College Settlement Overnight Camp

College Settlement aims to make summer camps accessible for everyone, regardless of economic circumstances. Any Philadelphia resident can sign up, although each child can only take the overnight camp once to give chances to others.

They have weekly sessions for children ages 8 to 12 and another for ages 13 to 14. It has a good mix of traditional camp activities like climbing, fishing, kayaking, swimming, and more.

Older children can join the Spruce Run Outpost Camp, where they head to the mountain outpost and enjoy hiking nature trails, climbing, ropes course and of course, an evening of stores and songs at the campfire.

College Settlement also holds special camping days throughout the year. They run a summer day camp for kids ages 7 to 12, where they get to try different activities that include sports, arts and crafts, hayrides, and cooking for two weeks.