Aloha offers all the familiar activities of summer: swimming, canoeing, sailing, hiking, tennis, music, arts and crafts -- and less common ones, too: kayaking, crew, mountain biking, rock climbing, archery, woodworking, theater and photography. Aloha also specializes in wilderness tripping – week-long hikes, white water canoeing and kayaking, and back-road biking through the Green and White Mountains. Aloha campers consciously choose how to spend their days, trying out new activities that expand their horizons as well as improving skills they’re already passionate about. Choice is a hallmark of the Aloha experience that fosters independence, goal setting, and responsible decision making in strong young women.

Every summer scores of returning campers and counselors welcome girls who are new to Aloha -- and sometimes a little apprehensive. We pay special attention to helping each newcomer feel at home and at ease in the camp community, and with the three or four girls in her tent or cabin “family.” Aloha “families” live in camp “units” with girls of all ages, participating in cookouts and overnights together, planning surprise parties for the rest of the camp, and entertaining their campmates in special programs and ceremonies.

Campers and counselors say their Aloha experiences have changed the way they handle life’s challenges for the better, and help them to succeed at home and in school all year long. In camp evaluations parents frequently praise the new depth and maturity they see in their daughters: “I can’t believe the girl who came home is the same one who went to camp just a few weeks ago!