Boys Camp Takodah

Hiking Club on in the White Mountains of NH

Dates

• Session 1: June 24– July 6
• Session 2: July 8– 20
• Session 3: July 22– August 3*
• Session 4: August 5– 17*

Tuition

• Standard Rate: $1200
• Discounted Rate: $795

Our oldest and most popular program Boys Camps at Takodah offers a classic summer camp experience. Kids come from all over the US and beyond to be a part of our two and four-week sessions. Here kids get to choose from the full gamut of activities, live Takodah’s Friendly to All way of life, and build friendships that can last a lifetime!

For any child already comfortable choosing their own activities, making friends, and staying away from home for more than a few nights, Boys’ or Girls’ Camp is the best choice. The two-week time frame gives campers enough time to learn their way around camp, make friends, and still have time to enjoy them fully.

Many of our campers come back to a two-week session for years and years, setting their sights on Takodah’s greatest honor, the ten-year jacket. Over the years, our campers develop friendships with a special integrity that’s hard to find away from camp. Part of what’s so great about coming back to camp is the chance to revisit these exceptional friendships. Yet the “Friendly to All” way of life makes certain that new Takodians are welcomed and never feel left out.

Boys’ and Girls’ Camp Sessions are the program that our alumni send their children and great-grandchildren to be a part of. As they’re our most popular and largest programs, they also fill quickly. Don’t wait until May or June to think about camp – sign up today!

Staff and Safety

Opening Campfire at "The Point"

Our caring Staff makes camp fun for all

Our Boys’ Camp staff is incredible. College students with warm personalities, a deep love for Takodah, and an interest in working with youth, they work hard to make certain that kids experiences will be adventures to remember. While they’re in touch with the trends affecting today’s youth, we also feel they’re great role models for the YMCA’s core values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility. Parents tell us it’s wonderful to have the support of young people in showing kids that attributes like helping others and community stewardship can be cool.

Three state-licensed nurses will work together to provide 24-hour emergency coverage, store and distribute medications, and ensure that our community practices remain safe and healthy. Many Takodah staff keep current with first aid and CPR certifications, and all receive basic training on the use of first aid equipment in their cabins.

The key to Health and Safety is teaching good practices amongst our campers, and we accomplish this by holding to traditions like daily cabin inspections, where we make certain that camper living areas are staying sanitary. Kids at camp learn to use a clothesline, to wash their hands before setting tables, and many other practices that keep our community safe and healthy.

Typical Daily Schedule

Like there could be a “typical” day at camp

Activities

More fun than you should be allowed to have

Our program offers opportunities for campers to choose from a huge range of activities. Just about any activity you’d expect to see at a summer camp is here, from American Red Cross swimming lessons to tennis classes, from a high ropes course with a brand-new climbing tower to archery or sailing lessons. Campers choose from a full range of sports, aquatics, nature & outdoor living skills, performing arts, arts & crafts, and “just for fun” classes, signing up for six week-long clinics over the course of their stay at camp. Each afternoon, campers have an hour and a half of elective “free time,” where they choose activities they’d like to sample or revisit from a morning class. On hot days, this period gives campers a chance to swim or sail with a buddy, or start a game or pursuit of their own.

The core of any Takodah experience is the Cabin Group. Our campers live together in cabins with eight or nine other girls or boys, sharing meals, living space, and a specially-designed Cabin Activity period each day. In working together to get the best cabin inspection marks, having fun as a cabin, and learning to live with similarities and differences, our campers move through a teambuilding process that can see big results in fostering independence and self-confidence.

* During Sessions 3 & 4, Boys Campers will stay in the new North Village site, experiencing a more flexible and adventure-based program.