Hey, Camp Folks!

It’s always the right time of year to start thinking about the camp you’ll be attending this upcoming summer! That’s why I like to feature the summer camps with whom we’ve formed a great relationship here at Everything Summer Camp. Today, we’re shining our summer camp spotlight easterly over Pennsylvania so I can tell you about Camp Onas. Camp Onas sits on 72 acres of rural Pennsylvania deep woods and lush hills of the Upper Bucks County. This camp was founded nearly one hundred years ago back in 1922 by folks known as the Religious Society of Friends or, more commonly known as, the Quakers. Camp Onas is owned and operated by the Friends Camp Association of Pennsylvania, Inc.

There is so much to do at Camp Onas to keep the good times rolling! Have fun with traditional sports there such as Basketball, Soccer, Blacktop Hockey, Softball, Yoga, Ultimate Frisbee, Archery, Four-Square, Football, and more. Learn Outdoor Skills like Canoeing, Critter Catching, Composting, Fishing, Gardening, and Hiking. And splash around in the pool too for a good time with Camp Onas’ daily Free Swim period, Swimming Lessons, Diving, Pool Games, Lap Swimming, and Water Polo.

Enjoy less sporty activities at summer camp as well with a cool Arts program consisting of Basket Weaving, Collages, Friendship Bracelets, Jewelry-Making, Painting, Photography, Silk Screening, Tie-Dye, and Woodworking. And, also available at Onas is a great Drama program that offers Band, Dancing, Drama Games, Movie-Making, Singing, Storytelling, and Theatrical Productions.

Join the generations of Camp Onas campers that have come before you and become an Onas camper yourself so you can enjoy the community, friendship, and fun at this special summer camp. If you like the way this camp sounds, look into it more by checking out their website sometime and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Folks!

It’s always the right time of year to start thinking about the camp you’ll be attending this upcoming summer! That’s why I like to feature the summer camps with whom we’ve formed a great relationship here at Everything Summer Camp. Today, we’re shining our summer camp spotlight to the West Coast so I can tell you about Gold Arrow Camp.

Gold Arrow Camp, located on Huntington Lake amidst the Sierra National Forest, offers a traditional boys and girls summer camp setting where kids, ages 6-14, are welcomed to make friends, make memories, and make strides forward through awesome activities such as Wake Boarding, Horseback Riding, Rock Climbing, and so much more. 

In fact, let’s take a closer look at the activities available to Gold Arrow Campers! Try your hand at Archery, Riflery, Climbing Wall, Rock Climbing, Ropes Course, Mountain Biking, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Team Building, and more! You’re sure to have fun on the water too, whether you’re Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Sailing, Waterskiing, Pontooning, Paddle Boarding, or another one of the many waterfront activities at Gold Arrow!

Experience rustic living with the spectacular backdrop of the National Forest and see what summer campers past have fallen in love with at this California summer home for the past 86 years! Campers sleep in tent cabins or rustic wood cabins on camp-style bunk beds. Gold Arrow insists that their campers get the personal experience away from the everyday conveniences of the modern world such as electricity and air conditioning.

Living without modern conveniences of electricity and temperature control in the cabins is an important element of our philosophy where campers get a more personal experience with the forest and develop resiliency and grit.

Join the generations of Gold Arrow Campers that have come before you and become Gold Arrow Camper yourself! If you like the way this camp sounds, look into it more by checking out their website sometime and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Folks!

It’s always the right time of year to start thinking about the camp you’ll be attending this upcoming summer! That’s why I like to feature the summer camps with whom we’ve formed a great relationship here at Everything Summer Camp. Today, we’re shining our summer camp spotlight to the southeast so I can tell you about Camp Marymount.

Camp Marymount sits in simplicity on 340 acres of beautiful middle Tennessee land. Offering hiking trails and spring-fed streams, the campgrounds feature Lever Lake for fun in the water as well as beautiful, rustic facilities which are nothing short of complementary in this gorgeous natural setting.

Aside from all the Water Sports, Canoeing, Fishing, Paddle Boarding, and Trampoline fun you can have in the lake, Marymount offers a plethora of choices for the camp activities you can do such as Archery, Arts & Crafts, Nature, Wrestling, Riflery, Horseback Riding, Wilderness Awareness, Gardening, Frisbee Golf, Weird Science, Athletics, Yard Games, Tomahawk Toss, and much more!

