Camp Speers-Eljabar

Each session provides unique opportunities to learn new skills and use those skills to make the world better for someone else. Service Campers will receive certificates of completion of community service hours. Service Campers also participate in many of the Camp Speers Traditional Camp programs. 

Session 1 - Trails (June 27 - July 10)

Work to improve trails in the area’s National and State Parks and Forests. Service Campers will also learn about the variety of flora and fauna that populate the parks and forests.

Session 2 - Animals & Kids (July 11 - 17)

Tthrough a Partnership with Country Ark Farm, Service Campers will facilitate recreational, pet and art therapy experiences for mentally, emotionally and physically challenged children and adults. Country Ark Farm is housed on a 26 acre farm just minutes away and is home to a menagerie of animals.

Session 3 - Delaware River (July 25 - August 7)

For over six decades, Camp Speers-Eljabar YMCA campers have enjoyed canoeing, rafting and kayaking on the nearby Delaware River. Now Service Campers will take to their boats and join in multi-state efforts to clean up the river and riverbanks as well as to learn about the rivers’ habitat and history. Minimum of intermediate (red) swim skills.

Session 4 - Habitat for Humanity (August 8 - 21)

Service Campers will work on projects with Pike County Habitat For Humanity that improve the living conditions of Camp’s Pike County neighbors. Campers will develop basic building skills as well as learn about the ways that improved living conditions can change a family’s life for the better.

Facilities
Our facilities are second to none with beautiful, spacious log cabins that accommodate up to 14 campers and counselors. Other log cabin style buildings provide indoor activity and dining space. Our private, 42 acre lake provides the base for swimming, boating, and fishing. Miles of trails wind through our 1,100 acres offering hikers, mountain bikers, and horseback riders with a variety of terrain. Our ranch boasts two riding arenas and a fully equipped barn surrounded by paddocks. Archery and riflery ranges, arts & crafts studios, climbing towers, obstacle courses, high ropes course, and fields for games offer campers more great places to have FUN!

Health Care
Our air-conditioned, well equipped Health Lodges are staffed 24 hours per day with a highly qualified team of medical professionals. They manage daily medications, triage & treat injuries & illnesses, and work with medical providers to ensure that we meet our campers’ health care needs.

Camp Daily Life
Coaching periods - Campers select those activities that they most want to experience and learn more about. They participate in those activities for 1 – 2 hours each day (M-F) for a week. Our progressive approach ensures that they build upon the knowledge and skills they acquired during previous days – guaranteeing challenge and achievement and keeping them engaged and enthusiastic. Service Campers particpate in Coaching Periods during the first week of the two week session. A sample of Coaching Period activities are listed below:

             Archery      Aerobics     Arts & Crafts     Basketball     Canoeing     Ceramics                   Climbing Tower   Cooking    Drama   Digital Arts    Fishing   Healthy Living   High Ropes    Kayaking    Land Sports    Long Distance Swim      Mountain Biking     Newspaper            Outdoor Living    Riflery    Sailing    Swim Lessons     Woodworking 

Special Events occur throughout the camp session with many scheduled for Saturdays & Sundays. Carnivals, Theme Days, Olympics, Overnight Campouts and Chapel gatherings are just a few favorite.

2010 RATES
Service Camps (2 week sessions) $ 1,300

Register now and pay a $ 100 deposit per week. Upon receipt of your registration, we will provide you with payment plan options of equal monthly installments or three installments due on February, April and June 1st.

 

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