It’s only been five months, but I’m already planning my next trip to Lake Winnipesaukee. Every year for the past five years, I’ve spent a week in July at the Lake Winni Music Camp. As an overnight camp, the counselors and veteran campers strive to foster a cozy and relaxed environment so the younger campers feel at home. The camp […]
It was the last day of basketball camp for me. It had been going through five days of pain, sweat and torture; for what? The reason is for the knowledge that I DID IT! I had started a week of Dave Cowens Basketball Camp on Sunday. I was completely out of shape. By the end of this week I could […]
The best winter I ever had was my summer vacation at Camp Kiwi on the island of New Zealand. I was halfway around the world in an adventure camp surrounded by fresh air and sheep. I was in the land of the Moari (natives of New Zealand) called Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. It was a beautiful place, […]
In the small town of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, right in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, lies Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse, a professional regional theatre and a gorgeous place to stay. One of their most recent initiatives has been the formation of Allenberry Professional Theatre Conservatory (APTC), an intensive youth acting camp. APTC started out small. Though I did […]
4-H camp is honestly been one of the most important parts of my summers for the last 8 years of my life. Every summer my mom would ask me if I wanted to go to 4-H camp again this summer, and with every single time she asked me that I always respond with a whopping yes! This camp is held […]
The Olympic Development Program, also known as O.D.P., is the highest level of youth soccer in the United States. It is a team made up of the best players in the state. And every state has an O.D.P. team. Each state belongs to one of four regions. Each region has its own week-long summer training camp. Besides being a camp, […]
The Bennington July Program is a month-long thing where you go and immerse yourself in learning, whatever it is you want to learn. It’s good. It’s at Bennington College, and it’s for people who are ages 15-18. I’m not going to write one of those kinds of reviews that ends with a phrase like “I’d recommend this to any motivated […]
Have you ever had one of those summers that you know you’ll never forget? Yeah, well me too. I’ve actually had more than one. At this writing, I am a senior and have spent every summer since the end of seventh grade at various programs. Total, I’ve been to six different summer camps, most recent – Harvard’s Secondary School Program. […]
This summer I worked at Camp Wildwood on Lake Wampanoag in Gardner, MA, a facility that housed both boys and girls, fifth through ninth grades, run by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. I was a Councilor In Training (C.I.T.) whose main area of responsibility were fifth and sixth grade boys in overnight nature camp sessions. The camp boasts 1,000 acres of […]
International: Having experienced three VISIONS trips so far (British Virgin Islands, Montana Northern Cheyenne, and Dominican Republic), I can lend an interesting perspective on what it’s like to be part of this summer program. Unlike other summer community service trips I’ve looked at in the past, VISIONS is honest about accomplishing its goal: community service. They do not try to […]