Welcome to Gay Parent magazine’s annual listing of gay-friendly day and overnight camps.

DAY CAMPS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS

The Berkeley Carroll School
Established at the turn of the century, the Berkeley Carroll School is located in gay-friendly Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York. The school has four educational divisions - the Child Care Center, Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School. The Child Care Center provides a supportive, year-round learning environment for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The Lower School, grades preschool through four, focuses on the fundamentals of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Middle School, grades five through eight, promotes social and intellectual growth in an atmosphere that respects the emerging adolescent. Their academic program includes language arts and literature, history, French, Spanish, computer, physical education and the arts. Middle school students also participate in community service, student government, team sports and develop leadership skills. The college preparatory objective of the Upper School, grades nine through twelve, is reflected in the academic and co-curricular programs. A foreign exchange program, creative arts electives, independent study, internships, and community service extend opportunities for learning. Upper School students have an excellent record of achievement in Advanced Placement courses; 100 percent of the graduates attend colleges and universities throughout the country. The school has an athletic center and swimming pool at the school's Carroll Street location. The facility has a four lane, 75-foot long swimming pool, a full-size gymnasium, a mezzanine area for fitness and strength training and an open rooftop play yard. At Berkeley Carroll, the performing and visual arts are essential - not peripheral - to the school experience. Every student from preschool through 12th grade has an enriched arts curriculum, and a high percentage of the student body participates in extracurricular or afterschool arts programs. Call 718-768-4873 for admission to their Child Care Center, 718-638-1703 for Lower and Middle school admission, and 718-789-6060 for their Upper School. Visit their web site at www.berkeleycarroll.org.

Berkeley Montessori School
Berkeley Montessori School is an independent school serving about 270 children ages 3 to 14 in Berkeley, California. They have been empowering children since 1963, following the child-centered, peace-based educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori.

They have two beautiful campuses: Preschool-Kindergarten and Elementary-Middle School. They recently opened their new Elementary-Middle School campus-an eco-friendly green school that incorporates solar energy, recycled building materials, organic gardens and more!

Berkeley Montessori School is a vibrant community of educators and families, agreeing with Dr. Maria Montessori that each generation of children has the opportunity to remake the world it inherits. They cultivate and honor children's innate love of learning as they prepare for a life of purpose, integrity, and academic accomplishment. Berkeley Montessori students gain the skills and confidence to meet the challenges of self, family, community, and the world at large.

Each classroom is multi-graded and staffed by two teachers. All of their head teachers are experienced and certified Montessori educators. Their community is diverse, friendly and passionate about learning, working together and having fun! Visit their website at www.bmsonline.org.

Curious Jane
Curious Jane is a day camp for rising 2^nd-6^th grade girls. We offer multiple one-week sessions. Girls choose from weekly themes that revolve around creativity in design, engineering and the sciences. This summer, our themes include Toy Design I & II, Lab Scientist, Animal Nature, Building Workshop, ‘Zine Scene, Story Arts & Graphic Novels. Our classes are project-based and hands-on.

We are offering camps at Berkeley Carroll (Brooklyn, Poly Prep (Brooklyn), Marymount School (Manhattan), Springside (Chestnut Hill, PA), and Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA). Cost varies by location. Please check our website as all details and theme descriptions are listed online. No matter what type of school your daughter attends, there is a place for an all-girls experience. We hope it will be with Curious Jane this summer!  www.girlsdreamoutloud.com.

Chelsea Piers Summer Sports Camp
West 23rd Street & the Hudson River
New York, NY 10011
212.336.6846
www.chelseapiers.com/camps
camps@chelseapiers.com
Chelsea Piers, Manhattan's premier destination for youth sports, is home to 12 specialty sports camps for children & teens, ages 3-17. Enjoy world-class facilities, expert and caring instructors and the most exciting sports curriculum available, without ever leaving the city!

Campers have the opportunity to participate a variety of other sports available at Chelsea Piers. Activities include ice skating, bowling, soccer, volleyball, golf, basketball, sailing and more. Participation in these multiple recreational activities provides campers with a well-rounded sports experience. Throughout the summer, campers may also enjoy a number of special activities, including harbor cruises aboard a U.S. Coast Guard-certified vessel and appearances by professional athletes.

