Summer Camp

CAP operates two camp locations that offer a rewarding week of learning and fun for more than 1,000 Appalachian children each summer. These weeks offer essential socialization and learning opportunities for children whose families could not otherwise afford such enrichment experiences.

A week of camp provides children and teens activities with purpose, intended to build character, self-esteem, and positive life values. CAP’s camps are staffed by volunteers from across the country, which exposes Appalachian youth to new perspectives and cultures beyond their own life experience.

In many ways, camp serves as an extension of CAP’s yearround educational and leadership programming, enhancing the possibility for long-term transformation. For one week each summer, children are guaranteed three meals a day, a safe, encouraging environment, and the chance to just be a kid.