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Camp Manitou (Canada)
Residential coed summer camp
A private independent camp, with emphasis on traditional camping blended with a fresh approach of choosing from over 30 activities, with specialized training at each activity-Personal growth of campers and respect are integral to the camp culture.
It's easy for campers to have fun and even make friends at camp but the goal is for your child to make unique types of friendships; friendships that last a lifetime and for campers to grow up in a community that teaches respect, tolerance, and an appreciation for what the world has to offer. With 190 staff (one third college graduates!) for just over 400 campers we are able to meet the individual needs of every single child.
Activities include almost all sports, arts, and outdoor adventure. Session length: two weeks (for youngest campers), four weeks or seven weeks.
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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.
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Guitar Workshop Plus
Residential coed summer camp
Guitar Workshop Plus is a program designed for aspiring musicians of all ages to promote the growth and development of musical knowledge. Our program is unique in that we cater our instruction to the student's personal style, level of experience, and musical goals. We create a healthy, non-competitive, and supportive environment in which to learn.
Currently instruction is provided for guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and vocals. Students elect to study a class or seminar each session. The guitar program is extensive and unique in that students elect to study the style that they enjoy most. Guitar styles include rock, blues, jazz, acoustic, classical and a guitar course for the absolute beginner. We also offer comprehensive bass, drums, keyboard, and vocal classes covering various styles, theory, performance, and technique.
Island Escapades
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp SessionsIsland Escapades offers small, accredited wilderness camps with a wide spectrum of activities. Four & five day multi-adventure day camps are suitable for ages 8-12; six & twelve day overnight expedition based programs are geared for youth 12-18. Capacity for each camp is 10-15 depending on the camp.
Programs are action-packed with activities including kayaking, hiking, climbing, swimming, surfing & learning wilderness skills. Our certified & experienced staff are keen to share their knowledge of and love for the environment and outdoor adventures. Our camps are a fun, exciting, & educational way for youth to experience BC's beautiful west coast.
Gulf Islands Film & Television School
Coed Residential Camp
Established in 1995, the Gulf Islands Film & Television School has been fostering the creative growth of youth. Our 1 or 2 week Film Boot Camp programs are all intensive, live-in sessions where students work in teams on projects. Every student works on all aspects of their production and leaves with a video of their completed project.
We hire mentors with real-world experience. Mentors are assigned to work with a team (3-6 students) on their project, and function as a guide, expert resource, timekeeper and facilitator. We make sure our students have plenty of access to the tools of the trade. GIFTS strives to provide another kind of access: the ability and confidence to come and study. We offer freedom from financial barriers. GIFTS keeps our fees low, and offer the best education value in the industry. We have a variety of financial support options for students.
Frontier Lodge
Christian Wilderness Adventures
Frontier Lodge is located on a beautiful lake in the Rockies near Nordegg, Alberta Canada. Surrounded by woods and wildlife, the camp has a truly wilderness atmosphere that is relaxing and inspiring.
A wide variety of outdoor programs are offered, including mountain biking, rock climbing, whitewater canoeing, hiking, caving and rappelling. In the winter, groups enjoy exciting adventures like ice climbing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, orienteering and survival training.
Summer camps are offered for 11 years olds through adults, and include wilderness camps, mountain bike camps, fly fishing and photography camps. There is also a 3-week leadership training program called S.A.L.T. for those of high school age. Family Camp and the popular "Fat Tire" mountain bike festival are held each summer as well.
Frontier lodge is also open year-round as a retreat/conference center.
Camp Qwanoes
Residential coed summer camp
Qwanoes is a youth-focused, year-round camp and retreat centre with a heart for kids of all ages. Be changed. Be inspired! Gain foundations for life, values that will guide, and memories that will inspire! Grow in a relationship with a life-changing Christ. Your experience has changed you and stays with you long after the summer is over.
From wakeboarding and archery to mountain boarding and the Sky-Scraper... there's over 75 activity options to choose from! And our staff team can't wait to make your week a blast. From crazy games to great music, pure raw fun awaits.