Enroll for 1, 2 or more weeks from June 22 - September 4, 2009. Transportation and after care available. Please call (212) 336-6846 or visit www.chelseapiers.com/camps

Concord Academy Summer Camp
Director:  Greg Jutkiewicz
Phone (Winter and Summer): 978-402-2284
Email (Contact and general info): camp@concordacademy.org
Website: http://www.concordacademysummercamp.org
Concord Academy Summer Camp, set in beautiful and historic Concord, Massachusetts, offers summer programs for ages 3 to 15. We offer specialized camps in various sports, arts, and educational focuses as well as a general camp where kids can choose the activities they participate in every day. Our mission is to create a child-centered environment where campers can learn life skills, participate in stimulating activities, interact with other children their age, and be guided by caring adults.   The Concord Academy Summer Camp is an accredited member of the American Camp Association (ACA).

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum- Camp Intrepid
Pier 86, W. 46th St & 12th Ave, New York
www.intrepidmuseum.org
Campers, ages 6-13, spend the summer aboard the Intrepid for our multi-week, interdisciplinary full-day camp. This engaging enrichment program gives campers the opportunity to learn while having fun challenging their imaginations, designing their own inventions, and exploring living aboard an aircraft carrier. Camp Intrepid offers hands-on activities, museum exhibit exploration and interactive experiences to enhance our camp’s weekly themes of Marine Mayhem, Intrepid Inventors and Underwater Archeology to name a few.   Campers discover marine life of the Hudson River, become young astronomers, try solar cooking, compete in relay races, and enjoy outdoor activities including a boat ride on Circle Line’s “Beast”! Camp runs from July 5 – August 27, 2010, Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm.

Enroll in 1 or more weeks. Take advantage of Early Bird specials and enroll by April 1, 2010 to received up to a 25% discount!  Ask about our discounts for Museum members and siblings. To find out more about Camp Intrepid, visit us during our Open Houses from 2pm-4pm on the following Sundays: February 14 & 21; March 21; April 18 and May 16 and visit our website at www.intrepidmuseum.org or Contact Dorothy Klein at dklein@intrepidmuseum.org or call 646-381-5166.

Near North Montessori School
Summer Program
1434 West Division Street
Chicago, IL. 60642
programs@nnms.org
773.384.1434
www.nnms.org/summer
Near North Montessori School’s Summer Program offers content-rich specialty camps and lively day camps to ensure your child a journey of discovery and exploration in a safe and nurturing environment.  We strive to inspire, challenge and excite students as they explore their talents and develop new friendships.  All children ages 3-14 are welcome to join our diverse summer camp community.  In addition to General Day Camps, our 2010 Summer Program will feature diverse Specialty Camps in an array of categories, such as Discover Learning, Active Skills, Experience Arts and Explore Chicago.  Our seven-week program begins June 21, 2010 and ends August 6, 2010.  We have designed a range of flexible scheduling options to fit each family’s unique needs, so join us for one week or all seven! 

Please check our website in February for more information about our 2010 Summer Program at www.nnms.org/summer.  If you have any questions about our program feel free to email or call Natalie at programs@nnms.org or 773.384.1434 ext. 605.

Park Day School
Located in Oakland, Park Day School, founded in 1976 by group of teachers and parents, is a school for children in grades kindergarten through sixth. Park Day School is proud of its success in developing a diverse student body. Differences in ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic position are they encourage.

Park Day School offers a strong curriculum in math, social studies, science, language arts, and Spanish. Teaching materials are culled from many sources, often times created by the teachers, specifically geared to the learning styles and levels of their students. Park Day School community service projects include a long-standing relationship with the retired women of the Matilda Brown Home located next to the school. At the home, children visit the ladies to sing for them once a month, to participate in their ice cream socials, and to present them with Valentine's Day cards. Park Day School also believes that establishing connections with Oakland public schools will benefit and enrich the community and has built a connection with Emerson Elementary School, a public school two blocks away.

Park Day School helps children develop their social conscience and helps them learn to recognize and confront issues of race, class, and gender. The school wants students to be able to recognize the biases that exist in society and for them to develop and articulate their own values. Students are taught how to live in a diverse society and to be comfortable with the ways in which they are alike and different from others. Contact Flo Hodes, Park Day School, 370 43rd Street, Oakland. CA 94609-2223, 510-653-0317 ex. 101, flo@parkdayschool.org. Visit www.parkdayschool.org.

