We asked camp directors whose programs participated in this year’s Kids VT Camp and School Fair to share a favorite memory from last summer to summon the sunshine. They’re looking forward to the start of camp season and hope you are, too! It’s just a few months away now. If you’re still searching for spots for your kids, find camps with openings in these pages or at campfindervt.com.
“We started a new tradition of Wacky Water Wednesdays, with the entire camp taking part in an on-the-water relay race. Campers ages 6 to 16 teamed up for sailing, paddling and swimming, and the way everyone supported one another and the team spirit was incredible.” John Nagle, Community Sailing Center
“The Council fires that we hold each Friday night to close out a week of camp.” Alison Hampson, Mount Norris Scout Reservation Summer Camp
“Last summer, we got the chance to take the kids on many field trips, including to the Maple Street Pool, on the Spirit of Ethan Allen, to the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and to the Lake Monsters stadium, to name a few. Despite this, some of our favorite memories were right here on our Mater Christi School campus, especially playing with the blow-up waterslide that the kids just can’t get enough of, or our cardboard fort-building competition at the end of the summer during Olympic week.” Grace Callahan, Mater Christi Summer Camp
“There are countless memories, but some of our favorites occur at program areas like the high-ropes course, the pool or the waterfront, where campers learn to try new things and often discover that they’re capable of far more than they thought possible.” Julia Martini, Double H Ranch
“Last summer was extra rainy, with a bunch of thunderstorms. One day, after a storm, there was a huge puddle on the field, and campers just starting throwing themselves in it with reckless abandon. It was inspiring to see them making the most of a wet summer.” Brian DeGroat, Pok-O-MacCready Camps
This article appears in Kids VT, Spring 2024.
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