Camp Horizons is a summer camp close to Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries Harrisonburg is an Independent city in Rockingham County Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It caters for children aged 5-17, with those aged 17 taking part in the Counselor in Training (CIT) program.
The camp is non religious and apart from the flag flying outside the younger children's dining hall also has no nationalistic undercurrent. The basis is on fun and friendship and there are no ulterior motives, something which attracts many of the campers parents and counselors.
The counselors are around half from the United States and half international. Counselors come mostly from European Countries (especially the United Kingdom) and Australia and New Zealand. This is a list of countries in Europe with their English and domestic language long and short names and associated capital cities The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Typically the international staff arrive through the Camp America or Camp USA programs.
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Villages
There are five different villages to the camp.
The younger children's villages, for ages 5-12 are Rainbow for the Girls and Sunrise for the Boys. The younger children's villages come under the collective Journey program.
The older children's villages, for ages 13-16 are Starlight for the Girls and Sunset for the Boys. The older children's villages come under the collective Explorer program.
The fifth is the adventure program, which is for both boys and girls, and where they spend their time in the forest, away from the main camp. They do a lot of hill walking and outdoors courses.
Activities
The camp has many activities in sports, water sports, equestrian and adventure.
- Sports include: Soccer, Baseball, Tennis, Archery, Swimming, Basketball, Lacrosse, Softball, Frisbee, Volleyball
- Water sports include: Scuba Diving, Canoeing, Kayaking, White Water Rafting (for adventure campers)
- Non-sport activities include: Arts and Crafts, Photography, Horizons Radio, Music lessons, Theatre, and Dance.
Evening Activities
After dinner, there are evening activities which are conducted as a program. There is always a campfire with a meaningful discussion and then everyone says something that happened to them that day that made them feel good.
Evening activities after campfire include dodgeball, talent shows and treasure hunts.
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