With awesome open spaces and buildings that are accommodating for the community of campers that come and fill them up each summer, Marymount boasts excellent decks for nice gathering spots, an open-air/screened lodge with a fireplace, a pavilion with picnic tables to seat 200 during barbecues, an outdoor chapel, a great dining hall, and cabins galore!

 Altogether, Marymount has 22 cabins—4 cabins with heat and air conditioning for year round use and 18 rustic, open-air/screened cabins for campers. These cabins really bring home the romance of summer camp living!

Join the generations of Camp Marymount campers that have come before you and become a Marymount camper yourself! If you like the way this camp sounds, look into it more by checking out their website sometime and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp People!

Everything Summer Camp prides itself on being more than just your summer camp gear supplier and we hope you feel the same. We’ve done our best throughout the years to go beyond selling summer camp gear and really help you get the most out of your summer camp experience. We try to give you a glimpse of what the summer camp lifestyle is like and we try to introduce you to camps that are potentially a great fit for your camper in particular. Today, I’m telling you about Camp Kawaga.

Located on 160 acres of inspiring forestland on a peninsula near the town of Minocqua in the beautiful Wisconsin Northwoods, this piece of land convinced Dr. Bernard Ehrenrich (or Doc E. as he came to be known) almost immediately that this was the place that he was searching for to create Camp Kawaga.

Equipped for tons of fun activities, this camp boasts three Softball fields, five full Basketball courts, three Tennis courts, three Soccer/Football fields, a full Hockey rink, two Sand Volleyball courts, a Tramp-Ball court, as well as ranges for Archery and Riflery. Kawaga has a boathouse for four Ski Boats, two docks for Skiing, two for Swimming (one with a waterslide, raft, and trampoline), and one for Fishing. Go out on the water in Sailboats, Canoes, Paddleboats, and a Pontoon boat. And they also offer a premiere Slalom Ski Course.

There’s more fun to be had indoors in buildings like the Rec Hall where campers watch movies and plays. There’s also the Big House with a climbing wall as well as the Arts & Crafts Shop and more create a complementary look to the natural surroundings of camp. One of the first 25 summer camps in the country, Kawaga remains a gem in a sea of camps now with facilities and staff of the highest order.

Send your camper off to get their summer kicks at Camp Kawaga if it sounds like a good fit. Be sure to give them a closer look some time and as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Folks!

At Everything Summer Camp, we pride ourselves on providing more than just excellent gear for your summer camp experience. Our customers can rely on advice from us on what gear will be appropriate, how to get the most out of a camp stay, how to find the right camp for your family, and more! Today’s Blog post features Camp Skyline for Girls—maybe it will be just the camp you’re looking for!

A private, Christian camp, Skyline was founded on the banks of Little River in 1947 atop Lookout Mountain in Northern Alabama in a town called Mentone. Young women have attended Camp Skyline for more than 70 years where they have discovered a clearer sense of their own individuality as well as how they fit in with their peers and their spiritual connection too.

Things stay pretty exciting at Camp Skyline! With fun activities a-plenty in the water and on the land, there’s never a dull moment! Enjoy the Skyline Circus where you can learn to fly like a trapeze artist! Try your hand at Archery and Riflery, the Skyline Ropes Course, and their Climbing Wall. Play sports like Tennis, Mountain Biking, Capture the Flag, Softball, Lacrosse, Fitness, Volleyball, and Ultimate Frisbee.  

Little River offers one of the South’s finest places for swimming too! So enjoy your time swimming and canoeing! Camp Skyline offers a great number of Arts & Crafts you can get involved in such as Cooking, Painting, and Pottery. And you can enjoy developing your skills at Performing Arts as well like Dance, Gymnastics, Flag & Baton, Theater, and more!

Campers are made to feel right at home in their cabin among the six that make up Hut Row and look forward to the year that they graduate into the cabins for the older campers! Camp Skyline gives girls a safe place where they can dip their feet into the lifelong process of growing up. Be sure to give it a closer look and check out their website some time. And, as always, thanks for reading.

- John