Camp Mondamin

Mondamin's programme is structured but deliberately not regimented, and that balance shapes every day: each boy works out his own schedule with the help of his cabin counselor, choosing among major activities in the water and the woods rather than moving through camp as a fixed age group. Age is never a requirement for an activity or a trip, so a keen eight-year-old and a fifteen-year-old can both progress at their own rate, with beginner and advanced levels always running side by side. Some activities are signed up for a week in advance and others happen on the spur of the moment, and between the major activities boys drop into just-for-fun minor activities like zipline, archery, disc golf or gaga ball. Because the programme is non-competitive, there are no cups, ribbons or medals and nobody keeps track of who is fastest, which makes boys far more willing to try something new and occasionally fail at it. Sessions are split between time in camp and time out on wilderness trips, with each camper's own interests deciding how much of his summer is spent sleeping under canvas. Evenings bring campfires, cabin overnights, a weekly movie and Saturday square dances or other co-ed events with sister camp Green Cove.