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William Lawrence Camp
Residential boys' summer camp
Since its founding in 1913, the purpose of William Lawrence Camp has been to provide a safe, wholesome atmosphere where a boy can happily learn, share and grow with his fellow campers. A relatively small camp offering a balanced program, William Lawrence Camp endeavors to provide a framework that will mentally and physically challenge a camper to become a "whole" person, not just a specialist.
Activities include: swimming, sailing, fishing, waterskiing, hiking, canoeing, riflery, archery, soccer, basketball, baseball, streethockey, tennis, arts and crafts, woodworking, challenge course with climbing tower and an extensive outcamping program.
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Camp Wiyaka
Residential coed summer campThis summer, your child can spend time outdoors --hiking, swimming, sports, doing arts and crafts, and singing songs beside a campfire with lots of kids his/her age.
Activities include swimming, hiking, boating and sailing, shooting sports, evening campfires, nature study, and best of all, making new friends!
Website:Camp Chewonki for boys
Residential boys' summer campChewonki 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.
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Camp Avoda
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Avoda, located at the Gateway to Cape Cod, in Middleboro, MA, is a well-established Jewish boys' camp which fosters growth and self-confidence in its campers through outdoor adventures and camp activities. What makes Camp Avoda unique is the individual care given to each camper and quality of leadership. Together they contribute to the overall excellence of the camp and create an ideal atmosphere for growth, learning, and FUN! Capacity: 150 boys.
Activities include: athletics, swimming, small crafts, high and low ropes, archery, tennis, woodworking, photography, fishing, video production, arts and crafts; color war; weekly field trips.
Camp Timanous
Residential boys' summer camp
After a summer at Timanous, boys return home more independent, self-confident, and self-sufficient. Campers choose from a variety of activities including sailing, canoeing, kayaking, water-skiing,soccer, riflery, tennis, archery, lacrosse, wood working, pottery, handicrafts. We also have a strong camping trip program. Our small size assures that we know every camper by name and are able to closely monitor their progress. We have a very high return rate of both campers and counselors.
A Timanous parent summed it up with these words: "For us, Timanous is an investment in our son - an investment in character, maturity and his passage to adulthood." Finding the right camp is a very important decision. We would love to speak with you about your son to see if Timanous would be a good fit for him. Please check out our website. If you are in Maine during the summer, please come see us in action.
Camp Lawrence for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Established in 1907, Camp Lawrence for Boys is a vital, diverse community of 150 campers, ages 8 to 16, and over 60 staff members from around the world. Accredited by the American Camp Association, licensed by the state of New Hampshire and operated in accordance with the YMCA of the USA policies, the camp covers 70 acres of picturesque Bear Island on Lake Winnipesaukee. A traditional resident camp, the boys choose their own schedules from a wide range of athletic and creative activities.
These activities challenge each camper according to his individual needs, and care is taken to provide instruction adjusted to each boy's age, interest, and skill. Camp Lawrence offers a well-rounded and creative summer program that reaches far beyond the two to eight weeks that the boys are at camp, creating memories that last a lifetime.
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
Briarwood Marine Science and Sailing Camps
Residential summer camp with separate sessions for boys and girlsBriarwood Summer Camps proudly offer 1-week overnight sessions for Marine Science and Sailing for Boys and Girls entering grades 5 through 10. The camp is located on Cape Cod just over the Bourne Bridge boasting an extensive waterfront on Little Bay. The Marine Science offers marine life capture and observation, exploring the coast by snorkeling or kayaking, dissecting sharks, fishing and much more. The sailing program is designed to introduce a 'how to' approach to new sailors or challenge experienced sailors in greater objectives.
Briarwood, which is adjacent to 90 acres of conservation land and 2000 feet of shoreline, is equipped with a studio classroom, seven heated cabins and a bathhouse, and a marine lab. Nature trails wander through adjoining woods, and a marine laboratory, boat dock, and swimming float are in place for use during the warmer months. The marine lab is outfitted with touch tanks, several large aquaria, collection and sampling equipment, and water quality apparatus. Additional resources include computers, printers, digital cameras, a fleet of sailboats and kayaks.
Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures
Residential boys' summer camp
Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures is a unique primitive summer camp for boys. At Night Eagle, we live in tipis and do things that boys did hundreds of years ago - learn survival skills (fire making with flint & steel or bow drills, plant identification, tracking), create all sorts of craft items (birchbark baskets, moccasins), go on hikes, canoe, swim, and play lots of games (Buffalo Robe, Stalk the Chief and Slack 'Em to name a few)!
Through these activities and the slower pace of life in camp, boys naturally develop a deeper respect for the land and an authentic sense of personal accomplishment as they learn to live competently in the woods.