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
631-643-7900
www.usdan.com
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts is a nationally recognized not-for-profit summer arts school chartered by the New York Board of Regents.  Students, ages 6-18 travel daily to Usdan to explore and develop their talents in music, art, drama, dance, writing or chess. Located on a beautiful, 250-acre woodland campus in Huntington, New York, Usdan has a student body of 1,600 and an artist faculty of 200.

Children study two hours each day in a major of their choice, one hour in an elective class and one hour at swim. All students attend the Usdan Festival Concert Series held in the center’s 1,000-seat Andrew McKinley Amphitheater.  In recent seasons, the series has presented such celebrated artists as Emanuel Ax, Billy Taylor, The Tokyo String Quartet, Canadian Brass, Yo-Yo Ma, Broadway’s Savion Glover and stars of the New York City Ballet, among many others. Students of diverse ethnic and economic  backgrounds commute to Usdan on air-conditioned buses leaving from most towns in the New York City metropolitan  area; approximately one quarter of all students receive financial assistance. The center is an agency of UJA-Federation.

OVERNIGHT CAMPS

Camp  Ballibay

Camp Ballibay is an arts summer camp for boys and girls ages 6 through 16. We offer a wide range of non-competitive fine and performing arts activities in a fun, friendly traditional summer camp setting. We are located on an exquisitely beautiful 200-acre mountaintop campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our sessions range from 2 to 7 weeks in length.

We offer exciting programs in theater, the visual arts, music, dance, video, radio, and rock-n-roll music. We have an excellent horseback riding program, swimming instruction, and daily sports activities.

Our program is completely individual choice: campers can focus on a single activity all day, pick several to focus on, or try a little of everything!

Two-week Rock Intensive and Dance Intensive programs are also available.  Campers participating in these programs spend most of their time in intensive classes and rehearsals while still having time each day to participate in other activity areas.

Camp Ballibay was established 1964, and is American Camping Association accredited.

Visit our website to learn more, request information, or register for camp: www.ballibaycamps.com

Camp Common Ground
Come to Common Ground Center this summer for a weeklong or weekend family camp vacation in beautiful Vermont.

CCG, now in its 15th year, welcomes people of all ages, lifestyles, ethnicities, abilities and economic backgrounds.  In addition to our traditional family camps which emphasize fun, the arts and community, we offer family camps focused on Chinese culture, families affected by autism, homeschoolers, and African dancing and drumming,

Our camps offer fabulous adult programs in the morning focusing on the arts, wellness, and nature taught by experts in their craft while kids are entertained by counselors in traditional camp fun. Afternoons are for mixed age activities including arts, music, swimming and exploring 700 acres of fields, mountains and the creek. Intermingled are 3 delicious vegetarian meals.  Special diets can be accommodated. Nights include more multi age activities such as African dancing, camp fires and games.

Anya, a previous board member, states, "Plenty of spaces simply claim to be open to gay and lesbian families, but Camp Common Ground truly achieves the integrated, open and affirming community so many of us hope to create."

Site rental is available for your own programs, weddings, reunions, meetings or other events.

Check out our website today at www.cgcvt.org. We look forward to seeing you this summer!

Camp Hawkeye
Camp Hawkeye is a traditional style coed residential camp for eight to sixteen year olds that maintains an organizational commitment to creating a diverse community.  Our active trips-based program includes campers and staff from a variety of geographic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.  Our rustic campus overlooks Lake Kanasatka in the central lakes region of New Hampshire.  Minutes south of White Mountain National Forest our program provides the backdrop for an unforgettable summer experience.  Come and share with us; live, learn, and play with people both very much like and totally different than you. Visit our web site www.camphawkeye.com or call 617-960-6740.

Camp Nashoba North
Come and experience all that Nashoba North and Maine have to offers!  Crystal clear water for swimming, sailing, waterskiing, windsurfing, canoeing and fishing.  Energetic staff in a warm supportive atmosphere.  Beautiful facilities.  Come learn tennis, soccer, theatre, dance, archery, art, pottery, photography, woodworking, animal care, basketball, baseball, rock-climbing, overnight wilderness trips and more!.  Extensive riding and golf for all levels.  Modern rustic cabins with toilets and showers.  Campers enjoy freedom of choice from a structured activity program.  Excellent health care staff. Wonderful food. Non-sectarian. A.C.A. accredited.  Mature collegiate staff with a 3 to 1 camper to staff ratio.

