Camp Exclamation Point, Inc. (CAMP!) provides continuity and community to underserved rural Vermont kids through a weeklong residential summer camp. Our 100+ campers have limited opportunities for such an experience because of a lack of financial resources, rural isolation, and disruption of life and education. Many of their families are involved with agriculture and often move to follow available work. Most of our campers are entering grades 3 to 8, along with a few older campers participating in a Teen Leadership Program.
Our driving principles are as follows:
- Community: To provide a safe and welcoming environment for kids to be kids, where good citizenship is modeled and encouraged.
- Continuity: To create a stable and rewarding experience that our campers enjoy returning for each summer, and to make this experience available to their brothers and sisters.
- Choices: To empower children to make meaningful personal decisions, learn responsibility and build their self-esteem.
- Core: To offer a program of experiences and activities in art and music, natural science, physical activity, water safety, nutrition and hygiene, and literacy.
We invite you to learn more about Life at CAMP! and see our Program Details and Descriptions, as well as read about us in the pages of Here in Hanover and Vermont Life.
Download our most recent annual report here: 2023 Annual Report
Past annual reports can be found here.
CAMP! is an equal opportunity provider.
CAMP! follows equal opportunity procedures in the recruitment, referral, and delivery of both staff employment and services to campers without regard to an individual’s gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, age, race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, disability, or place of birth. Reasonable accommodations are made for persons with disabilities and for language assistance and food allergies. It is the policy of CAMP! to comply in this regard with all applicable state and federal civil rights laws. As a participant in the USDA Summer Food Service Program, we practice the USDA non-discrimination policy and we adhere to the USDA guidelines for Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations.
