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A meaningful
summer adventure!

Camp Turner is located within the 65,000 acre Allegany State Park, south of Buffalo, N.Y.  Our Summer Camp program serves children ages 7-16... of all religious affiliations.

Activities include horseback riding, horse care, archery, hiking, orienteering, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, court hockey, nature study, low ropes course, arts and crafts, campfires, creek-walking, dodgeball, ping-pong, 9-Square-in-the-Air, GaGa ball, darts, disc golf, "human foosball," beach trips, dances and much more.  Other special activities offered most sessions include fishing, drama, Zumba, table games, and digital photography.

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Special programs for older campers include a high ropes course adventure, backpacking trips, outings, and leadership training workshops.

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Our programming encourages the development of:

  • Community Living Skills: cooperation, sharing, compromise, communication and conflict resolution.

  • Self-Care Skills: time management, decision making, housekeeping and hygiene.

  • Interpersonal Skills: independence, responsibility and, most importantly, making friends.

  • Values: teamwork, sharing, compassion, forgiveness, and respect of self, others, and nature.

  • Spirituality: reverence for the presence of God in every person, place and thing. 

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WHY CAMP TURNER?

It is our goal to ensure the safety and health of all participants by providing:​
 

  • Caring, well-trained, professional staff members

  • Nutritious, kid-friendly food

  • On-site registered nurse (NP, PA, or MD)

  • Adult supervision at all times

  • Structured physical, mental and social activity

  • Quality educational and recreational programming

  •  A friendly, safe culture in which campers feels welcomed and accepted

  • Opportunities for campers to experience new things

  • Horseback riding at no extra cost

  • Financial assistance for those with demonstrated financial need.  To apply visit: www.FriendsOfCampTurner.org

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A Typical Day at Camp:
 

7:45      Morning Prayer, Pledge, Flag Raising

8:00     Breakfast

9:15      Activity periods 1 & 2

12:30   Lunch

1:30      3rd Activity

2:45     Siesta

4:00     4th Activity

5:30     Flag Lowering

5:45      Supper

              Canteen           

7:15      Evening Activity

8:45     Vespers

9:00     Prepare for bed

Program Information
 

   The 9 Main Activity Areas of Camp Turner

  1. Horses

  2. Archery

  3. Arts and Crafts

  4. Games-in-the-Woods

  5. Nature

  6. Foxfire / Outdoor Living Skills

  7. UP! (Low Ropes Course)

  8. Sports / Fitness / Court Games

  9. Indoor Games


Each “main area” includes many different options.  For example: There are over 50 crafts in the Arts & Crafts lodge and some change every year.  We offer more than a dozen different sporting options.  The low ropes course has 9 elements and numerous ground level initiatives.  The horse corral offers ring riding, trail riding, grooming and care along with the progressive horsemanship awards. 


Awards Programs
 

Wrangler / Horsemanship

Archery / Marksman

Woodsman / OWLS (Outdoor Living Skills)

NEWTS / Naturalist (Nature Study)

Awards programs are optional.  Many campers return year after year and learn progressive skills in different awards programs.  Those who achieve the highest level in an area are recognized with a substantial, custom-made wooden plaque, and their names are recorded on the large wall plaque in the Dining Hall for posterity.


Also offered each week

Beach trips, campfires, drama club, dances, water games, canteen (camp store), daily prayer times, weekly mass, horse grooming and care, creek walks, hikes, large and small group games, all camp games, out of camp trips to places like Sky High Adventure Park, Bear Caves, Quaker Beach, etc.


Other Activities

Every week also includes a wide variety of other activities not listed above.  These are based on the interest and skills of each summer’s staff.


 

 

2025 Registration opens December 9, 2024. 

CIT, ages 16 – 17, Counselor in Training Program for potential staff
Sunday 6/29 2:00 PM – Thursday 7/10/24 at 3:00 PM
Ages 16, with at least 2 years camp experience.
Age 17 with no camp experience
$399
 

Session A: Younger and New Campers 
Sunday 7/6 2:00 PM – Thursday 7/10 12:00 PM
Ages 7 - 13
$530    
 

Explorer Session, 13 days, includes 3-night wilderness backpacking trip
Recommended for future CITs
Sunday 7/13 2:00 PM – Friday 7/25 6:05 PM
Opens to age 13 after March 1st
$1,190
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee.    
 

Session B, ages 8-14
Sunday 7/13 2:00 PM – Friday 7/18 6:05 PM
Ages 8 - 14
$650
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee.   

Session C, ages 8- 13
Sunday 7/20 2:00 PM – Friday 7/25 6:05 PM
Ages 8 - 13
$650
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee.     

Pathfinders 1 (ages 14-15, age 13 after March 1st)
Sunday 7/27 2:00 PM – Friday 8/1 6:05 PM
Ages 14 – 15
Opens to age 13 after March 1
$680
Optional trip to Cattaraugus County Fair, additional fee.    

Session D, ages 8 - 13
Sunday 7/27 2:00 PM – Friday 8/1 6:05 PM
Ages 8 - 13
$650
Optional trip to Cattaraugus County Fair, additional fee.    

Pathfinders 2 (ages 14-15, age 13 after March 1st)
Sunday 8/3 2:00 PM – Friday 8/8 6:05 PM
Ages 14 - 15
Opens to age 13 after March 1
$680
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee.     

Session E, ages 8 - 13
Sunday 8/3 2:00 PM – Friday 8/8 6:05 PM
Ages 8 - 13
$650
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee.     

Pathfinders 3 (ages 14-15, age 13 after March 1st)
Sunday 8/10 2:00 PM – Friday 8/15 6:05 PM
Ages 14 – 15
Opens to age 13 after March 1
$680
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee. 


Session F, ages 8 – 13
Sunday 8/10 2:00 PM – Friday 8/15 6:05 PM
Ages 8 – 13
$650
Optional trip to High Ropes course, additional fee. 

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