Maine Camps are Ready!
June 18, 2024
Maine Camps are ready for Opening Day and eagerly anticipate camper arrivals. While campers are packing trunks, taking finals at school, accepting diplomas at graduations, playing sports championships, and performing in recitals, Maine Camps have been excitedly preparing for camp summer 2024! Staff have been arriving from across the US and many countries abroad launching into preparation mode.
Leadership teams have met to put the finishing touches on daily programming, scenic trips, and special events. They’re focused on meaningful youth development, and are updating their skills in safety, staff training, operating procedures, and more.
Likewise, cabin and speciality staff have been busy in orientation - getting to know each other with fun events like dining hall dancing after dinner, paddling canoes on the camp lakes, and bonding over campfire S’mores. They’re practicing camp songs and traditions. They’re setting up and getting to work in their areas in everything from lifeguarding and boat driving certification at the lake, to installing and securing ropes at adventure courses, to setting up tennis equipment and gymnastics apparatus. Horses are arriving and stables are getting set up. Dining halls and health centers are getting stocked and organized. Many counselors are also setting up the cabins - unpacking campers’ duffles so campers can really hit the ground running as soon as they arrive.
The grounds at camp are also getting the full treatment. Crews are mowing, raking, planting, picking, painting, and building. Docks and boats are getting loaded in. Aqua toys are being inflated. All-camp meeting circles are being assembled.
Maine Camps are pulling out all the stops for incredible Opening Days and summer sessions to follow. We’re really excited to see our campers’ smiling faces as they arrive this week!
Maine Camp Experience Resources & Tools
Looking for the perfect Maine camp for your child? Try out our helpfultool where you can select a camp by choosing_: type of camp (girls, boys or coed) and session length (1-8 weeks). It helps to narrow down a few camps to a manageable list that includes rates. Then you can research these camps in more depth. _
Next, be sure to contact our Maine Camp Guide, Laurie to discuss these camps as well as for free, year-round advice and assistance on choosing a great Maine summer camp for your child.