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Gathering to board buses. The Fresh Air Fund is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency founded in 1877. The Fund operates six sleep-away camps in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, places children with volunteer host families along the East Coast, and runs year-round leadership, career exploration and educational programs.
Camp Sealth was founded in 1920 as the first permanent resident camp for girls in Washington State. It began on Blake Island for the first season, then moved to its present location on Vashon Island in 1921. The South End Forest Fire on Vashon burned a good deal of Camp Sealth in 1922, [2] and campers helped fight the fire. Rounds Hall, the ...
The first camp was named Camp Manitou and opened in 1936 in Central Valley, New York. It offered a two-week vacation for over 100 girls of the age 8 to 13. The name of the organization changed to Girls Quest in July 2005 to better reflect the approach to the development of young women and girls.
The Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls is both the original Rock n Roll Camp for Girls non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States, and the common name associated with the Girls Rock Camp movement of youth organizations for girls inspired by the original camp in Portland. The camp in Portland gives girls ages 8–18 the ...
There are hundreds of camps hosted by the Boy Scouts of America; some of these include: Camp Babcock-Hovey, of the Seneca Waterways Council in the Finger Lakes Region of New York; Camp Brule', of the Five Rivers Council in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; Camp Onway, formerly of the Yankee Clipper Council in Raymond, New Hampshire
Camp Fire Girls of America was incorporated in Washington, D.C, as a national agency on March 17, 1912. [18] In late 1912, Juliette Gordon Low proposed that the Camp Fire Girls merge with her group, Girl Guides of America, but was rejected in January 1913 as the Camp Fire Girls were then the larger group. [19]
Founded in 1901 as Camp Wawayanda, the camp moved to its present location in 1958. During the summer, Frost Valley runs a camp for 6–15 year-olds, most of whom are from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Throughout the rest of the year, Frost Valley hosts school groups and other organizations for environmental education and conferencing ...
The length of Teen mission trips vary slightly depending on location, but they average between 6 and 8 weeks. PRETEEN Mission Trips (Ages 10–13 years) Preteen teams are the second most popular group. Preteen teams have a separate Boot Camp training schedule and also run the Obstacle Course (which is slightly modified for their smaller size).