Aquatics
Swimming, diving, canoeing, and funyaks make up the aquatic programs. All the campers are encouraged and given opportunities to improve their aquatic skills. Campers who pass our deep-water test are allowed to enter the deep end of the pool. Campers that don’t pass the deep-water test participate in swimming lessons for the first or last half of their pool time. Campers that have passed, work on swimming skills i.e. breathing, leg kick, arm motion, a variety of swimming strokes and diving.
Canoeing is an important part of our program. As campers grow through our summer programs they have opportunities to develop their canoeing skills that will allow them to move from canoeing on our 15-acre lake to canoeing down the Black and Current Rivers. Our funyaks offer all our campers a fun alternative to canoeing.
Performing & Creative Arts
Everyone has a creative inner being and in our performing & creative arts department we want to give our campers avenues to display this creativity. Music and dance is one of the most popular forms of expressing ourselves. With positive influence and encouragement campers can learn new forms of dance, how to play musical instruments, make & produce puppet shows, learn sign language, design and make their own clothes. Campers can also learn how to: use a pottery wheel, make bead art, design paper mache objects, make lanyard, tie-dye, make candles, experiment with batiking and much more.
Outdoor Living Skills
Outdoor living skills are the foundation of our summer camp program. All of our campers participate in overnight camping trips that range from overnights in our valley to 8-day trips hiking through our national forest and canoeing down local rivers. Fire building, outdoor cooking, hiking, caving, backpacking, wilderness camping, orienteering, and nature studies are all part of the “camp experience”.
Adventure/Sports
Adventure/Sports provides campers opportunities to challenge themselves as individuals and as a cabin group. Initiative games, low ropes course, and the Tango Tower (climbing/rappelling), provide a sequence of activities and games that teach our campers skills such as; problem solving, positive communication, leadership, active listening, and emphasizes the importance of team work, group decision making, compromise, and negotiating. Other activities like archery, basketball, soccer, funnuky, wiffle ball, kickball, rubber chicken, volleyball, Frisbee golf, water balloon volleyball, washers, and many others give campers the chance to play and have fun in a non-competitive environment.