Summer 2022: Back Better Than Ever

This summer, we returned to Camp Fiver in our traditional two week format! Fiver’s favorite trips like low-ropes and high-ropes courses, wilderness and canoe trips, and college tours were all reinstated this summer. We welcomed 365 Fivers to their home-away-from-home in Poolville, New York.

Fivers participated in horseback riding, swimming lessons, and canoeing and kayaking on the lake.

Sixty-five teens participated in the wilderness hiking and camping trips through the Catskill Mountains and 46 campers took part in the seven-mile canoe trip. And more than 150 middle and high school Fivers went on college trips throughout upstate New York.

Exciting things were happening at camp to prepare for this camp season. We completed many capital projects just in time to welcome kids back. The new SERVE Cabin opened, providing high school juniors and seniors with a quiet space away from camp activities to focus on their college and career goals. In the Hazel unit, we converted the final sleeping tent into a cabin named Blackberry for teen girls. Additionally, we built a lean-to, “T’s Retreat”, for campouts in the woods. And finally, a new freezer at camp for extra food storage.

We also welcomed 53 Fivers to our hybrid Job Training Program. Fivers explored future career options and learned about workplace professionalism while earning a stipend. We are grateful to our generous corporate partners— RBC, DoSomething.org, Northwell Health, Global Holdings, and Paramount— that hosted virtual and in-person experiences for our teens.