summer Camp 2025
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No matter who constitutes “family” for you, these weekends are a great time to reconnect with the ones you love, have some fun and relax! Choose Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day weekends or any combination of the three!!
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Our “Trailblazers” are our school-aged campers and each age group is represented by a different unit:.
TB - Pioneers (ages 6-8 or grades 1-3)
TB - Adventurers (ages 8-10 or grades 3-5)
TB - Explorers (ages 11-13 or grades 6-8)
TB - Voyagers (ages 14-17 or grades 9-11)
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For more than 40 years Camp Whitman has been providing overnight camp or “vacation” weeks for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
1 Week overnight camp sessions for youth and adults 18 to 55 years old, with a 5:1 or 3:1 (camper to counselor) supervision ratio depending on the level of support required.
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The CIT program is a two-week training to prepare our next generation of camp leaders. Accepted participants will learn and practice the skills needed to work at camp with both our traditional school aged campers and our adult campers with developmental disabilities.
Trailblazers Mini-Camp (June 29-july 2)
Pioneers: Ages 6-8 ($300)
Adventurers: Ages 8-10 ($300)
All of the fun of one-week of camp packed into two-days. Our mini-camp is the perfect way to ease into sleep-away camp for first time campers. This program features a extra supervision and support for our first time campers with one counselor working with just three campers.
Campers can expect to try out many of the classic camp activities like swimming, canoeing, arts & crafts, Gaga ball and making s’mores around the campfire.
Trailblazer 1 Camp (July 6-11)
Trailblazer 2 Camp (July 13-18)
Adventurers: Ages 8-10 ($675)
Explorers: Ages 11-13 ($675)
Voyagers: Ages 14-17 ($675)
Join us for a week (or 2!) of games, crafts, wacky relays, fun music, canoe and kayak races and more. Each day we will engage in camp-wide activities - Camp Whitman style.
Campers will have the ability to choose their activities! There will be passive activities like crafts or a pontoon boat ride along with more physically active games and outdoor fun. While we encourage campers to try new things and challenge themselves, we also encourage campers to make the best decision for them! Each camper will have an opportunity to customize their week to their interests.
new-new-new in 2025!!
Family camp weekends
Memorial Day: May 23-26
Independence Day: July 3-6
Labor Day: Aug 29-Sept 1
Did you attend camp in your younger years? Were you on staff at one point? Have you always wondered what camp is like but have never been able to attend? Do you have kids of your own who like the idea of camp but just can’t seem to be away from home that long? These weekends are for you! Whomever your “family” consists of, you are welcome to join us for these all ages weekends. We will have all your favorite camp activities going with an opportunity for you to connect and reconnect with the larger Camp Whitman family! This will also be a great opportunity to introduce your kids to the fun of Camp Whitman!! A continental breakfast will be served each morning with a chicken barbeque also happening on one of the days. This will give you the flexibility to explore the Finger Lakes region and all it has to offer! Bring your family, bring your friends, bring your neighbors…make it your own little reunion weekend…come out to camp for some fun and relaxation!!
Trailblazer trip camp adirondack adventure (august 17-22)
Voyagers: Ages 14-17 ($875)
Teens, join us for a week sampling a variety of different adventure activities in the Adirondack Park! We will be canoeing, hiking, camping at an outpost, climbing a high ropes adventure course and outdoor climbing tower.
This is an out of camp trip. We will be staying on Beaver Lake, three hours north of Camp Whitman in the Adirondack Park. Campers will be sleeping in platform tents or Adirondack style lean-tos.
This is a very physically active program, and campers should be prepared to be active for 6 - 8 hours per day.
counselor in training (CIT) program
Ages 16-17 ($950)
Voyagers: July 20-Aug 1
The Counselor-In-Training program is a two-week leadership program for campers entering their Junior or Senior year of high school. The first week of the program is focused on leadership development, learning to serve and making the transition from camper to leader. The second week of the program, CIT’s will be working directly with our Pathfinder campers, assisting the camp counselors.
new Pathfinder Camps! Ages 18-29 & ages 30-55
Pathfinder 1: June 15-20 ($800) Pathfinder 2: June 22-27 ($800) Pathfinder 3: July 20-25 ($800) Pathfinder 4: July 27-Aug 1 ($800)
These sessions will feature classic camp activity options including arts & crafts, games, archery, nature activities, evening programs and worship. Enjoy all of the best that Camp Whitman has to offer during our “vacation” weeks for campers with developmental disabilities. Each day will offer opportunities for our campers to do as much (or as little) as they would like at their own pace. New this year, campers may choose any week and we will house them with campers of similar age.