Kinder Campers

Grades Offered:
Age 4-Kindergarten

Program Description:
These campers experience introductory activities at a slower-paced schedule. They will get to try their hand at several camp activities at a beginner level, work on developing their social skills and begin to cultivate a love of the outdoors. This age group will enjoy extra time on our waterfront with daily swim lessons. After all that excitement, our Kinder Campers will have a quiet spot to rest. Kinder Campers will get to have a barn visit each session to meet the camp horses and take a pony ride.

**Kinder campers must be fully potty trained, including during their nap period and should be able to dress themselves independently.

Y Campers

Grades Offered:
1-3

Program Description:
Campers will get to try a variety of different camp activities each day to determine which ones they like most and want to pursue more in-depth as older campers. They will participate in swim lessons, spend time socializing with their peers, and learn new skills.

Y Campers

Grades Offered:
4-7

Program Description:
Campers will get to dabble in all the activities camp has to offer and choose a few coaching periods to develop a more focused skill set in as well. Campers’ choices vary based on their age group but are built upon from year to year.

Teen Campers

Grades Offered:
8-10

Program Description:
These campers will enjoy the summer through engaging and advanced camp activities and exciting leadership theme every week. Our teens will get to experience different team building activities to expand their understanding of communication, cooperation, and task completion.

Aquamania!

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
July 28 – August 1

Program Description:
This program is perfect for campers who love everything water! Aquamaniacs will have extra time at the lake, enjoy slip and slides, water balloon fights and lots of other water activities. If your child can’t get enough of water play, sign them up now

Artrageous

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
July 14 – 18

Program Description:
Is art your passion? Engage your inner artist at this creative camp. You’ll try a wide assortment of art activities like sketching, painting, jewelry making, tie-dying, sculpting, and more. Work on your technical skills as you learn about colors, dimensions, and different art modes.

Cheer Camp – NEW!

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
July 7 – 11

Program Description:
Come on down, little tumblers! Cheer Camp is wonderful for girls and boys who want to learn about movement, dance, gymnastics and team spirit. This program is great for campers who love cheering already or want to try it out. Children will spend their week practicing cheerleading and tumbling skills and end their week with a group performance for their fellow campers.

Cheer Champions – NEW!

Grades Offered:
4-7

Programs Offered:
July 28 – August 1

Program Description:
GOOOOO, Y CAMP! Cheer Champions is a program for girls and boys who already love cheerleading or are interesting in trying it out. Cheer Camp will combine dance, gymnastics and team spirit needed to support sports teams and entertain audiences. Campers will learn confidence and team work skills needed to prepare an end of camp routine for their fellow campers.

Chefs Wanted

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
August 11 – 15

Program Description:
This week at camp you will be cooking up a storm. Try out new cooking methods in the kitchen and over the campfire, use new ingredients to spice up your dishes, and take a tour of an industrial kitchen. Campers will try recipes from around the world and create a cookbook to recreate their favorites at home.

Climb On

Grades Offered:
6-10

Programs Offered:
June 23 – 27

Program Description:
If you love soaring to new heights, come join us as we climb our way through camp. Campers will start with developing general team building skills, try the various rock climbing walls at Camp Speers, and then venture out to the high ropes course for zip lining, the giant’s ladder and a final Leap of Faith!

Fun on the Farm

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
June 30 – July 4

Program Description:
Calling all animal lovers! Spend the week learning about different kinds of animals. You and your fellow animal lovers will learn to take care of different animals at our equestrian center, take a pony ride, work in our camp garden, make some tasty snacks with the produce harvested, and explore the camp bog.

Iron Chef

Grades Offered:
4-7

Programs Offered:
August 4 – 8

Program Description:
Try your hand at competitive cooking! This week, work as a team to create a dish for the judges that uses a secret ingredient. Spend the first part of the week getting ready for the cooking battle; you’ll learn how food is prepared, practice recipes, put together your own cookbook so you can recreate your masterpieces at home, and talk with a professional about the culinary business. End your session with a food challenge to see which team can wow the judges!

Junior Lifeguard – NEW!

Grades Offered:
6-10

Programs Offered:
July 7 – 11

Program Description:
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a camp lifeguard? This program is for campers who love to swim! Jr. Lifeguards will build a foundation of knowledge, attitudes and skills to become a lifeguard in the future. Campers will spend time with camp lifeguards learning techniques and building swim stamina.

*Junior Lifeguards will not earn a specific certification and will not be required to master or perfectly execute skills; this program is designed to give campers a leg up if they wish to become lifeguards in the future. Junior Lifeguards should be comfortable and confident in the water and be able to swim 25 yards front crawl (free style) and 25 yards breast stroke without stopping.

Little Builders

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
August 4 – 8

Program Description:
Build this summer! Campers will use a variety of materials to construct new things during their week at camp. Campers will follow blueprints to build with legos and K’nex, design their own shelters in the woods, race across the lake in homemade cardboard boats, sculpt creations in the art room, and make other masterpieces their little minds can think up!

Perfect Picassos

Grades Offered:
4-7

Programs Offered:
June 30 – July 4

Program Description:
Art maniacs unite! This program is designed for campers who just can’t get enough of the arts and crafts room. Spend some time designing your own creations, learning about different artists and using color, value, shape, form, line, texture, and space to create perfect pieces of art. Campers will do sculpting, create jewelry, paint, sketch, do nature art and so much more.

Silly Science

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
July 21 – 25

Program Description:
Channel your inner Einstein as you spend your week seeing how things work. Campers will make bottle rockets, design their own marble roller coasters, make robots, see if they have what it takes to clean up an oil spill, see whose trebuchet can launch the farthest, and even turn milk into Plastic! If hands on activities are a must for your child, so is this program!

Sports Sampler

Grades Offered:
1-3

Programs Offered:
June 23 – 27

Program Description:
Are you game for trying new sports and practicing some favorites? This program will allow you to have fun with new sports and practice your skills in the games you already love. Play games of soccer, kick ball, gaga, tetherball, basketball, archery, as well as compete in relay races both on the land and in the water.

Ultimate Survivor

Grades Offered:
4-6 & 7-10

Programs Offered:
July 14 – 18 for grades 4-6 | August 11 – 15 for grades 7-10

Program Description:
We’re excited to offer this new program where campers can learn more about the outdoors and see how well they can survive in the wild. Campers will learn about backpacking, purifying water, building shelters and fires, edible plants, animals to avoid, practice fishing, and even do an overnight cookout/sleepout! The question is…Do you have what it takes to survive!?

Water Warriors

Grades Offered:
6-10

Programs Offered:
July 21 – 25

Program Description:
Spend your week paddling around Lake Nichecronk, using all the boats camp has to offer. Practice your paddling skills, take a canoe trip on the Delaware River and visit Camelbeach Water Park. If being on the water is one of your favorite camp activities, this is the program for you!