2020 Maine Camp Directory Real Kids. Real Camps. Real Maine. Dear Friends, The abundance of natural resources in Maine, such as its diverse forests, its many lakes, its hilly and mountainous countryside and its coastal regions makes it the obvious choice for summer camps. Maine has a rich extensive history hosting hun- dreds of campers over generations. In current times, with the increase in technology and personal handheld devices which has contrib- uted to our disconnect to nature and face-to-face communication, I believe having youth attend a summer camp is more important than ever. Maine summer camps provide this important opportunity for children to connect with Maine’s natural abundant resources, learn valuable lifelong skills and personally connect with each other. I hope the Maine Summer Camp listings provided in this book allow you to find the summer camp for your child that will truly and positively impact them for life. You will also find on the Maine Summer Camp website (www. mainecamps.org) a search engine tool to “find a camp”. If you need any further assistance in choosing the best Maine camp for your child, please do not hesitate to call Maine Summer Camps office and request to speak to someone personally. Sincerely, Maine Summer Camps / Maine Youth Camping Foundation PO Box 1861, Portland, Maine 04104 [email protected] www.mainecamps.org 207.518.9557 Published Fall 2020 with assistance from: Ron Hall, Executive Director s Sue Guimond, MSC staff s Cover design, Tides Edge Design, LLC Visit www.mainecamps.org for updates, informative articles, and a convenient online tool to help you search for the perfect Maine camp. CAMPS BY SESSION LENGTH Tuition Key: A:Free, B: Under $500, C:$500 to $1000; D: More than $1,000 BOYS Resident 7-8 wks 5-6 wks 3-4 wks 2 wks 1 wk Tuition Aid Rental • • • • • D Birch Rock Camp • • • D Bridgton Sports Camp • • • D • Camp Agawam • • • D • Camp Androscoggin • • B • Camp Berwick • • • D • Camp Caribou • • • D • Camp Cedar • • • • • D • Camp Chewonki • • D • Camp Cobbossee • • • • D • • Camp Kawanhee • • • • • D • Camp Kieve • • • D • Camp Manitou Camp O-AT-KA • • • • • • D • • • • • B Camp Owatonna • • • • D • Camp Skylemar • • • D Camp Takajo • • • D • Camp Timanous • • • D Camp Wigwam • • D • Camp Wildwood • • • D Camp Winnebago • • • B • Hoop Basketball Camp • • • • D • • Indian Acres • • • D • Netop Summer Camp • • • D • Pine Island Camp • • D Summit Achievement • • • • • C • West End House • • • D • • Winona Camps 2 • www.mainecamps.org [email protected] CAMPS BY SESSION LENGTH Tuition Key: A:Free, B: Under $500, C:$500 to $1000; D: More than $1,000 GIRLS Resident 7-8 wks 5-6 wks 3-4 wks 2 wks 1 wk Tuition Aid Rental • • • • • D • Alford Lake Camp • • • • D • Camp Arcadia • • • • • • D • Camp Chewonki • • D • Camp Chloe (Day) * • • D • Camp Fernwood • • D • Camp Kippewa for Girls • • • D • Camp Mataponi • • • • D • Camp Matoaka • • • • • B • Camp Natarswi • • • • B Camp Newfound • • • D Camp Pinecliffe • • • • B • • Camp Pondicherry (Day) • • • • D • Camp Runoia • • • • • D • Camp Somerset • • • • D • Camp Tapawingo • • • D • • Camp Vega • • • D Camp Walden • • • • D Camp Wawenock • • • D • Fernwood Cove • • • • D • • Forest Acres • • B • Hoop Basketball Camp • • • A Main Idea at Walden • She Summits • D Summit Achievement • • • A • The Summer Camp • • D Tripp Lake Camp • D • • Wavus Camp • • C • West End House • • • C • Wohelo Camps • • • D • Wyonegonic CAMPS BY SESSION LENGTH Tuition Key: A:Free, B: Under $500, C:$500 to $1000; D: More than $1,000 COED Resident 7-8 wks 5-6 wks 3-4 wks 2 wks 1 wk Tuition Aid Rental • B 317 Main Street (Day) Acadia Institute of Oceanography (Day) • • D • • • • • • D Acadia Mountain Guides (Day) • • B • Agassiz Village • • • • • D Apogee Adventures • B Aurora Vaulting Camp (Day) • • B • Baptist School (Day) • • • • C • • Blueberry Cove (Day) • • B • • Breakwater Summer (Day) • • D Camp Alsing • • • B Camp at the Eastwood (Day) • B • Camp Beech Cliff (Day) • • • • • C • • Camp Bishopswood • B Camp Capella (Day) • • C Camp CenterStage • • • • • • D • Camp Chewonki • • • • B Camp Eagle Wing • • • D Camp Encore/Coda • B Camp Forest (Day) • B • • Camp Ketcha (Day) • • • • D Camp Kingswood • B Camp Laughing Loon (Day) • • D Camp Laurel • • D Camp Laurel South • • B Camp Mechuwana (Day) 4 • www.mainecamps.org [email protected] CAMPS BY SESSION LENGTH Tuition Key: A:Free, B: Under $500, C:$500 to $1000; D: More than $1,000 • • • • • D Camp Med-O-Lark • • • • D Camp Micah COED Resident 7-8 wks 5-6 wks 3-4 wks 2 wks 1 wk Tuition Aid Rental • • • D Camp Modin • • • • • D • Camp Nashoba North (Day) • • B • Camp Neofa (Day) • • • • D • Camp North Star • • • • • D Camp Pinehurst • A Camp Summit (Day) • D • Camp Susan Curtis • • • D Camp Tekakwitha • • • • • D • Camp Waziyatah • • • • D • Camp Wekeela • B • Center Day Camp (Day) • • • B Chop Point • B Coastal College (Day) • B Davinci Experience (Day) Ecology Adventure Camp (Day) • B • • • B • • Friends Camp • • B Gander Brook • B Hart-to-Hart (Day) • • • D • Hidden Valley Camp • • • D • Hurricane Island • • D Kamp Kohut • • D • Kingsley Pines • C L.L. Bean Kids’ Camp (Day) • • B Mad Science (Day) 207.518.9557 CAMPS BY SESSION LENGTH Tuition Key: A:Free, B: Under $500, C:$500 to $1000; D: More than $1,000 • • B Maine Ace Camp (Day) • • • D Maine Arts Camp COED Resident 7-8 wks 5-6 wks 3-4 wks 2 wks 1 wk Tuition Aid Rental • • B • • Maine Audubon (Day) • • • B • MSSM • • • • D • • Maine Teen Camp • D • • Moose River Outpost • • • D • • New England Music Camp • • B Nichols Day Camp (Day) • • B • North Yarmouth Academy (Day) • • • C Oceanwood Camp • • B PGA Junior Golf (Day) • • • B • • Pilgrim Lodge • • • D • • Pine Tree Camp (Day) • B PYC Sailing Program (Day) • • • • D Robin Hood Camp • B Salt Pump Co (Day) • • C Seeds of Peace • • B Summer at Cheverus (Day) • • • D Summer at Thornton • D Summit Achievement • • • • C • • U Maine Blueberry Cove • • • • C • U Maine Bryant Pond • • • • C • • U MaineTanglewood (Day) . B Waynflete Flyers Camp (Day) • B Wells Reserve (Day) • • B • Wolfe’s Neck Farm Camp (Day) • B Y Summer Camp at OLEC (Day) • • • C • • YMCA Camp of Maine 6 • www.mainecamps.org [email protected] 207.518.9557 WHY A MAINE SUMMER CAMP? There’s no place quite like Maine For more than 100 years, families have come to appreciate Maine’s summer camps as a haven for kids to experience natural beauty and old-fashioned values. Maine is more than a place—it’s a feeling you get as soon as you arrive. Suddenly, the air’s a little fresher, the pines taller, the lakes clearer. You can hear the essence of Maine in the cry of a loon, taste it in a fresh-caught trout, and watch the sun rise a little earlier in Maine than anywhere else in America. Fact is, there’s more of Maine, and more to Maine, than the rest of New England combined: deeper forests, bigger lakes, more rugged mountains, longer rivers and more than 3000 miles of shoreline. Taking fun seriously Maine Summer Camps reflect all the possibilities of Maine. They can be as traditional as a canoe trip and as futuristic as rocketry. Among our more than 125 member camps, many help develop skills in sports and outdoor adventure; some teach a musical instrument, others may inspire kids to plant the seeds of the next forest. Whether operating public or private camps, all Maine camp directors take a highly professional approach to their jobs. They work to foster growth and instill the timeless values of teamwork, responsibility and mutual respect, while always putting your child’s well-being first. That means carefully screening and training counselors, inspecting and repairing facilities, and accommodat- ing the varying needs of children. You’ll be glad to learn that Maine was the first state to inspect youth camps for health and safety, and the first to certify Trip Leaders. Helping kids reach their full potential Our high-tech lifestyle gives kids today opportunities never dreamed of before. But many kids miss out on some of the most important ingredients in becoming healthy adults: connection to nature; exercise and play; meaningful friendships; and positive adult role models. Time spent at a Maine Summer Camp can restore balance to your children’s over-sched- uled days, teach lifelong skills and allow friendships to flourish. It can help build a foun- dation for a successful and happy life. Here are the key benefits to kids of summer camp: sCommunity and Friendship Facebook friends are nice but they’re no substitute for real friends and mentors. At Maine Summer Camps, kids make lifetime friends grounded in the experience of living together and caring for each other in many ways. They learn social rules, acceptable behavior and leadership. And the positive role models kids find in their adult counselors can have a lasting impact on their lives. 8 • www.mainecamps.org sNature Kids have fewer and fewer opportunities to be outdoors. “...a few weeks As Richard Louv makes clear in his bestseller, Last Child spent in a well in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit organized Disorder, nature must be experienced to be fully appreci- summer camp may ated. Living in a natural setting is a defining experience of be of more value summer camp—especially in Maine. educationally sExercise than a whole year Maine Summer Camps offer a range of activities that foster of formal school enjoyment of physical activity and counteract the effects work.” of too much sitting and eating in our society today. It’s a lot easier to get motivated to be active when exciting, new Charles Eliot activities available in Maine’s beautiful outdoors are right former President at your doorstep! Harvard University sActivities and Play Maine Summer Camps offer wonderful structured activities to meet your child’s indi- vidual interests, with ample time for kids to just be kids—to engage spontaneously in games, free play, discussions and plain old hanging out with each other.