Night Eagle is a different kind of camp based on mutual responsibility and cooperation. Through community living and group decision making, boys learn to live and play together in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition. ACA accredited camp.
Roaring Brook Camp for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
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
Camp Cobbossee for Boys
Residential boys' sports camp
Camp Cobbossee is a boys summer sports camp that offers a complete Maine experience in a 4-week session. Camp Cobbossee sits on 125 acres of rustic Maine woodlands and manicured playing fields and features excellent, state-of-the-art sports facilities where professional instructors coach our boys in a friendly atmosphere with tremendous spirit. A Cobbossee camper has a strong interest in participating in sports, improving his skills, learning new things, and having fun. We have an outstanding staff that cares about our campers and are attentive to their needs.
In addition to sports, Camp Cobbossee has an exceptional waterfront on beautiful Lake Cobbosseecontee where boys enjoy waterskiing, sailing, swimming, canoeing/kayaking and more. Our adventure program includes overnight trips where campers learn how to pitch a tent, cook on an open fire and bond with their friends outside of camp. Other activities include hiking, technical climbing, ropes course, hobbies, and special events.
Additionally, families can take advantage of our sister camp, Camp Kippewa, which is located 1/2 mile down the road and on Lake Cobbosseecontee.
Camp Winadu
Residential boys' summer sports camp
Camp Winadu is a boys summer camp that combines the quality instruction of a specialty sports camp with the fun, traditions and camaraderie of a traditional sleepaway camp. Boys of all skill levels are welcome and thrive at Winadu. They acquire excellent skills in team and individual sports, make lifelong friends and leave Winadu with enhanced self-esteem and improved social skills. Camp Winadu offers 7 week sessions; located on Onota Lake in the Berkshires.
Camp Winadu is more than a camp, it's a team. Winadu campers are taught that the most important thing at camp is to always encourage and help their teammates and fellow campers - that is the meaning of our credo: "Team Winadu." Whether it's passing the ball to a teammate who has a better shot, complimenting a bunkmate on something he has done well, or singing and cheering together at Campership or Songfest, everything at Winadu revolves around teamwork. Every boy at camp is a part of our special team. And, when a team works together, great things happen!
Farm and Wilderness Camps
Coed Camps with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Farm & Wilderness operates five residential camps and a day camp.
The Barn Day Camp offers children ages 4-10 opportunities to garden, care for animals, hike, climb, swim, create art, and play.
At Timberlake, boys ages 9-14 can backpack, farm, garden, swim, boat, create art, and build a cabin.
Indian Brook offers girls 9-14 opportunities to milk a cow, cut down a tree, climb mountains, read a map, learn 100 songs, and build a cabin.
Tamarack Farm: 15-17 year olds living together and running an organic farm. There's also time for playing, swimming, and the arts.
Saltash Mountain is a coed adventure camp for 11-14 year olds. Backpacking, canoeing and rock climbing trips plus gardening, crafting, swimming, and playing.
Flying Cloud is for boys 11-14 to live close to the earth and learn primitive living skills. Wood carving, fire building, and animal tracking are a few of the many activities offered.
Camp Wachusett for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Enrollment of 75 boys, ages 8 to 14, with each boy able to pursue his own interests. Experienced staff, with no counselors new to Wachusett the past three years. Splendid variety of waterfront and land activities -- with team sports, optional overnight trips, and special events. Excellent lakefront facility. Friendliness and spirit the camp's trademarks for decades. Directors with more than 40 years experience.
Sessions from two to seven weeks. Waterfront options include sailing, watersking, kayaking, and canoeing. Land options include instruction in such activities as tennis, basketball, soccer, woodworking, and archery. Team sports within our camp community. Hiking and canoeing trips an option.
Camp Winaukee
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Winaukee enjoys a reputation as one of the premier boys summer sports and adventure camps in America. Located on Lake Winnipesaukee, the camp offers 7 week sessions as well as shorter sessions of 5 and 6 weeks with limited enrollment. Winaukee has two campuses, a mainland camp for campers ages 7-12 and an Island camp for campers 13-15. The separate camps offer the intimacy of a small camp setting with the breadth and diversity of programming of a larger camp. The atmosphere at each of the two age-appropriate camps is unique. The camps are run separately, and each has its own facilities, playing fields, courts, bunks, playhouse and dining hall.
The Winaukee community embraces a core philosophy set forth on the six branches of the Winaukee "Tree of Values": Enthusiasm, Loyalty, Sportsmanship, Friendship, Achievement and Cooperation. These values are instilled in Winaukee campers through a sports and adventure program and unique traditions that have been at the heart of Winaukee's 85 year history. Winaukee campers feel that they are part of something special, meaningful and bigger than themselves. That's why we often hear our campers say, "Winaukee is in my soul."
