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List Of Summer Camps
This is a list of summer camps throughout the world by category. A summer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. Traditional Camps * Adirondack Woodcraft Camps *Camp Agawam * Camp Androscoggin * Falling Creek Camp *Cheley Colorado Camps * Camp Fern *Camp Greylock *Camp Highlands * Camp Kabeyun * Camp Merrie-Woode * Camp Northway *Camp Pathfinder * Holiday Home Camp * Keewaydin Religious Camps Christian Camps *Camp Gray (Catholic), Wisconsin *Camp Iawah (Christian), Godfrey, Ontario, Canada *Camp Ondessonk (Catholic), Illinois *Camp Unirondack (Unitarian Universalist), New York *Christian Service Brigade (Non-Denominational), New York *Especially for Youth (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Utah * The Wilds, (Protestant), North Carolina *Camp Saint Christopher, (Anglican), Seabrook Island, South Carolina Jewish Camps Seventh-Day Adventist Camps Sports Camps *IMG Academy * Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Wall Sunset
Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to describe a cottage * Military camp * Summer camp, typically organized for groups of children or youth * Tent city, a housing facility often occupied by homeless people or protesters Areas of imprisonment or confinement * Concentration camp * Extermination camp * Federal prison camp, a minimum-security United States federal prison facility * Internment camp, also called a concentration camp, resettlement camp, relocation camp, or detention camp * Labor camp * Prisoner-of-war camp ** Parole camp guards its own soldiers as prisoners of war Gatherings of people * Camp, a mining community * Camp, a term commonly used in the titles of technology-related unconferences * Camp meeting, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th-century Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Pathfinder
Camp Pathfinder is a boys' Summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. The camp is best known for its canoe tripping program. Pathfinder follows a tradition of using wood and canvas canoes. Several other camps in Algonquin and elsewhere follow a similar tradition of tripping with, building and restoring canvas canoes. Pathfinder's canoes are painted a distinctive bright red. The current owners are Glenn Arthurs and Michael Sladden. Mike Sladden or “Sladds” as many call him, serves as Camp Director. History Camp Pathfinder was founded in 1914 by William Bennett and Franklin Gray. In 1922, the camp was sold to Herman J. "Chief" Norton, who became one of Pathfinder's most influential owners. Pathfinder was almost shut down or sold to the Ontario Provincial Government when the government told Norton the lease for the camp (and the others in the park as well) would not be renewed. The government later renewed the lease and the camp (and all the others in the park) rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMG Academy
IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States. IMG Academy is set across over 600 acres and features programs consisting of sport camps for youth athletes, adult camps, a boarding school, including a post-graduate/ gap-year program, events, professional and collegiate training, group hosting, and corporate retreats. IMG Academy is owned by Endeavor. History Nick Bollettieri founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. Sports company IMG purchased the academy in 1987. IMG acquired the youth division of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in 1993 and added programs for soccer and baseball in 1994. Hockey and basketball programs were added in 2000 and 2001, respectively, and by 2002 the IMG campus had expanded to . IMG Academy suspended its hockey program in 2003. Football was added in 2010, as well as lacrosse. Track & field and cross country were added in 2013. IMG Academy currently sits on of land, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seabrook Island
Seabrook may refer to: Places Australia * Seabrook, Victoria * Seabrook, Tasmania United Kingdom * Seabrook, Kent United States * Seabrook, Georgia * Seabrook, Maryland ** Seabrook station (MARC) * Seabrook, Massachusetts * Seabrook, New Hampshire ** Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant * Seabrook, New Jersey * Seabrook Farms, New Jersey * Seabrook, South Carolina, in Beaufort County * Seabrook Island, South Carolina, in Charleston County * Seabrook, Texas Other * Seabrook, a fictional location in the 2018 film ''Zombies'' * MV ''Seabrook'', an Empire F type coaster in service with Seaway Coasters Ltd, 1946–54 * Seabrook Bridge in New Orleans * Seabrook Potato Crisps Seabrook Crisps (often shortened to Seabrook's) is a UK brand of crisps produced in Bradford, England, by Seabrook Crisps Ltd. History The company was founded in 1945 by Charles Brook, and the name supposedly arose because of an error in a p ..., a brand of crisps in the United Kingdom People with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wilds Christian Association
The Wilds Christian Association, Inc. is a Protestant Christian organization, based in Brevard, North Carolina. The organization was founded by a group of Christians at Bob Jones University who recognized the need for a Christian camp in the Southeastern United States. In 1967, the group purchased a property near Brevard, North Carolina and established The Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center (commonly referred to as "The Wilds") about two years later. Today, The Wilds is one of the largest Christian camps in the United States. About 21,000 people attend annual retreats, while summer camp averages 1,100 to 1,200 campers per week. The Wilds of the Rockies opened in 1987 near Kremmling, Colorado, though the property was sold in 2004 and converted to a residential development. A third camp, The Wilds of New England, was established in Deering, New Hampshire in 2009. Additionally, CampsAbroad was founded in 2001, which is an international program assisting Christian ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Especially For Youth
