At Camp Akeela, our mission is simple: to provide our campers with the most incredible, life-changing summer experience on the planet. In particular, we believe in…
- FRIENDSHIP. Camp Akeela facilitates social growth and helps campers develop meaningful, life-long friendships.
- COMMUNITY. The Camp Akeela community accepts, values and celebrates each camper and staff member.
- GROWTH. Camp Akeela fosters the personal growth of each camper by supplying safe and supported opportunities for choice and challenge.
- PRIDE. Akeela campers develop and experience competence and are encouraged to take pride in their accomplishments.
- FUN. Above all, Camp Akeela provides campers with lasting memories of summers filled with spirit and FUN!
- About Akeela & About CampGroup
- Camper Travel and Visiting Day
- Packing List & Baggage Shipping Information
- Purchasing Camp Clothing, Prohibited Items & Laundry
- Communication: Mail, Phone Calls & Parent Communication
- Health Care: Medications, Health Communication, Medical Charges, Other Health Concerns
- Food, Health and Wellness
- Electronics Policy
- Homesickness Prevention
- Success at Akeela
- Camper Code of Conduct
- Additional Activities and Trips
- “Open House” Orientation Day
- Driving Directions
About CampGroup
Akeela is a proud member of CampGroup, a family-owned organization based in White Plains, New York. CampGroup’s mission is to strengthen and improve all summer camps. It does so by staying at the forefront of the camp world – maintaining and sharing the highest standards in leadership, safety, program offerings, staff recruitment and training.
For us, being part of CampGroup means that we have a built-in network of colleagues with whom we share best practices. The organization also handles many of the “back-end” components of running a camp: purchasing, payroll, accounting, legal, insurance, etc. This allows us to focus on what we do best and love most: working with campers, parents, staff members and running our camp program!
Family Handbook Table of Contents
Important Note for 2021
One of the reasons we have made this Handbook available on our website, rather than sending it by snail mail, is that we anticipate making changes well into the spring, as we learn more about how COVID-19 will affect our plans for this summer. To be clear, camp is definitely opening and we’re ready to keep our campers healthy and safe in any scenario. However, current conditions, as well as guidance from health professionals and the State of Vermont, might affect some of our programs, schedules, policies, etc.
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