4,7 & 8 week sessions as well as a 15 day Discovery program for children in grade 5 & below. International campers welcome.   190 Boys & Girls ages 7 to 15. Nashoba North is located in the beautiful Sebago Lake region of southern Maine. Visit www.campnashoba.com. Camping starts with Nashoba!

Contact us at info@campnashoba.com or call 978-486-8236.

Camp Ten Trees
Camp Ten Trees is a nonprofit organization offering residential summer camp sessions, featuring one week for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and allied youth (ages 13-17) youth and another week for children/youth (ages 8-17) of LGBTQ families. Since 2001, Camp Ten Trees has been committed to developing a camp community that honors creativity, individual choice, and community living.  Our programs are for youth connected to LGBTQ communities and provide opportunities for each camper to strengthen inner courage, make new friends, and develop leadership skills through traditional camp programming as well as age-appropriate opportunities to explore and discuss social justice issues.  Our summer camp sessions take place in western Washington State and draw both campers and adult volunteers from across the United States and beyond.  Scholarship assistance is available.  To learn more about registering a camper or applying to volunteer, visit www.camptentrees.org or contact us at info@camptentrees.org or 206-288-9568.

Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps     
www.farmandwilderness.org
The F&W experience will offer your child new friendships, exciting challenges, immersion in the natural world, and the discovery of new skills. Our six camps nestled on 4000 acres of Vermont woods and lakes are the perfect setting for a wilderness summer. We offer overnight programs from three and a half to seven weeks for children 9-17 and day camp programs for children 4-10.   At F&W, children practice outdoor living skills, participate in a working farm, swim in the lake, make their own music and art, discuss social issues, and play rousing games.
 
F&W campers experience a sense of confidence and joy in their daily lives, because they have an important role in the community. Campers participate in real work at camp, and find it really fun. They learn to build cabins, milk cows, harvest vegetables and serve them for lunch, paddle canoes, blaze trails, and much more.  Our programs include hiking, canoeing, and rock climbing adventures.  We work to have a diverse staff and camper community. Our counselors receive anti-bias training and discuss issues of diversity with campers in age appropriate activities.  Financial aid available.  For information, write sam@farmandwilderness.org or call 802-422-3761.

The Farm Arts Camp
The Farm Arts Camp is a summer camp for boys and girls ages 6 through 16, located on an exquisitely beautiful 200-acre mountaintop campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  We offer a wide range of non-competitive activities in a fun, friendly traditional camp setting.

The Farm focuses on a love of the arts and the outdoors, with a strong emphasis on the visual arts (painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, & ceramics) and traditional camp activities such as horseback riding, boating, outdoor cooking and camping, hiking, and nature study.  Campers at The Farm also have access to programs at The Farm’s sister camp, Camp Ballibay, including a full music program (instrumental, vocal, and rock/folk/pop music instruction), a camp radio station, sports programs (tennis instruction, team sports, swimming, lake activities), and movement programs (including the movement styles Capoeira, Tai Chi Chuan, and Parkour/Freerunning, as available).  Sessions range from 2 to 6 weeks in length. Visit www.thefarmartscamp.com  

Friends Music Camp
Friends Music Camp offers a four-week  summer music program for 10-18 year olds. Younger campers (10-12) may opt for attending only the first two weeks.  We meet on the campus of Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio.

Campers receive two private lessons weekly, in any band/orchestra instrument, piano, voice or guitar. They participate in ensembles small and large.  All campers sing in chorus and take part in a musical theater production. Cooperation and mutual support is encouraged, while competition is downplayed.

A wide range of musical ability and experience is present at camp.  There is the expectation that musical growth will occur.  An often-made camper comment: "I learned as much in one month as I do all year at home."

Equally important as the music is the creation of a caring, supportive community experience for campers and staff together.  Each individual is respected and
cared for.  Days start and end with a time of singing, quiet meditation, and sometimes speaking out of the the silence.  We call this time "Collection"; it has
become an important part of our time together.

Also: Recreational activities, outdoor games, swimming, canoe trip, much more!