Especially For Youth (often abbreviated as EFY) is a week-long youth-oriented seminar focused on fellowship and teaching the principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is run by Brigham Young University's (BYU) Division of Continuing Education (CE) and is the largest church-oriented summer camp, attracting over 50,000 attendees every year at locations around the world. Structure Attendance is open to all youth aged fourteen to eighteen. Sessions, which are primarily held in the United States, follow a common curriculum created by members of the LDS Church. Sessions take place during the summer months in order to coincide with the summer break practiced by many schools. The program is led by Latter-day Saint young adults who serve as counselors for the youth during the sessions. Many of the speakers are selected from the LDS Church's Seminary and Institute program or from the faculty of BYU and its sister institutions in Idaho and Hawaii. All s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Service Brigade
Christian Service Brigade (CSB) (a.k.a. CSB Ministries) is a non-denominational Christian organization for men and boys in the United States and Canada.Christian Service Brigade Canada Often referred to as "Brigade," it is organized according to a model historically similar to that of international Boys' Brigade and Scouting organizations. More than a scout alternative, Brigade programs put a particular emphasis on the relationship between fathers and sons, and equip men in the local church to mentor and disciple boys and young men through an action-driven process, with a spiritual application associated with all activities. Brigade units are sponsored by local churches, and these are typically Protestant and Evangelical in character. The Christian Service Brigade motto is "Bright and Keen for Christ." History Brigade was founded in 1937 by Joe Coughlin (1919–2005), then a sophomore at Wheaton College, Illinois. It began as a boys' group, under the name of the "Christian Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Unirondack
Camp Unirondack is a queer, social-justice and intentional community-centered youth summer camp and conference center that is located in the western foothills of the Adirondack Mountains near Lowville, New York on Haudenosaunee Land. The camp was founded in 1951 when the New York State Convention of Universalists purchased of a "forever wild" peninsula on Beaver Lake (a part of the Beaver River flow) near the border of the Adirondack Park. Unirondack is a member of the Council of Unitarian Universalist Camps & Conferences and serves the Saint Lawrence Unitarian Universalist District and the Metro New York City Unitarian Universalist District, as well as bordering regions, including Quebec, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Each UU church in the region has a liaison to the Camp Unirondack Board. Life at Unirondack Unirondack provides an experience different from most traditional camps due to * Camper Empowerment: Camper voice at Unirondack is valued to the larger community. Camp le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Ondessonk
Camp Ondessonk is a rustic, outdoor, Catholic youth camp run by the Belleville Diocese. It is located in the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Illinois, near Ozark, Illinois. The camp strives to remain a “last frontier” of sorts, where participants can experience life away from the plugged in world of today's society, and go back to a time of outdoor living while experiencing nature to the fullest. Camp Ondessonk states their mission to be "to provide an environment that inspires physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth for individuals and groups through the appreciation and stewardship of nature." Camp Ondessonk is accredited by the American Camp Association. History Over 50 Years of Camp Tradition Beginning in the summer of 1957, Camp St. PhilipCamp Ondessonk. "1959-2008." Camp Ondessonk: Celebrating 50 Years of Camp Spirit! N.p.: School Annual Publishing Company, 2009. 11-55. Print. is part of the Diocese of Belleville. Having no facilities of their own, the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey, Ontario
Godfrey is a small community located about 40 minutes' drive time north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Hwy. 38. It is named for Chester H. Godfrey, one of the original settlers, who donated land on which the village was built. While there is currently no specific village, it can be described as the area of Highway 38 that extends between the villages of Verona and Parham, as well as that portion of Westport Road extending to the hamlet of Burridge. It also includes the former settlement of Cole Lake. (which possessed a separate rail station, known as Hinchinbrooke Station, and postal outlet up to the early part of the 20th century). Godfrey was originally in the Township of Hinchinbrooke which has since become amalgamated into the township of Central Frontenac, which also encompasses the townships of Kennebec, Olden and Oso. History The place currently known as Godfrey was founded as "Deniston" on 10 October 1854, based on the placement of a post office by the same name.Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Iawah
CJCE-FM, branded as ''The Juice'', was a low-power Canada, Canadian radio station broadcasting a Christian radio, Christian format airing at 93.7 FM broadcasting, FM, licensed to Godfrey, Ontario, Godfrey, Ontario. The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 2002 to transmit at 106.3 Hertz, MHz which later changed to its current frequency 93.7 MHz. The station is owned and operated by the Christian Youth Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, the owners of Camp IAWAH, a summer camp on Wolfe Lake, located west of Westport, Ontario, Westport. The name "IAWAH" is an acronym for ''In All Ways Acknowledge Him'', a line from Book of Proverbs, Proverbs 3:6. The station began broadcasting in 2003 from Camp IAWAH and broadcasts only during the summer months. At one watt, the station generally covers only Camp IAWAH and the surrounding area, the coverage area not reaching Westport or its city of license of Godfrey, located to the southwest. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
