Service Summer Camps: Service camps and summer camps with Service as a major activity.

Service Summer Camps in the Midwest US

Outward Bound

Wilderness adventure programs worldwide, ages 12-22

USA and some international locations

Established in 1962

Outward Bound

Outward Bound continues to be the premier provider of experience-based outdoor leadership programs. With over 300 adventure-based courses year-round, all across the US, to choose from serving youth, starting at age 12, teens and adults. Course activities include rock climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, mountaineering, canyoneering, sailing, dog sledding, canoeing and whitewater rafting, and more, in some of the most beautiful and inspiring wilderness ...read more

Camp Woodbrooke

Residential co-ed summer camp, ages 7-15

Richland Center, Wisconsin

Established in 1980

Camp Woodbrooke

A small, creative, non-competitive camp for ages 7-12 (teen trips for ages 13-15), on 162 wooded acres. Campers thrive in a caring, safe community, and are challenged to explore their own talents and skills. We respect the unique worth of each individual, the value of cooperation in our diverse community, and creative exploration of our natural environment.

Campers choose activities daily, learning physical skills like woodworking, ...read more

Accredited by the American Camp Association

Camp Fitch YMCA

Residential Coed Summer Camp, ages 6-17

N. Springfield, Pennsylvania

Established in 1914

Camp Fitch YMCA

Camp Fitch's century-old, classic sleep-away summer camp provides boys and girls aged 6-16 with a holistically safe, values-driven community where they discover friendship and achievement. Kids feel like they belong here among our carefully vetted, highly committed, and caring staff who create transformative experiences on a gorgeous and well-maintained site on the shore of Lake Erie.

Most of our staff are college students: ...read more

Accredited by the American Camp Association