Camp Kern

The Yurts are here!

mike — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:11:26 +0000

The new Yurts are inching closer to completion, and are going to be AMAZING this summer! At 24′ in diameter, and sitting on raised platforms on the Kern hillside, these are competing with the Bridgehead Treehouses for coolest place to sleep at camp. Brotherband Chronicles, Star Wars, Garage Band, Percy Jackson and more programs are all going to be using these great new cabins. Can’t wait to see everyone this summer!

Mother-Daughter

kmcgoron — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:09:43 +0000

Thanks to all our Mother-Daughter pairs who joined us for a fabulous weekend! We didn’t let a little rain stand in our way – we had a ton of fun canoeing, climbing, tie-dying, trail riding, and much more! Hope to see each of you again soon. For those that weren’t able to make it, our next Mother-Daughter Weekend will be August 17-19, 2012 and our next Parent-Child Weekend will be September 14-16, 2012.

Ozone Zipline Media and VIP Day

chris — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:41:38 +0000

Last Friday saw us open our doors to a lot of people that have helped make Ozone such a success since our opening in 2009.

Media from all over the tri-state as well as some very special guests made for a great afternoon of zipping the new River Lines. Check out the links below for some of the great coverage we got…

Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

700 WLW

Wilderness Village is on it’s way!

mike — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:24:19 +0000

Camp Kern’s new Wilderness Pavilion is well under way! The excellent weather has allowed the Camp Kern Maintenance crew to make tons of headway on building our new Yurts. Check out the Pacific Yurt Company, who is supplying ours! They’ll be outfitted with both heat and air conditioning, so campers can spend the night in them year-round.

Check out the pictures, and you’ll soon be as excited as we all are!

See the whole vision for the project in the Centennial Campaign Booklet

Mother Daughter Weekend!

kmcgoron — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:01:21 +0000

April is approaching quickly and that means it’s almost time for our Spring Mother-Daughter Weekend! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to spend time with just the girls! This year’s event will take place April 13th-15th at Elk Lodge. We’ll be offering both a traditional Mother-Daughter Camp and a Mother-Daughter Ranch Camp. Traditional Mother-Daughter Camp (for daughters ages 6+) activities will include archery, climbing, a night hike, campfires, arts & crafts, trail rides, and much more! The cost is $160/pair, $50 per additional child, and $15 for Trail Rides. Mother Daughter Ranch Camp is for the moms and daughter pair (for daughters ages 10+) who love horses! The weekend will include trail rides, horseback riding lessons, grooming, tacking, and general horsin’ around, along with traditional camp activities. The cost for Mother-Daughter Ranch camp is $225/pair, $100 per additional child. To register, or for questions, call us at 513-932-3756.

See you soon, Vineyard Community Church!

mike — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:35:19 +0000

Next October, Vineyard Community Church is coming to Camp Kern! We can’t wait to see and host everyone, and we’re looking forward to a great retreat weekend.

For more info, check out the Vineyard Community Church website.

Women’s Weekend Winter 2012

kmcgoron — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:47:23 +0000

We had a great time with a fabulous group of women last weekend! Wine tasting, (which was not so much “tasting” per se and more just drinking), hilarious board games, pottery painting, massages, trail rides in the snow, yoga, cooking class, hiking, rock climbing, and crocheting by the fire….what a fantastic weekend! We can’t wait to do it again! Speaking of which…our next offering will be the weekend of July 20th. It’ll be all of the fantastic activities like those mentioned above, plus so much more – think relaxing by the pool, climbing Tango Tower, rafting, ziplining and much more! Based on some great feedback from this weekend, we’re planning on making it so that you have the option of staying one or two nights. Mark your calendars! Click below to check out all the fun we had last weekend…

Dr. Seuss and teaching values through play

mike — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:29 +0000

We LOVE Dr. Seuss at Camp Kern! The timeless designs, memorable characters, and great messages are really powerful for kids. This points to so much of what Camp Kern does with kids. The YMCA’s values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility come out in the every-day interactions of campers and counselors, and are often just as subtle and textured as the wonderful Doctor’s.

We’re all excited for another summer of camp, for the Lorax movie, and the opportunity to continue to make a difference in the lives of kids!

The new Camp Kern Song!

mike — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:35:36 +0000

Here is a link to download the NEW Camp Kern song!
Right-click and download it to your computer to listen to it offline or in your Windows Media Player or iTunes

Natalie performing the Camp Kern song at Harry Potter Week!

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and made awesome by Natalie Jones, Counselor Summer 2011

Check it out in the Camp Kern 2012 Summer Camp video

Check out some of Natalie’s other work here

Camp Half-Blood at Camp Kern!

mike — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:02:54 +0000

After two years of single-day Percy Jackson and the Olympians themes, Camp Kern is now expanding the Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter theme for an entire week of overnight camp!

Check out all the photos from Camp Kern’s 2011 Percy Jackson Day!

Demi-gods are needed to fill out the ranks at Camp Half-Blood. The cabins are ready, Dionysus is grumpy, and there are dark stirrings. There are quests awaiting, training sessions planned, and monsters to be vanquished. Are you ready to join our ranks? Are you ready to test your character and courage against the same challenges faced by Hercules and Jason? We’ll see you this summer!

Check out the great article about the Percy Jackson world and author Rick Riordan done by Rock Center with Brian Williams.

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