in Adventure Treks.

In the spirit of the traditional camp experience, activities include: boating; water sports; ropes course; archery; hiking; primitive studies; field and team sports; fine arts, such as drama, art, dance, arts and crafts; horseback riding, swimming instruction and more. Teens hike the Appalachian Trail, bike the rail trails of New England and canoe the CT River.

The Outdoor Specialists. For over 40 years, Roaring Brook Camp has been devoted to eaching outdoor sports, Vermont crafts and, conducting wilderness expeditions by backpack and canoe. Self-reliance, resourcefulness and the will to-achieve center the camp's philosophy. It is an ideal setting for boys seeking an exciting outdoor adventure.

Rock climbing/rappelling/ropes course; Survival; Orienteering; Kayak/Canoe/Swim; Woodwork; Blacksmith; Leatherwork; Fly-Tying and Fishing; Archery/Rifle; Timber Sports; Fitness. 2, 4 and 6 week sessions

A non profit Christian camping ministry offering high quality Adventure based activities and canoe trips in Maine and Canada.

Wilderness canoe trips and adventure based activities including learning survivor skills, whitewater canoeing, orienteering, backpacking and whitewater rafting. Camp sessions from late June through late August, 5 days to 3 weeks. Ages 10-18.

Adventure Bound Summer Camp is an outdoor adventure travel camp that offers teens ages 13 to 17 a unique and challenging summer experience. Campers are given the opportunity to choose between 14 and 21 day sessions filled with a host of exhilarating outdoor excursions. Go on scenic hikes, backpack overnight, learn wilderness survival skills, take a relaxing canoe paddle to a remote fishing spot, feel the adrenaline as you learn the technical skills of rock climbing, let your body race down world class rapids on some of New England's most exciting rivers as you learn whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Our specialty is teaching the proper safety and beginner skills to make your outdoor experience a safe and rewarding one. The individual growth of each of our campers is also very important to us. Adventure Bound Summer Camp staff encourages campers to excel at their own speed by challenging them where they are and helping them to get to where they want to be. Located in some of Maine's most pristine wilderness, Adventure Bound offers a beautiful setting for any environmental or outdoor enthusiast to break out of their usual summer time routine and embrace the challenges they've been dreaming of.

Chewonki has had more than 90 years to develop its engaging blend of learning, action, and ideals. We maintain a relaxed atmosphere where the program is meaningful and free from high pressure and intense competition. We believe that in an encouraging, supportive community, campers and trippers gain self-knowledge, initiative, and the realization that they have much to contribute to the world.

Camp activities include archery, art, camping, canoeing, organic farming, sports, kayaking, nature, photography, pottery, renewable energy, sailing, swimming, tennis, & woodshop. We offer one seven-week session (ages 10 -15), one five-week session (ages 10 -12), two three-week sessions (8 - 15) and two introductory ten-day sessions (8 -11). Coed wilderness trips for teens.

Outward Bound Wilderness, a national nonprofit organization, offers over 500 adventure-based wilderness courses - year round - serving adults, teens and youth (ages 12+).

Course activities include rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, mountaineering, sailing, dogsledding, canoeing and rafting in some of the most untouched wilderness areas across the nation. No matter the activity, courses focus on learning through experience, compassion, leadership and responsibility to both team and the environment. Courses range in length from 4 days to three months in length. Scholarships are available.

Since 1962, over 500,000 students have returned from an Outward Bound experience with a deeper knowledge of themselves and the world in which we live.