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CAMP ADVENTURE
Summertime is when kids and teens make lasting memories of new adventures, interests discovered and explored, and hours spent laughing with friends.
Staffed by trained and caring mentors, summer camp offers an affordable, safe, inclusive place where youth can build their confidence, explore their interests and build skills. We do whatever it takes to ensure kids & teens have a memorable summer and feel prepared for the upcoming school year.
Camp Adventure is open to youth ages 5-15. Camp takes place Monday, June 30 to Friday, August 22, 2025 - Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, offered in four two-week sessions.
COST
$200.00 per child, per week. Sibling discount -$25 a week for the second child. DSS is accepted.
Financial aid in the form of camperships is available on a limited basis. Camperships for Weeks 1-4 MUST be paid for by Friday, June 27th. Camperships for Weeks 5-8 MUST be paid for by Thursday, July 31st.
DROP-OFF & BREAKFAST
Drop off starts at 8:00 AM and we will provide a light, nutritious breakfast for campers for no additional charge. Camp Adventure is partially funded by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services and the Department for Youth.
2025 SCHEDULE
Week 1 - June 30 - July 3 (closed July 4)
Week 2 - July 7 - July 11
Week 3 - July 14 - July 18
Week 4 - July 21 - July 25
Week 5 - July 28 - August 1
Week 6 - August 4 - August 8
Week 7 - August 11 - August 15
Week 8 - August 18 - August 22
PICKUP
Pickup is promptly at 4:30 PM at either Camp Adventure or The Clubhouse.
SIGN UP
Please complete the registration form below. Applicants also need to fill out a Membership Application.. Questions? please call (518) 465-3403
DIRECTIONS
184 Second Dyke Road (MAP)
Take Interstate 90 to Exit 8 (Defreestville) or take Rt 4 to Rt 43.
- From the exit at the intersection of Rt 43 and Rt 4 go East on Rt 43 approx 200 yards to the traffic light. Go right on Best road to Rt. 150 (5.8 miles).
- Traffic light at Rt.150 and a small block building on the NE corner. At this point, Best Road changes into Millers Corners Road. Go straight through intersection with Rt. 150 for 2.3 miles.
- Stop at a 4-way intersection with Burden Lake Road. Left onto Burden Lake Road and continue for 1.1 miles.
- Look for Kay’s Pizza and turn right on Second Dike Road, continue past Kay’s and across the dike (between the two lakes). Continue up the hill. Pass three homes on the right. After the third home you will see the sign for Camp Adventure.
- Turn onto the dirt road and head to Camp Adventure!
TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
8:00 - Kids arrive at The Club
8:20 - Load bus - take attendance
8:30 - Bus departs for Camp Adventure
9:00 - Bus arrives at Camp Adventure
Gather at flagpole
Pledge of Allegiance
Morning announcements
Breakfast
9:30 - Morning Sessions
12:00 - Lunch
12:45 - Afternoon Sessions
3:45 - Load bus (role call)
4:00 - Bus departs for The Club
4:30 - Bus arrives at The Club
AQUATICS
We offer a highly-regarded Aquatics Program at Camp Adventure each year. Activities at the waterfront include our Learn to Swim program, group water activities, boating, and water sports!
Lifeguards assist in teaching swimming skills to each child. Each child will be evaluated and be assigned to a section of the swimming area depending on their skills and ability, such as: non-swimmers, swimmers and advanced swimmers. During all waterfront activities, the buddy system and buddy board are utilized to ensure the utmost safety of all campers at all times.
In addition to the swimming activities, our Aquatics Program includes small craft boating activities. Depending on campers' swimming skills, they can choose to participate in learning basic boating and sailing skills in our row boats, canoes, kayaks and sunfish sail boats. All campers will wear an approved PFD (personal flotation device).
CAMP ACTIVITIES
Our qualified staff will guide your child through his/her choice of educational and recreational activities in addition to some of the required group and individual sessions.
Hidden talents and imagination are brought out with arts and crafts classes; learning skills in identifying natural resources and hazards of the land along with locating specific landmarks from a map; in addition to learning how to avoid conflicts among family members and peers.
Team play is the rule when campers choose the sport to participate in. Physical fitness activities include, and are not limited to, gym games, walking field trips, soccer, and street hockey.
SAFETY
Camp Adventure is permitted by the Rensselaer County Dept. of Health and regulated under the New York State Sanitary Code, part 7-2. The program and facilities are inspected at least twice yearly by Rensselaer County Department of Health to ensure that the physical facilities are safe and that supervision is adequate.
We pride ourselves on maintaining a qualified camper to counselor ratio of 10:1 with our full-time professionals supplemented with specialists certified in specific fields. The organization's in-house training program ensures that all staff is current on all requirements of county and state regulations.
Our staff is deeply concerned with each camper's progress and well-being. Each camper is urged to sample all camp programs and encouraged to pursue those that he/she wishes to master.
BECOME A COUNSELOR
Being a camp counselor is hard and demanding strain that takes all the energy and resourcefulness you can accumulate. The experience can be made more rewarding and more meaningful if you go to camp with a positive attitude, in the spirit of co-operation, with a strong sense of maturity, and prepared to do your best.
A camp counselor’s responsibilities are endless:
C – Co-operation we need from one another.
A – Attitude to provide a happy experience for your campers must be the upmost priority in your mind.
M – Maturity, meaning a sense of responsibility to the commitment when you accepted the challenge of being a counselor.
P – Preparation because when camp opens we must be prepared, by fully participating in staff training and reading the manual.
EXPECTATIONS OF EACH COUNSELOR
To be patient.
To be genuinely interested in the kids.
To never expect too much or too little of them.
To have a good sense of humor.
To show no partiality.
To never argue with other staff.
To listen to what the kids say.
To help them when they need it.
To be honest at all times.
To never make fun or belittle their ideas.
To never use inappropriate language.
To always be consistent.
To tell them when they have done well.
To be there when needed for help or protection.
Apply for a counselor position here