Eden Village Camp
Eden Village Camp is a unique non-profit Jewish environmental overnight camp, supporting 3rd-12th-grade girls and boys in gaining leadership and outdoor skills, developing joy and enthusiasm for Judaism, and deepening their understanding and appreciation for our world.

Located 50 miles north of NYC and touching the Appalachian Trail, the beautiful 248-acre camp brings an innovative environmental program to the best of traditional camp. The experience includes organic farming, outstanding organic Kosher food, animal care, wilderness adventure, natural science, a zero-waste goal, pool & lake, biking, climbing, music, arts, sports, service projects, amazing staff... all in a vibrant, diverse Jewish community!

Our 1:3 staff:camper ratio and talented kid-specialist bunk counselors ensure priority and focus on the needs of each camper.

Eden Village Camp aims to be a living model of a thriving, sustainable, compassionate Jewish community, grounded in social responsibility and inspired spiritual life. By bringing ancient Jewish wisdom to the environmental, social, and personal issues important to today’s young people, we practice a substantive and relevant Judaism., we foster our campers’ positive Jewish identity and genuine commitment to tikkun olam (healing the world).

Great scholarships and incentives available – Call Directors Yoni and Vivian Stadlin today at (877) 397-EDEN (3336), www.EdenVillageCamp.org/

Hidden Valley Camp
While many summer children’s camps today are market driven, replicating the glitz, glamour and gadgets associated with contemporary life, other camps, like Maine’s Hidden Valley, strive to maintain long-standing traditions, offering child centered communities rich in deep-rooted values and Thoreau-inspired natural environments.

Hidden Valley, a co-ed camp for children ages 8-13, offers an alternative because the mission-driven directors, Peter and Meg Kassen, believe their style of camp helps children grow into caring and creative adults.

Hidden Valley has no rifles, uniforms or color war. Campers don’t play to win, they’re encouraged to perform their very best. The camp’s non-competitive, non-sectarian community provides individualized attention to all campers in a structured yet relaxed atmosphere.

While Hidden Valley is far cry from the country club environment found at other camps, its cabins have electricity, flush toilets and showers, and there is a recent addition of an outdoor heated pool to complement the pristine Maine lake where swimming, kayaking and wind-surfing are popular activities. A modern dining hall caters to all tastes and dietary needs.

Despite these amenities, the Kassens, giving a nod to creature comforts without sacrificing their ideals, have maintained a place where children and community come first. Their mission is for Hidden Valley to instill in young people a feeling of independence, enhanced self-awareness, and a greater capacity to live happily and work constructively with others.

"Some parents boast about the 20 tennis courts, hockey arena, or Olympic indoor heated pool at their child’s summer camp," says Peter. "Whereas Hidden Valley parents are more likely to comment that camp has changed their children’s’ lives."

"Hidden Valley is more than a summer camp for children," adds Meg. "It’s a community of young people learning to live together co-operatively."

While the camp offers more than 50 activity choices, featuring the performing and visual arts, sports, and animal care, including llamas and horses, the emphasis is for every child to have a fulfilling camp experience. Counselors are trained in group dynamics and meet regularly with the Kassens throughout the summer. Meg and the counselors personally keep in touch with the parents. The directors know all the childrens’ names.

Both Peter and Meg Kassen have spent nearly 30 summers at camps in Maine, and have been directors/owners of Hidden Valley since 1988. They live at camp year round with their two daughters. Hidden Valley Camp, 1-800-922-6737, www.hiddenvalleycamp.com.

Maine Teen Camp
Maine Teen Camp (Porter, Maine) is a co-ed overnight camp only for teens 13-16.  Our elective program allows campers to choose from a variety of different activities including our fantastic rock music program, professional tennis program, and extensive waterskiing and wakeboarding program!  We also offer sports, creative arts, cooking, dance, video, theater, photo, adventure course, mountain biking, sailing, trips, community service and so much more!  We focus on providing a TEEN experience with plenty of campers from around the world!   We offer 2-4-6-8 week sessions.

Contact us!  1-800-752-2267 or mtc@teencamp.com.  Request our information at www.teencamp.com.  

McGaw YMCA Camp Echo
Located near Fremont, Michigan on Long/Ryerson Lake, the McGaw YMCA's Camp Echo offers one- and two-week sessions for boys and girls entering grades 3 through 11. Camp Echo is ACA-accredited and licensed by the State of Michigan.

