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Merestead Field Hockey & Lacrosse Camps
Girls' Camp with Residential and Day Sessions
Merestead, the oldest sports camp for girls in the United States, moves into its 66th consecutive season of summer camps for individual players, teams and coaches. Merestead offers camps with unique programs in field hockey, lacrosse, or both sports, which encourages players to grow and excel as athletes and team players. Merestead is for girls ages 11-18 years. From its beginnings in 1946, Merestead has emphasized the international ties that link players of these two great international sports.
Merestead's coaching staff includes experienced U.S. high school and college coaches, many of whom have played or coached at the U.S. level. In addition, the staff includes experienced international coaches and players from England, Spain, Holland, and South Africa. Merestead sets itself apart from other camps with our staff. Professional educators, who supervise the curriculum and daily program, also oversee this world class coaching staff.
We don't make shoes or sticks, we teach the sport. Programs are tailored for the beginner, the intermediate, and advanced players as well as teams. Thousands of players have experienced world class coaching at Merestead. You can be one of them!
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Wellspring Adventure Camp, North Carolina
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Adventure Weight Loss Camp in North Carolina combines Wellspring's renowned weight loss approach with adventure and activity. With exciting outdoor activities such as climbing, rafting, camping, hiking, and swimming holes, as well as more traditional camp activities, Adventure Camp provides unparalleled weight loss.
From our camp tucked in the valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains, campers leave for week-long adventures throughout the Carolinas and Tennessee. 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.
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Wellspring Family Camp
Residential Family Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Family Camp is the world's leading program for family weight loss, designed for parents with children ages 5-15. Located at the University of California, San Diego families attend Wellspring for a one- or two-week weight loss vacation and transformation.
Taking advantage of all the amenities that UCSD has to offer, Wellspring Family Camp activities include personal training, hiking, fitness classes, swimming, and a wide variety of sports, games and other fun and energizing activities designed to motivate parents and children to continue a much higher level of activity after returning home. Parents may participate in Wellspring activities with their children, or enjoy their time on the golf course or in the spa. At the end of the session, all family members will have the skills, knowledge, and support necessary for transforming the home environment into a place where everyone has the motivation and mindset necessary for continued weight loss and a permanent healthy lifestyle.
Wellspring Family Camp is the best option for a fantastic family vacation, and to help start family members on the path to a healthy weight.
Wellspring Pennsylvania
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Nestled on a beautiful and quiet campus in Western Pennsylvania, Wellspring Pennsylvania is the only scientifically based co-ed weight loss camp in the Northeast. Our highly motivated staff caters to boys and girls ages 11-18 for a fun-filled summer of new experiences, new friends and dramatic weight loss. Activities at Wellspring Pennsylvania include fitness training, aerobics, yoga, hiking, biking, basketball, volleyball, swimming, to name a few - all designed to get campers moving and loving it!
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.
Wellspring Florida
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Florida provides campers from the Southeast an amazing opportunity to lose weight and get active in a fun, safe, and beautiful environment. On the water of Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast, campers 11 - 18 years old enjoy one of America's top vacation destinations. Taking advantage of the wonderful sunshine, refreshing local waters, and fantastic campus facilities, campers participate in a variety of outdoor activities and watersports. Then, we cool off back on campus in extensive fitness and recreation facilities, including training and aerobic areas, weight rooms, gyms, and swimming pool. Campers share modern, comfortable, air-conditioned dorms as well as dining and common areas.
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 Tall Timbers
Residential coed summer camp
Situated on 120 privately owned acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia, Camp Tall Timbers offers 1,2,3,5 and 6 week sessions for boys and girls in grades 1st-10th from June to August. We offer programs that help to foster a camper's personal development in a broad range of activities.
For those FIRST TIME CAMPERS completing grades 1st-4th, Our 'Wet Your Feet' Weeks, are the perfect choice! All the fun of a regular session crammed into one fun-filled week.
Camp Tall Timbers celebrating OUR 42nd year, offering camp excellence with great facilities. Athletics: Individual and team activities, clinic and instructional work, inter-camp games and tournaments, noncompetitive league program, sportsmanship and fair play. Water Sports/Aquatics: Red Cross Swimming achievement program, enhancement of water skills, Canoeing, Paddleboating, Tubing and Water Skiing. Outdoor Experience: English and Western horseback riding, care and treatment of the animals, improvement of riding skills, Mountain Boarding, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Rock Climbing, High and Low Challenge Course, Zipline,Overnight Trips. Creative and Performing Arts: Arts and Crafts, Aerobics, Newspaper, Model Rocketry, Dramatics, Modern Dance and Photography. A well rounded experience for any camper!
