Red Barn, Boys Day Camp Program Overview For boys 7 to 12, the adventure starts with Red Barn.   Our seven-week program offers many different outdoor activities, including hiking, canoeing, nature study, swim lessons, challenge course, crafts, archery, baseball, tennis, and fishing.  There is a pond for fishing and canoeing, a swimming pool, playing fields, recreation building, a shop for crafts, and a nature study center.  We also have indoor and outdoor climbing walls, and a low outdoor ropes course.  Camp outs are planned for the summer, sleeping in tents under the stars.  We also offer short backpacking trips for older campers.  Campers are awarded weekly with certificates, and at the end of year campers may be recognized with a plaque for excellence in certain activities.   At the nearby Holden Arboretum the boys help build trails, clear paths and walks, and are introduced to the woods where they learn about our delicate ecology.   The campers take numerous hikes, where they practice bird and leaf identification, collect rocks for their rock collections, and search the streams for frogs and crayfish (don’t worry – they must leave animals in nature, they won’t bring them home!)

Red Barn still maintains a unique outdoor educational philosophy - there is no set schedule, and the boys plan their own day with the supervision of our staff.   Many of our counselors are teachers who have been with the camp for many years.   Our counselors strive to make their activity area the best in camp, so each program has its own development path.  Our camper to staff ratio is about 8:1.

Enrollment: 80 boys

Camp Dates: June 16 – August 1

Bus fee: $410.00

Tuition: $1,800.00

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Transportation and Day Camp Hours of Operation

Bus transportation is provided for our day campers from Congregation Bethaynu, 27900 Gates Mills Blvd., Pepper Pike. Buses leave town at 8:45 am. Buses return at 4:35 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Friday camp closes at 3:00 p.m. and the bus returns at 3:30 p.m. Parents must stay with campers until the bus arrives in the mornings. Campers are not to enter the building. It is our intention to have a counselor at the bus stop at 8:30 a.m. for added supervision. Final bus schedule will be made in the spring.

Lunch

This year Red Barn and Chincapin campers may buy a box lunch provided by a food service vendor.  The lunch fee is $125.00 for seven weeks.  Lunches will have a hamburger, corn dog, chicken, pizza, or other main item, with a cookie, chips, and a drink.  You must enroll for the whole summer.

Enrollment and Refund Policy

To enroll, download and complete the Enrollment Application and fax it to 440-435-2774.  For returning campers, a deposit of $400.00 must be received by January 15 to ensure a slot for the coming camp season. Full tuition is due by March 15. Bus fees for day campers can be paid now or later in June when you are billed for caps and shirts.  After January 15, Red Oak will take campers on a first come first serve basis.

In May you will receive a camp schedule and parents lists. You will receive an ACA (American Camping Association) medical form when your application is accepted. This form must be in the camp office by the end of May - please. A camper cannot start camp without the medical form.

The enrollment fee is nonrefundable, unless (1) the camp meets its minimum enrollment on or before March 15, and we are notified of the cancellation before March 1, or (2) the camper cannot attend because of health reasons, as documented in a letter from a licensed physician.