Camp Speers - Grades 8-11
Traditional and Specialty residential camping programs give campers entering the 8th through 11th grades an opportunity to experience an exciting assortment of activities ideal for older campers.
Staff
A 1:6 staff to camper ratio is maintained within the cabin group. Counselors are typically college students and/or recent college grads who have studied and worked in education, recreation and/or a related field. Staff are selected for their experience in working with children/teens and display good character and knowledge of camp programming.

Facilities
Our facilities are second to none with beautiful, spacious log cabins that accommodate up to 14 campers and counselors. Other log cabin style buildings provide indoor activity and dining space. Our private, 42 acre lake provides the base for swimming, boating, and fishing. Miles of trails wind through our 1,100 acres offering hikers, mountain bikers, and horseback riders with a variety of terrain. Our ranch boasts two riding arenas and a fully equipped barn surrounded by paddocks. Archery and riflery ranges, arts & crafts studios, climbing towers, obstacle courses, high ropes course, and fields for games offer campers more great places to have FUN!

Health Care
Our air-conditioned, well equipped Health Lodges are staffed 24 hours per day with a highly qualified team of medical professionals. They manage daily medications, triage & treat injuries & illnesses, and work with medical providers to ensure that we meet our campers’ health care needs.

Camp Daily Life
Coaching periods - Campers select those activities that they most want to experience and learn more about. They participate in those activities for 1 – 2 hours each day (M-F) for a week. Our progressive approach ensures that they build upon the knowledge and skills they acquired during previous days – guaranteeing challenge and achievement and keeping them engaged and enthusiastic. A sample of Coaching Period activities are listed below:

Archery      Aerobics     Arts & Crafts     Basketball     Canoeing     Ceramics     Climbing Tower   Cooking    Drama   Digital Arts    Fishing   Healthy Living     Kayaking     Land Sports       Long Distance Swimming     Mountain Biking     Newspaper     Outdoor Living                     Riflery     Sailing     Swim Lessons 

Cabin Time – Cabin groups work together to decide what activities they want to do that day. Not only do they get to experience a full range of options, the emphasis on group decision making causes the cabin group to develop stronger cohesiveness and appreciation of each member of the group.

Master Schedule Hour - Campers choose from amongst the day’s activity offerings to discover and experience something new and/or unusual. Sample activities include blueberry picking, hikes, free swim, tie-dyeing, and improvisation.

Evening Programs – Skits, dances, Capture the Flag games, scavenger hunts, and campfires are just a few of the evening programs that bring the campers together to share even more fun.

Special Events occur throughout the camp session with many scheduled for Saturdays & Sundays. Carnivals, Theme Days, Olympics, Overnight Campouts and Chapel gatherings are just a few favorite.

2010 RATES

one week = $ 675                           two weeks = $ 1,300
three weeks = $ 1,950                     four weeks = $ 2,600
five weeks = $ 3,250                        six weeks = $ 3,900
seven weeks = $  4,550                    eight weeks = $ 5,200

 Horseback Riding Options / Rates

Daily Lessons: Monday - Friday, one hour per day lessons  = $ 125 per week
 

2010 DATES

Campers may be enrolled in one week, two and/or any combination of sessions
throughout the summer

1A  Sunday, June 27th - Saturday, July 3rd (one week session)
1B Sunday, July 4th - Saturday, July 10th (one week session)

2 Sunday, July 11th  - Saturday, July 24th (two session)
3 Saturday, July 2th - Sunday, August 7th (two session)
 
4A Sunday, August 8th - Saturday, August 14th (one week session)
4B Sunday, August 15th - Saturday, August 21st (one week session)

Specialty Camps*

Equestrian Camp - for those Speers Campers who LOVE the equestrian life! Spend 3 hours per day riding, caring for your horse, and learning how to become a team with your horse.

Leaders In Training - Speers campers entering the 10th grade learn leadership, group dynamics, conflict resolution, and teaching & organzing activities. Each session features a special service project as well as 2 or 3 day canoe trip down the Delaware River.

Counselors In Training - Our oldest Speers Campers (entering 11th grade) who are interested in exploring future employment as a Camp Counselor and/or working with children gain leadership, organizational and instruction skills as well as understanding of child development.  CITs also have the option of completing the Red Cross Lifeguarding Training and CPR courses.  A three to four day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail is a traditional highlight of the program. 

* = special rates apply

  Registation & Deposit

Register now and pay a $ 100 deposit per week. Upon receipt of your registration, we will provide you with payment plan options of equal monthly installments or three installments due on February, April and June 1st.

 

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June 27-July 10 (+$200)

Horseback Riding

Equestrian Camp

Leader In Training

Service Camp-Trail


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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June 27-July 3 (+$100)

Horseback Riding


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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July 4-July 10 (+$100)

Horseback Riding


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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July 11-July 24 (+$200)

Horseback Riding

Equestrian Camp

Service Camp-Animals & Kids


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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July 25-August 7 (+$200)

Horseback Riding

Equestrian Camp

Leader In Training

Service Camp-Delaware River


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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August 8-August 21 (+$200)

Horseback Riding

Equestrian Camp

Service Camp-Habitat


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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August 8-August 14 (+$100)

Horseback Riding


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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August 15-August 21 (+$100)

Horseback Riding


For Horseback Riding, riders must be at least 52 inches tall.
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June 27 - July 24 (+$400)


Registration is provisional upon completion of CIT Application and Interview with Director.
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July 25 - August 21 (+$400)


Registration is provisional upon completion of CIT Application and Interview with Director.
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Family (+$70)

Individual (+$40)

Non-Member

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