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Wisconsin Summer Camps
Camp Ojibwa for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Established in 1928, Camp Ojibwa is like no other camp in that our staff is almost entirely home grown and are embodied with the Ojibwa spirit. Featuring land and water sports Ojibwa campers develop self esteem through our unique team and individual sports programs. The "Ojibwa Way" - kindness, respect, fair play and trustworthiness encourage positive interaction and eliminate bullyism.
Four or eight weeks. Competitive philosophy featuring land and water sports.
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YMCA Camp Glacier Hollow
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Camp Glacier Hollow offers a wide variety of Residential, Day and Teen Adventure Trip opportunities for campers ages 7-17. Specialty programs include: nature camp, a camp for girls only, and a camp for Youth with Learning Disabilities. Camp's 100 acres of mixed forest, glacial ridges and hollows makes it an ideal setting for environmental education teaching and learning. Join us for an experience of a lifetime!
Camp offers campers a safe environment in which positive values, personal growth, lifelong friendships environmental awareness, stewardship and outrageous fun are key elements. Campers participate in traditional camp activities, environmental education and outdoor skill development.
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Camp Kupugani at Camp White Eagle
Residential girls' multicultural summer camp
Camp Kupugani promotes diversity and empowerment of young women. About 90 minutes west of Chicago, we emphasize diversity and communication skills in a fun atmosphere... uniting girls of varied backgrounds; girls aged seven to fifteen expand their comfort zones and build self-esteem. 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."
"I love camp Kupugani, because it gives me challenging opportunities to do better. It gives me more knowledge about life and teaches me to be brave and try new things. It gives me great and fun experiences."
"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!"
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Red Pine Camp for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
If you are seeking a camp which will contribute to your daughter's character and development, protect her welfare and safety, augment her happiness, and increase her self-esteem, Red Pine is it. Red Pine is a traditional girls residential camp that prides itself on professional staff, excellent maintenance & individual attention.
Individual activity programming is determined by abilities and interests, allowing campers to meet and interact with campers outside of their cabin group. Campers are encouraged in a safe and supportive environment to enter wholeheartedly into the fun and spirit of daily life and adventure. Activity choices include sailing/windsurfing, canoeing, camp crafts & nature, horseback riding, water skiing, archery, tennis, arts & crafts (ceramics & pottery), theatre, mountain biking, swimming and much more. Four and eight week sessions are available for girls ages 7-16.
Phantom Lake YMCA Camp
Residential & day camp with sessions for boys, for girls and coed
Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, established in 1896, provides youth ages 7-17 traditional summer camp experiences in a Resident and Day Camp setting. Parents call it "A genuine 'camp' experience." Nestled on 72 acres of rolling hills on Phantom Lake in southeastern Wisconsin, campers have many activities to choose from in a safe and nurturing environment and are encouraged to grow physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. Some of the activities include sailing, swimming, crafts, paddle sports, small trips, theater, dance, disc golf, nature, target sports and the zip line!
Other specialty programs are golf, soccer and skateboard specialty. Children will live in a cabin with canvas and screen sides with children from the same age group, with a counselor and an assistant counselor. Children stay for a week and leave with new friendships and a renewed sense of the outdoors and beliefs. Traditional camps like these are a healthy part of a children's life. Call (262) 363-4FUN. Traditional camp activities as well as many adventure camp experiences. Camp season opens in June and ends in August. Sessions: one and two weeks. Ages 7 to 17.
UW-Green Bay Summer Camps
Residential coed summer camp
Youth Opportunities Summer Camps give students the chance to explore many different areas of study. Music, studio arts, and academics bring youth from all over the country into a high quality, hands-on atmosphere. Join the 2,000 students who enroll every summer. For adults, experience Spanish Immersion for Professionals and/or Grandparent's University.
Activities: For students ages 12-18, camps are offered in band, orchestra, choir, jazz, guitar, space experience and studio arts. One week sessions, 6/15-8/1.
YMCA Camp Pepin
Residential coed summer camp
Nestled among the mountainous bluffs of the Mississippi Valley, YMCA Camp Pepin enjoys 200 feet of beachfront along beautiful Lake Pepin on the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. We are ACA accredited, and offer traditional camp activities (swimming, field sports, crafts, boating, target sports), Specialty Camps ( Theater, Sailing, and Horse Camps), Leadership Camps (LIT and CIT Camps), and Trail Camps (Climbing, Canoeing, Biking, and Hiking Camps).