Situated on 50 acres of magnificent scenic waterfront property on Vancouver Island between Victoria and Nanaimo, Qwanoes is a fully accredited member of the BC Camping association and Christian Camping International-Canada. What makes a week at Qwanoes so special? We love kids! And we're built from the ground up for kids to experience an unforgettable life-changing week.
Camp Caroline
Residential Coed Summer Camp
Camp Caroline provides one of the most memorable and action packed weeks of your year! It's a week filled with time to make new friends reflect on life and have WAY TOO MUCH FUN as you run from activity to activity!!
We exists to provide a personal understanding of the teachings of Christ as they impact individuals, relationships, and society, and to provide quality facilities and programs which will enhance spiritual, mental, physical, and social development. Campers are given opportunity to personally respond to the teachings to Jesus Christ.
Fireside Adventures
Wilderness Adventure Coed Camp
Fireside Adventures provides Canadian and International youth 5 to 21 day outdoor adventure programs in British Columbia. Youth aged 8 to 17 are invited to join our guided adventures, leadership training and outdoor recreation activities in some of this province's most scenic locations. We provide opportunities for personal growth, lasting friendships to prosper and most importantly, to have a great time during the summer months.
This year find us exploring Whistler, Vancouver, Victoria, Tofino, Manning Park, and both Gambier and Galiano Islands. Depending on your program choice, our activities range from canoeing, hiking, backpacking, orienteering, cycling, camping, environmental education, leadership training, and outdoor team building activities.
Our Motto is to Challenge, Strive and to Learn.
Camp Kodiak
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Kodiak is an integrated, non-competitive camp serving children and teens with and without LD, ADHD, NLD and Asperger Syndrome. Our campers range in age from 6 to 18. Our program includes a SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAM, an ACADEMIC PROGRAM and over 50 sports & activities. We build confidence and self-esteem by structuring all activities, athletic, artistic and social, to ensure success. Our staff includes teachers, psychologists, social workers, child & youth workers and recreation specialists. Our camper-to-staff ratio is 2-to-1 and our cabin groups are small.
We are located 2 1/2 hours northeast of Toronto in the beautiful Parry Sound vacation area. Our facilities include modern, lakefront, log cabins with full bathrooms and showers, 425 acres of land and 2 1/2 miles of lakefront. Our extensive indoor and outdoor facilities mean that the fun never stops, rain or shine. We are accredited members of the Ontario Camps Association and the Canadian Camping Association.
In 2007, at parents' request, we started a program for campers age 19 and over.
We call it Club Kodiak. In addition to our recreational, athletic and social programs, we offer our Club Kodiak guests a life skills program. Please see our web site for details.
Wellspring Vancouver
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Vancouver will teach teens ages 11 - 18 from around Canada and the United States, including those in the Pacific Northwest, how to live a healthy lifestyle. Using the picturesque setting and local adventure options, Wellspring campers will hike, bike, climb, kayak, rappel, as well as participate in more traditional camp activities and sports - soccer, volleyball, scavenger hunts, Color War, and personal training.
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.
*British Columbia Easter Seal Camps
Residential coed camps for children with disabilitiesBritish Columbia Easter Seal Camps Shawnigan, Squamish and Winfield offer no cost, week-long sessions for children with disabilities. Children discover and enhance their own abilities while they enjoy a host of activities ranging from aquatics and nature programs to arts, crafts and drama workshops.
The caring, professional staff have been specifically trained to accommodate the needs of each individual child. Each camps environment has been designed to achieve this goal.
Camp Manitou (Canada)
Residential coed summer camp
A private independent camp, with emphasis on traditional camping blended with a fresh approach of choosing from over 30 activities, with specialized training at each activity-Personal growth of campers and respect are integral to the camp culture.
It's easy for campers to have fun and even make friends at camp but the goal is for your child to make unique types of friendships; friendships that last a lifetime and for campers to grow up in a community that teaches respect, tolerance, and an appreciation for what the world has to offer. With 190 staff (one third college graduates!) for just over 400 campers we are able to meet the individual needs of every single child.
Activities include almost all sports, arts, and outdoor adventure. Session length: two weeks (for youngest campers), four weeks or seven weeks.
