Overview

The daily required supervised dip into refreshing Lake Aloaloa is pure bliss. Every counselor and camper must pass a swimming safety test. Life preservers are used for those new to swimming, and no one goes on the dock without waterfront staff present. Certified Red Cross Lifeguards teach safety and a variety of basic strokes in Junior Camp; strong Junior swimmers can begin Nakanawa Form Swimming, go for endurance in Swim-a-Mile or increase their competitive speed skills.

Intermediate and Senior Camp swimming continues these offerings at more advanced levels in both form and stamina. Achieving distinction as a Dolphin, Shark, Sting Ray or Whale inspires mature campers in every facet of swimming with expert coaching by our waterfront staff. Weekend team competitions along our expansive lakefront include fun games, form swimming, relays and speed races. Swim team members will put in their laps at Camp!

Quick Info

  • Difficulty Level All Levels
  • Age(s) All
  • Session(s) 2 Week, 4 Week
  • Category Individual and Team
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More activities

Tone Chimes

Durable and simpler to learn than hand bells, tone chimes provide Junior campers a hand-held percussion instrument to learn in a group and play for church and special programs. Part of Glee Club, tone chimes introduce campers to musical timing, note recognition and ensemble experience. At bedtime, the soft notes of Taps played on the tone chimes ring out in the peaceful night air over Junior Camp.

  • Easy
  • Junior
  • 2 Week, 4 Week

Ceramics / Pottery

Get your hands messy in Senior Camp where we teach both hand-building and wheel-thrown ceramics. From concept to glaze to kiln-firing, pieces are ready to take home at each session’s end. Many Nakanawa campers develop a life-long ability in pottery from their early enjoyment here.
  • All Levels
  • All
  • 4 Week

Nature

Rabbits and turtles and snakes - oh my! In Junior Camp, the Margaret Matens Nature Hut is home to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects and woodland creatures from whom campers learn identification, responsible care-taking and respect for the natural world. Certified Wildlife Rehabilitators guide campers in safe understanding of all facets of the Nakanawa ecosystem. Exploration of private trails, so rare today, ignites an early sense of adventure and love for the outdoors. We also teach beginning camping skills such as fire building, safety and pathfinding.
  • Easy
  • Junior
  • 2 Week, 4 Week

Musical Production

In Two-Week Junior and Intermediate Camps, final activities include brief, clever thirty-minute musicals involving every camper. Teaching groups, arranged by age,  each have a singing role and simple costume for these cooperative productions.

  • All Levels
  • Junior, Intermediate
  • 2 Week