We also feature a High Ropes Course and Climbing Tower for campers to enjoy. Visit the Photo Gallery on our website to see what YMCA Camp Pepin is all about!
Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya
Residential coed summer camp
YMCA Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya, established in 1937, is located in the beautiful Nicolet National Forest of northern Wisconsin. We instill the values of the YMCA through dedicated staff, dynamic programs, excellent facilities, and a wilderness setting. From resident camp to specialty camps to high adventure trips... there are options for everyone!
Activities include: Swimming, Canoeing, Sailing, Nature, Sports, Arts & Crafts, Target Sports, Outdoor Living Skills, Kayaking, and more!
-GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps
Day Camps with separate sessions for boys and girls
GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps offer 125 locations across the country directed by the top college coaches and pro players in lacrosse.
Our camps were developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to become better lacrosse players by learning from the best coaches and players in the game today.
Camp Nicolet for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
At Camp Nicolet, every camper is number one!Individual achievement, respect and support of one another, and the joy and enthusiasm of giving one's best effort are at the heart of Nicolet's traditional programs. Established in 1944, Nicolet is family owned and operated offering girls 8-15 a fun and safe adventure in Wisconsin's beautiful Northwoods. Our campers and staff join us from more than 20 states and internationally and enrollment is limited to 120 campers per session to provide individual attention and high-quality instruction. Leadership training and exciting tripping opportunities for all ages complete our American Camp Association accredited program. Join us and catch the Camp Nicolet spirit!
Exciting activities include: water skiing, wakeboarding, horseback riding, tennis, trampball, archery, soccer and most all team sports, sailing, boardsailing, crafts, yoga, in-line skating, theater arts, mountain biking, and backpacking, sea kayaking, and canoe tripping adventures! 3,4, & 7 week sessions, June - August.
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Summer Camps
Residential girls' summer camps
Join us for some summer fun at one of our three Girl Scout camps:
-- *Camp Shingobee Timbers- near Walker, MN
-- *Camp Roundelay- near, Minong, WI
-- *Northern Lakes Canoe Base- Ely MN.
Enjoy swimming, canoeing in the boundary waters, archery, hiking, horses, outdoor cooking, high challenge course and more at our beautiful camps! Come on your own to make new friends or grab a buddy and sign up together! Non-Girl Scouts are welcome.
We offer programs that allow girls to develop a strong sense of self, build healthy relationships, and to make a difference in the world around them.
Camp Anokijig
Residential coed summer 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 a Native American word meaning "We Serve" but it is also synonymous with new friends, personal growth, positive values, great adventures, and outrageous fun. Couple this with our dedication to offer an experience with emphasis on values like caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility and you have a combination that can't be beat! Programs are offered to boys and girls ages 7 to 16, for three days, one week, or for up to nine weeks of summer fun. Anokijig is not just another place to go, it is a community; an experience; a spirit shared among all who visit. It is incredible magic that you will always cherish. Join us. You will love it!
Activities include: Traditional camp activiites: sailing, windsurfing, swimming, canoeing, archery, fishing, landgames, arts and crafts, nature skills, drama, dance, woodworking, horseback riding, campfires, overnights, adventure trips, specialty activities, teen adventures, and leadership programs. Call, e-mail, or visit our website for details.
Birch Trail Camp for girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Make memories to last a lifetime! Birch Trail Camp is a traditional summer camp for girls ages 7-15 located in northern Wisconsin. We provide a safe, fun, and non-competitive camp environment for almost 200 campers and close to 100 staff. Our campers come from all over the world to form ever-lasting friendships and participate in an endless number of programs.
While in camp, campers have the opportunity to do a wide variety of activities, including canoeing, sailing, swimming, water skiing, diving, fishing, rock climbing, land sports, tennis, horseback riding, biking, arts & crafts, gymnastics, aerobics, dance, yoga, and drama. Every camper has the opportunity to spend time camping in the upper-Midwest or Canada as part of Birch Trail's extensive wilderness trip program.