Camp Echo is located about an hour northwest of Grand Rapids, and is accessible by car for drop-off and pick-up. 90% of Camp Echo campers take a charter bus (included in the camp fee) from and to our home YMCA in Evanston, Illinois -- near Chicago.

Groups of ten or eleven campers live in rustic cabins, each supervised by a live-in college-age Senior Counselor and a high-school-age Assistant Counselor. Bathroom buildings with sinks, toilets, and showers are nearby each cluster of cabins.

Camp Echo offers a variety of land-based, aquatic, and arts activities. Campers sign up for three morning classes; spend afternoons with their cabin group; and have a choice of activities before and after dinner. A fun evening program rounds out the day.

Staff members are trained to help campers acknowledge and appreciate all dimensions of diversity. Morning Reflections and evening Taps Talks are bookends on a daily program that emphasizes the core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

Please visit our website at www.YMCACampEcho.org for more information.

Summer at Sandy Spring

Summer at Sandy Spring provides a unique and enriching summer program. We offer a summer filled with fun, challenge, and life changing experiences that utilize the wonderful grounds and expansive facilities available though the Sandy Spring Friends School. We offer programs for every age level, from four year olds to 16 year olds.  We offer general camps, adventure camps, art camps, sports camps and more!  We have a truly phenomenal campus featuring 140 wooded acres.  We have two performing art centers, two athletic centers, a ropes course, a pond, a stream and more!  Call today to schedule your free tour and see what wonderful things we have to offer, 301-774-7455 x167.

Shire Village Camp
Founded in 1972, Shire Village Camp was described by The Boston Globe as a camp that "...espouses liberal values; it's nonprofit, nonsexist, nonracist, nonhomophobic, nonsectarian, and noncompetitive." A coeducational residential summer camp for 7 to 13 year olds, it also offers vegetarian meals and has a policy to avoid chemical additives and preservatives in their food. Shire Village Camp is located on 96 acres of beautiful hills and woodland in Cummington, Massachusetts. On the grounds are two riding rings, a tennis court, athletic fields, a filtered pool and a large brook which flows into a private pond and into the Westfield River which flows through the campgrounds. Traditional activities offered are theatre, music and dance, arts and crafts, film and photography, swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, gymnastics, field trips, and nature exploration. In addition, the camp offers tai chi, shiatsu, meditation, yoga and emphasizes a nonsexist, noncompetitive approach to sports activities which include archery, soccer, tennis, softball, volleyball, basketball and Frisbee. This approach has created a more relaxed atmosphere and according to a camp counselor, more girls are playing sports and more boys are trying to motivate them.

Many Shire village campers return year after year and former campers have sent their children. Some return to work as counselors, support staff and administrators. The camp boasts a popular teen staff training program and several former campers are now serving on the Board of Directors. Sessions begin the first week of July through the end of August and introductory two-week sessions are available for children 7 to 9 years of age. Discounts are available for siblings and early tuition payment. To receive a brochure and enrollment information contact Beth Schneider, 175 Eastern Parkway, Apt. 6J, Brooklyn, New York 11238, telephone 718-622-8204. Summer contact information: Shire village Camp, Mellor Road, Cummington, Massachusetts 01026, 413-634-2281. Visit www.shirevillage.org.

YMCA Camp Abnaki
YMCA Camp Abnaki on the shores of Lake Champlain. North Hero, VT. Boys resident camp.  150 campers, ages 6-16, staff of 55+. Swimming, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, basketball, tennis, fishing, archery, crafts, rock climbing, hiking and more.   Since 1901, our program has been designed to help young people grow – to help campers build strong values, positive attitudes and self-esteem, and to learn to appreciate others.

Each camper plans his own program with the assistance of our caring staff, which includes a senior and junior counselor for every cabin of 6-10 boys.  Campers are assigned cabins based on age.  Each collection of 6 cabins creates a village.  Cabins are enclosed buildings with windows and electricity.  Each village has a centrally located wash house with hot showers, toilets and sinks.  1, 2 and 4 week sessions. Established in 1901. Labor Day and Memorial Day Family Camp Weekends.  www.campabnaki.org. jkuypers@gbymca.org. 802-862-8993 ext 129.  ACA  accredited.  We are located 35 miles north of Burlington VT.  We pick up from Burlington International airport.