Camp Cayuga
Residential Coed Summer Camp
First-Time Camper Tuition Refund Guarantee: We specialize in first-time campers! Under the same family ownership since 1964, the Buynak Family has earned a fine reputation for providing healthy, safe, fun-filled summers for children! ACA accredited camp. Mature staff. Ratio 4:1.
Separate Teen Campus: Cayuga provides two separate programs geared to the different age groups on each campus. Teen Campus is reserved exclusively for teenagers who are entering 8th and higher. Junior Campus houses campers entering 1st to 8th grade who are age 13 and younger.
Create Your Own Activity Schedule: Campers select their own activities each morning after breakfast. You sign-up for activities with your friends, so you can attend the same activities together. Juniors (4th grade and lower) travel together as a cabin group to activities under the direct supervision of their counselor. The cabin activity schedule is different each day of the week!
Over 60 Daily Activities: All Land & Water Sports, Horseback Riding (no extra fee), Paintball, ATVs, Skateboarding, Private Tennis Lessons, Clinics, Exciting Trips, Weekly Special Events, Fun Evening Activities. Quality Instruction provided.
Enrollment: Capacity 390 campers. To register, complete the on-line application or hard-copy. Tuition Discounts. 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks. Comprehensive Facilities. Modern Cabins.
Wellspring New York
Residential Girls' Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring New York is the only weight loss program exclusively for young women, between the ages of 11-24. At Wellspring New York, you'll make lifelong friends with young women your own age, at a summer weight loss program that will change your life. Wellspring New York offers a 3 week, 6 week or 9 week program.
Because you'll be losing weight alongside young women just like you, you'll find the environment extremely safe and supportive. The young women of Wellspring New York are divided into the separate programs of Lower Camp, Middle Camp, and Upper Camp (18 and older). Wellspring New York utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy in individual and group sessions to maximize weight loss and long-term behavioral change. The cognitive behavioral therapy continues after camp ends through a three-month after-care weight loss program.
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Forest Lake Camp
Residential camp with separate campuses for boys and girls
We would like to welcome you to Forest Lake Camp, one of America's great sleepaway camps since 1926.
Our camp was founded by H.T. Confer, and remains in family hands to this day. Since 1926, thousands and thousands of boys and girls have experienced the wonders of Forest Lake Camp, gaining independence, developing self-confidence, establishing strong new friendships, touching the majesty of the outdoor world, and sampling an extraordinarily broad range of activities never experienced before.
We encourage you to view our website and begin to get to know us. Read about our values and principles. Look at our directors and counselors. Order our free DVD and see for yourself the absolute beauty of Forest Lake Camp, our fields, our private Adirondack lake with its extensive swimming and boating activities, our tennis and basketball courts, our horses for our outstanding riding program. View and read about the whitewater rafting trips, the hiking and fishing trips, our performing arts programs, and so much more. Read the testimonials, unsolicited, and check our parent references.
Forest Lake Camp is a wholesome, healthy, life-shaping experience for a child. It just might be right for yours. Sincerely, The Directors of Forest Lake Camp
Merestead Field Hockey & Lacrosse Camps
Girls' Camp with Residential and Day Sessions
Merestead, the oldest sports camp for girls in the United States, moves into its 66th consecutive season of summer camps for individual players, teams and coaches. Merestead offers camps with unique programs in field hockey, lacrosse, or both sports, which encourages players to grow and excel as athletes and team players. Merestead is for girls ages 11-18 years. From its beginnings in 1946, Merestead has emphasized the international ties that link players of these two great international sports.
Merestead's coaching staff includes experienced U.S. high school and college coaches, many of whom have played or coached at the U.S. level. In addition, the staff includes experienced international coaches and players from England, Spain, Holland, and South Africa. Merestead sets itself apart from other camps with our staff. Professional educators, who supervise the curriculum and daily program, also oversee this world class coaching staff.
We don't make shoes or sticks, we teach the sport. Programs are tailored for the beginner, the intermediate, and advanced players as well as teams. Thousands of players have experienced world class coaching at Merestead. You can be one of them!