Camp WeHaKee for Girls
Residential girls' summer camp
Camp WeHaKee for Girls is all about relationship and building self-confidence. Have fun while discovering your gifts, learning new skills, growing in your faith and becoming who you really are meant to be! Operated by Sinsinawa Dominicans since 1923, WeHaKee is where you come for the fun and leave with new friends.
30+ activity choices including horseback riding, water skiing, archery, tennis, ceramics & pottery, music, dance, theatre and much more. Two, four and six-week sessions available for girls ages 7-17. Teen Leadership Program & Family Camp, too!
Camp Gray
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Gray offers programs for campers from grades 1-12. There are a wide variety of programs from the traditional camp program to wilderness trips off camp. Each program is designed to be developmentally appropriate for the age of the campers.
Find faith, friends, and fun at Camp Gray. Camp Gray is owed by the Catholic Diocese of Madison and offers a wide variety of programs for campers in grades 1-12. Camp runs in one and two week sessions from mid June to mid August.Camp Gray is a Catholic summer camp located about an hour north of Madison, Wisconsin. Come enjoy the wide variety of programs offered at Camp Gray including a traditional camp, ranch camp, and wilderness trips. Find faith, friends, and fun at Camp Gray. Visit our website at www.campgray.com for more details.
Camp Osoha
Residential girls' summer camp
Osoha's distinct character, traditions and spirit have remained the same since being established in 1921. Our land sports and waterfront activities include: swimming, canoeing, diving, kayaking, windsurfing, waterballet, 3F soccer, sailing, water-skiing, tennis, archery, badminton, dancercize, wilderness and arts & crafts. Camping skills are taught and applied on overnights, canoe & bike trips and hikes.
Campers, ages 8 through 16, come to Camp Osoha to have the time of their lives in Wisconsin's Northwoods! "Friendship is the heart of Osoha".
Camp Towering Pines
Residential boys' summer camp
Towering Pines is a fun-filled summer camp for boys located near Eagle River, Wisconsin in the heart of the American Legion State Forest. Together with Woodland for girls, the Jordan family has been providing kids with one great summer after another for more than 50 years.
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EAA Air Academy Aviation Camps
Residential coed summer camp
The EAA Air Academy is a unique aviation summer camp for young people ages 12-18. Each participant depending on their age will spend between 5 and 9 days at the EAA Air Academy Lodge. The program uses top-notch aviation instructors with over 200 years of combined experience that will provide the best experience possible for each participant. They will experience many hands-on activities, i.e. wing rib building, composite and fiberglass construction, weight and balance, rockets, sheet metal, welding, flight simulation, challenge ropes course and many other exciting activities.
Each session includes a flight with a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) in a real airplane where campers, after take-off, take control of the aircraft and learn the various attitudes and wonders of the aircraft and where their flight time can be log in their own personal logbook. The camps provide a wonderful introduction to aviation and an experience that will last a lifetime. All fees include room and board, programs and flight.
Camp Woodbrooke
Residential coed summer camp
A small, creative, noncompetitive camp for ages 7-15 located on 120 wooded acres. Campers thrive in a caring, safe community where they are challenged to explore their own talents and skills. We encourage the unique worth of each individual, the value of cooperation in our diverse community, and the creative exploration of our natural environment.
Campers/staff develop their own activities; learn physical skills like woodworking, cooking, swimming, pottery, canoeing; learn life skills like responsibility for one's actions and making decisions. Teens have building/service projects, and field trips for biking/canoeing.
Swift Nature Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin on a 1500 acre lake, this small coed summer camp offers an opportunity for children to PLAY OUTSIDE . . . catch frogs, care for furry friends and study the stars! Make friends around a campfire in a noncompetitive, nurturing environment.
Traditional camp activities include Horses, Swimming, Scuba, Archery, Arts & Crafts, Challenge Course, Sailing, Skiing, Canoe Trips and much more. Above all else we have fun.
Bethel Horizons
Residential coed summer camp
Our Mission is to develop and perpetuate a physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual environment which will strengthen and enhance the understanding of a person's proper relation to nature, to self, to others and to God. We provide summer camping opportunities starting at 8 years old and continuing through High School.
