Camp Eljabar - Grades 3-7

Camp Eljabar features traditional residential camp programs for campers entering the 3rd through 7th grades in a safe, supportive environment that provides younger & novice campers countless opportunities to explore a wide variety of activities.

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Strong, positive, nurturing relationships between campers and staff form the foundation for Eljabar campers upon which they confidently explore activities, develop skills and form lasting friendships.

Camp Eljabar is ideal for the first time camper as well as for the young camper who has several years of camping experience. Camp Eljabar’s modern cabins feature in-cabin bathrooms.

Staff

A 1:6 staff to camper ratio is maintained within the cabin group. Counselors are typically college students and/or recent college grads who have studied and worked in education, recreation and/or a related field. Staff are selected for their experience in working with children/teens and display good character and knowledge of camp programming.

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. 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 Kayaking Land Sports Long Distance Swimming Mountain Biking Newspaper Outdoor Living Riflery Sailing Swim Lessons

Cabin Time – Cabin groups work together to decide what activities they want to do that day. Not only do they get to experience a full range of options, the emphasis on group decision making causes the cabin group to develop stronger cohesiveness and appreciation of each member of the group.

Discovery Hour - Campers choose from amongst the day’s activity offerings to discover and experience something new and/or unusual. Sample activities include blueberry picking, hikes, free swim, tie-dyeing, and improvisation.

Evening Programs – Skits, dances, Capture the Flag games, scavenger hunts, and campfires are just a few of the evening programs that bring the campers together to share even more fun.

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

one week = $ 675                           two weeks = $ 1,300
three weeks = $ 1,950                 four weeks = $ 2,600
five weeks = $ 3,250                        six weeks = $ 3,900
seven weeks = $ 4,550                    eight weeks = $ 5,200

2010 DATES

Campers may be enrolled for one week - eight weeks
in any combination throughout the summer

1A Sunday, June 27th - Saturday, July 3rd
1B Sunday, July 4th - Saturday, July 10th
2A Sunday, July 11th - Saturday, July 17th
2B Sunday, July 18th - Saturday, July 24th
3A Sunday, July 25th - Saturday, July 31st
3B Sunday, August 1st - Saturday, August 7th
4A Sunday, August 8th - Saturday, August 14th
4B Sunday, August 15th - Saturday, August 21st

Horseback Riding Options / Rates

Daily Lessons: Monday - Friday, one hour per day lessons = $ 125 per week

Ranch Camp: Monday - Friday, three hours per day = $ 175 per week

Registation & Deposit

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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