Camp Sangamon
Residential boys' summer camp
Sangamon is a really different kind of boys' camp, not based on sports or competition. Sangamon's entire program is elective. Each camper creates a personal schedule each day from more than 15 instructional activities and trips. We are a boy's camp with our sister camp right next door, offering the best of single gender and co-ed camping.
Sangamon offers fifteen different instructional activities, plus trips. Individual and team sports and five studio crafts program. We offer a good fit to a wide variety of boys. Four sessions: two 3-week sessions, two 2-week sessions, ages 9-15.
Netop Summer Camp
Residential boys' summer camp
Netop (nee-tope, meaning "friend") is a traditional overnight camp for boys (8-15) located in Casco Maine. On 100 acres and a magnificent private lake, Netop offers a wide range of sports, water activities, wilderness trips and arts, like rock band, woodcrafts and film. Sessions range from 2 1/2 - 6 weeks, plus a 10-day "starter" option for new campers ages 8-10.
Netop is a friendly and supportive community that instills confidence and values, while producing lasting friendships and memories. With its "four spokes" philosophy, Netop encourages growth and balance in four areas of life - social, mental, physical and spiritual.
Camp O-AT-KA
Residential boys' summer camp
O-AT-KA, founded in 1906, is a traditional boys summer camp located on Sebago Lake. O-AT-KA provides a nurturing and supportive environment for boys ages 8-16. The camp offers superb land and water-sports, along with a strong arts program headquartered in an eight-studio arts center. Campers select from activities including: riflery, archery, sailing, fishing, waterskiing, campcraft, stained glass, nature, music, steel drums, pottery, photography, fly-tying, drama, rock climbing, kayaking, and woodworking. Competitive team sports and skill development programs are offered in soccer, tennis, baseball, basketball and lacrosse.
This summer O-AT-KA will offer a two week intensive baseball program during first session and a pre-season soccer skills and conditioning program during the second session. Older campers have the opportunity to sign-up for a variety of 3 day mini-wilderness trips including sea-kayaking based out of the camp's new off-site facility in South Bristol, Maine. Traditional values, an integral part of camp life, are reinforced by a superb staff, through group living and daily camp gatherings...all helping to build a solid foundation for life which stresses values, skills, friendships, and fun.
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac summer camp for boys offers the flexibility and affordability of three-week sessions. Experience 80 years of tradition and excellence in the Berkshires just a short drive from New York (near the gates of Tanglewood). Excellent facilities, top instructors and a wide variety of activity choices combine the best of sports camps and traditional boys camping on the beautiful shores of Stockbridge Bowl. Sessions can be combined along with a one-week specialty program for a full summer experience. Visit our website for more details.
The spirit of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac lies in the strong sense of community and opportunities for individual growth. Mah-Kee-Nac is known for its warm, caring environment, where boys are encouraged to explore their interests. The staff promotes friendship, fun and personal accomplishment. The program offers individual instruction in all sports and aquatic activities that is balanced by many options for outdoor adventure and special-interest activities such as trips, high ropes course adventure center, golf, mountain biking, computers, radio technology, rocketry and many special events. At MKN we follow the example of Michael Jordan's words: "Just play, have fun, enjoy the game."
-Nike Soccer Camps
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsNIKE Soccer Camps have attracted some of the most respected and accomplished soccer instructors and coaches in the country. They share your passion for soccer and have made a career of sharing their knowledge and experience with hundreds of young athletes just like yourself. They and their carefully chosen staffs never lose sight of the fact that great players are created one at a time.
The NIKE Soccer Camps are a great place for any soccer enthusiast who is looking to improve their skills, work hard, make new friends and have fun! Our mission is to provide athletes with the tools to improve and to enjoy soccer for life!
-International Hockey Schools and Camps
Boys' Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsLocationsInternational Hockey Schools provide you with the opportunity to be successful in two important areas: Improving your individual hockey skills and expanding your personal skills as a team player, on and off the ice.
Specialty camps include goalie camps, shooting & scoring camps, overspeed camps, defense camp and more?
William Lawrence Camp
Residential boys' summer camp
Since its founding in 1913, the purpose of William Lawrence Camp has been to provide a safe, wholesome atmosphere where a boy can happily learn, share and grow with his fellow campers. A relatively small camp offering a balanced program, William Lawrence Camp endeavors to provide a framework that will mentally and physically challenge a camper to become a "whole" person, not just a specialist.
Activities include: swimming, sailing, fishing, waterskiing, hiking, canoeing, riflery, archery, soccer, basketball, baseball, streethockey, tennis, arts and crafts, woodworking, challenge course with climbing tower and an extensive outcamping program.
