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Hazen offers a traditional overnight camp for kids who entering grades 3 through 10. The resident campers are split into five villages by both gender and age. A typical day of camp includes breakfast, cabin cleanup, activity periods one, two, and three, lunch, siesta, activity periods four and five, free time called Beach Party, dinner, an evening activity and cabin chat.
Founded in 1904 by the State YMCA of Michigan, the camp has operated continuously as a summer camp for boys between 4th and 11th grades. Buildings on the boys camp have been named for generous donors and past campers including Bonbright Lodge given by a Flint Industrialist, the Dow Building and the Stanley S. Kresge Lodge.
Rocki McCrocklin, 52, rents her backyard in Bend, Oregon, to campers for about $70 a night. She lists her yard on Hipcamp, a site that lets travelers pay to camp on homeowners' land.
Camp Orkila's main property is situated on the northwest shoulder of Orcas Island, and is approximately 280 acres in size. This property includes many cabins for campers to sleep in, as well as two lodges, though only one is currently being used for eating, two campfire pits, low and high ropes team building courses, a junior-Olympic sized pool, a Marine Salmon Center (often called the MSC), a ...
Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, Mukwonago, Wisconsin; YMCA Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha for Girls, Michigan; YMCA Camp Cory, Milo, New York; YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie, Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania; YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha for Boys, Michigan; YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda, California; YMCA Camp Orkila, Orcas Island, Washington state
YMCA campers wading in a lake. Attendees of summer camps often enjoy outdoor activities. A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps are known as ...
A sunset on Koshlong Lake, viewed from one of the campsites used by YMCA Wanakita campers during overnight canoe trips. The camp has also been featured in teen series like Camp Rock (2008) and Camp Rock 2 (2010), on Disney Channel, where it followed the life of pop stars and other campers during music summer camp.
There are leadership programs for campers 14 - 17 years old. Counselers are mostly college students. At the end of each summer Camp Gorham has a family camp. During family camp programs are run by camp staff and family campers themselves help to run events. Camp Gorham serves 1,000 campers each summer. [citation needed]