Camp New Horizons is designed to provide children and adolescents who are experiencing social, emotional or behavioral problems with a supportive environment in which they can experience nature, learn and practice positive skills, and develop healthy inter-personal relationships. The camp began in 1976, enrolling only boys for the first five years of its existence.
Current sessions are available for both boys and girls.
The camp program combines experiences in outdoor living, games, and traditional camp activities with behavior control and intervention being taught as required. Camp New Horizons offers three eight-day residential camping sessions, a holiday reunion, a fall family day and a winter camping weekend. Specific activities include camp crafts, nature skills, outdoor recreation, ski-boarding, and guidance in problem solving, anger management and conflict resolution techniques. The residential program is divided into three 8 or 9 day sessions and is preceded by five days of intense in-service training for the staff. Each camper becomes a member of a family group of 8 boys or girls and 4 counselors.