Horizons Day Camp
Aloha Foundation Mission Statement: To inspire people of all ages to learn, explore, grow, and become their best selves.
Horizons campers benefit from the same rich array of activities and high-caliber staff that children at the renowned sleep-away camps of the Aloha Foundation enjoy, then go home to bed at night tired and happy! Bus transportation available. (Grades Pre K - 7)
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Located on Lake Fairlee with 150 acres of inviting fields, woodlands, and trails, Horizons offers a wide range of activities from archery to arts & crafts, sailing, swimming, drama & music, field games, and more!
Each summer morning Horizons campers arrive from home by car or bus for a fun-filled day of play and learning. In small groups named for favorite north woods creatures—the Chipmunks, Squirrels, Sparrows, Catamounts and Falcons, to name a few—campers join children of their own age in waterfront activities, land sports and creative arts of many kinds, led by counselors chosen for their teaching skills and their interest in fostering youngsters’ growth and learning. Many Horizons counselors live, teach, work or go to school in the Upper Valley, and many return to Horizons summer after summer to share their wealth of camp experience with children and younger staff alike.
Horizons revolves around the welcoming waterfront, where every child learns to swim, or improves on swimming skills. Campers have opportunities daily to take canoeing, kayaking or sailing instruction and go boating during free times. Off the water, campers play hard and fair on tennis and ball courts; learn to tumble, vault and balance in an airy gymnastics studio; shoot archery on a range with a three mile valley view; create crafts in an arty old barn; join all-camp tournaments and games; and have snacks and lunch in between, in a rambling former farmhouse with a cool, wide porch.
At the close of a Horizons session your child may lead you confidently to the edge of Middlebrook and astound you with all she’s learned about the life there. Or, show you an arrow-hole among dozens on an archery target where he hit the mark he aimed for. Or, tell you tales of joyful swim times, while you recall how frightened she seemed near the water’s edge, just a few weeks ago. Each session ends with a mini-musical production staged by campers for a final parents’ assembly. Amazingly, the cast learns and rehearses the show, and the crew creates the sets and costumes in just one week...We call these strides the Aloha magic, and it happens for Horizons campers every glorious summer day.
Camp Features:
Services Available:
Day Camp
Financial Assistance Available
Participant Gender:
Coed
Non-Binary Participants
Program Focus:
Traditional
Activities Offered:
Aquatic Activities
Archery
Arts - Performing
Arts & Crafts
Baseball / Softball
Basketball
Canoeing
Counselor Training
Dance
Drama
Drawing / Painting
Football
Gymnastics
Hiking
Kayaking
Music
Nature / Environmental Studies
Sailing
Soccer
Swimming - Instructional
Swimming - Recreational
Tennis
Wilderness Trips
Accreditation:
American Camp Association Accredited Camp