Sponsored by The Salvation Army, Camp Arnold gives children a week's worth of unique and challenging experiences. Each summer 150 to 200 campers come to Camp Arnold from inner city, rural, and migrant family homes. They are supervised and inspired by a staff of 80 from the United States and 15 other countries. In addition to typical camp activities, such as athletics and nature study, the camp integrates literacy in almost everything children experience in their week-long session. Camp Arnold's Literacy Director plans and oversees activities that let children enjoy reading and writing as fun, informal activities.
Some activities involve the whole camp, some are for cabins, and some for individual campers.
Whole camp activities include the word of the day, introduced every morning at a full camp meeting. The campers must post the word in their cabin prior to daily inspection. At night, he reads the poem of the day when the whole group gathers around the campfire. After inside, they can relax and read, check out books from the library, listen to books on tape, and listen while during a read aloud session. Cabins also visit The Zone, where they do activities such as making balloon animals.