Adventure, five environmental education programs, pottery, music camp, Cultural Immersion, Bike/canoe, wilderness canoe, as well as a full summer of 8-12 year old on site programs. All camps begin Sunday at 4:00 p.m. and end Friday at noon. Prices and full description on website.
Camp Woodland
Residential girls' summer camp
An active traditional program to develop confidence. The separate brother camp, Towering Pines, is ideal for boys and girls in the same family. Together they contribute to the overall quality of the camps.
Activities include: aquatics, sailing, horseback riding, tennis, athletics, dramatics and trips. Tutoring in computer skills and academics is available.
YMCA of Minneapolis Overnight Camping
Residential coed summer camps
Camp Icaghowan is Located on a magical island near Amery, Wisconsin on Lake Wapogasset. Activities Include: Traditional Summer Camp, Horseback Riding, Skateboarding, Fishing, Teen Extreme, Tree Climbing, Rock Climbing, Canoeing, Leadership Development and more.
Camp Ihduhapi, located near the Twin Cities on Lake Independence, offers campers their favorite camp activities, new friendships, and a place to call their own. Campers may choose from traditional camp activities and challenging specialty camps such as sailing and horseback riding.
Camp Warren is located on Half Moon Lake near Eveleth, Minnesota. Campers spend their days with trained, caring staff learning new skills and progressing through land and water activities such as swimming, archery, tennis and photography. Emphasis programs in sailing, horseback riding, and canoe trips provide campers with memories and friendships to last a lifetime.
Camp Menogyn is located on Bearskin Lake near Grand Marais, MN. Menogyn offers Teen Wilderness Adventures such as canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips in the Boundary Waters and across North America. We provide safe, fun and enriching wilderness adventures from 8-50 days long, supported by highly-trained trail counselors and staff.
Wellspring Wisconsin
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Wisconsin combines Wellspring's unparalleled weight loss program with exciting activities on our campus and in the surrounding region. We are located on the beautiful 820-acre campus of University of Wisconsin-Platteville, boys and girls ages 11-18 enjoy state-of-the-art facilities for swimming, fitness, personal training and team sports. Wellspring is a proven, remarkably effective fitness and weight loss program based on decades of scientific research on what actually works for dramatic weight loss and long-term weight control.
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 Kawaga for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Camp Kawaga offers a balanced, well-rounded program. Boys who are skilled athletes and those who are not both love Kawaga and find their own niche here. With endless opportunities, Kawaga offers an exciting array of more than 100 athletic and non-athletic activities! Established in 1915, Kawaga in one of the 25 oldest camps in North America. With an 85% camper return rate & a 90% staff return rate, Kawaga is like no other camp.
The following is a partial list of clubs that are offered at Kawaga: Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Bicycling, Boating & Canoeing, Boxing, Drama, Fishing, Fitness, Football, Frisbee, Golf, Journalism, Lacrosse, Music, Outdoor Adventure, Riflery, Roller-hockey, Rugby, Sailing, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Waterskiing, Wood Shop. Every camper has the opportunity to go on a 2-4 night camping trip. Camp sessions are 4 or 8 weeks.
House In The Wood Summer Camp
Residential coed summer camp
House In The Wood provides an opportunity for inner city youth from Chicago to benefit from the outdoor camp experience. Using traditional camp activities,we have been providing campers with positive alternatives to negative urban lifestyles since 1910. We believe that individuals can only choose from among alternatives that are known to them.
We offer the following activities: swimming, boating, campouts, cookouts, nature exploration, visual arts, performing arts, arts & crafts, games, team sports, cooking,and peer mediation program. We also offer family camp, performing arts camp, and an active Leaders-In-Training program for our teens.
Camp Ojibwa for Boys
Residential boys' summer camp
Established in 1928, Camp Ojibwa is like no other camp in that our staff is almost entirely home grown and are embodied with the Ojibwa spirit. Featuring land and water sports Ojibwa campers develop self esteem through our unique team and individual sports programs. The "Ojibwa Way" - kindness, respect, fair play and trustworthiness encourage positive interaction and eliminate bullyism.
Four or eight weeks. Competitive philosophy featuring land and water sports.
