Championing Girls since 1939
This is not your ordinary summer camp.
Camp Birchwood a place where girls are embraced with love and support as they engage their whole selves in fun, meaningful activities in the Great Outdoors. The tremendous kind of “know-how” that girls gain at Birchwood ignites their self-esteem and fuels their confidence.
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Come Into Your Own
With kindness and respect as the hallmarks for daily life, Birchwood campers are steeped in a rich community and encouraged to be their truest, most authentic selves. Their voices are heard. Their passions are explored. The genuine connections that are forged in this brilliant setting remain strong long after summer has passed. At Camp Birchwood, she’ll meet her forever friends.
The Birchwood Way
Discover Self-Confidence
Girls need a safe place to grow.
Our counselors teach girls to root themselves in their own strengths rather than compare themselves to others. They shine light on their accomplishments, big and small. and teach girls to shower one another with encouragement. With every success, girls bloom.
Spend Time Outdoors
Children are meant to breathe fresh air, walk through tall grasses, and explore the woods.
At Birchwood, campers ditch the gadgets. Instead of screen time, they swim in cool waters, dig their toes in the dirt, and run until their cheeks are rosy.
Build Lasting Friendships
Camaraderie, understanding, and connection are cornerstones to health and happiness.
The genuine connections forged at camp teach girls that they deserve that same level of kindness and respect everywhere they go in life.
Learn From Real Role Models
When girls are surrounded by strong female role models worthy of emulation, they step into their own worth.
At Birchwood, a vibrant team of women of every shape, size, and disposition run every aspect of our operation so girls see strong ladies taking charge and making it happen!
Acquire Essential Soft Skills
Real life asks more out of our girls than academic know-how, success in sports, or hard-core talents.
Girls develop a multitude of “soft skills” as they live and learn at camp. We practice listening and navigating disagreements with kindness. You see first hand, that collaborating is not only fun, it makes the outcome so much better.
Celebrate Accomplishments
What we feel most proud of in life doesn’t come easy.
When girls choose to challenge themselves at Birchwood, we are there to support and celebrate that brilliance. Whether she hit a tennis ball over the net for the first time, or emerged from a week-long trip in the remote wilderness, they are invited to take a minute and say, “I did it!”
Camp Birchwood Activities
Archery
Arts & Crafts
Campfire Cooking
Canoeing
Literary Loft
Climbing
Dance
Drama/theatre
Hiking
Horseback Riding
Kayaking
Mountain Biking
Yoga
Open Waterfront
Ceramics
Painting
Riflery
Sailing
Sports & Fitness
Tennis
Paddle Boarding
Tubing
Waterskiing
Windsurfing
Welcome to your “home away from home”.
At Birchwood, campers get comfortable, fast.
The very first day is filled to the brim with amazing outdoor activities. Our activity instructors individually welcome every child to the group, and connections quickly start to form. Girls learn each other’s names and find things in common. Smiles spread. Heads nod. Shoulders relax.
Before you know it, fits of giggles erupt, and that quintessential Birchwood magic starts to happen.
In all those impromptu seconds of joyful silliness - and in all of those zany “you had to be there” kind of moments - Birchwood girls are active, soulful participants in their own lives. They are immersed in a kind of memory-making that simply can’t happen back at home or in school. Nah, this is special. It’s hard to define. It feels like coming home.
Yep, once you’re part of the Birchwood “web” of friendship, you’re tied to people who care about the REAL you, throughout your life.
Happy Campers
“At Camp Birchwood you can be yourself - you don’t have wear makeup or cool clothes. You can blurt out camp songs even if you’re off key and wear pajamas to breakfast. Every year I come home changed. Birchwood has really shaped who I am as a person today.
— Emily O. // Camper
“Camp Birchwood is truly the golden standard when it comes to summer camps. The most unbelievable part was to witness how much my children matured over the two weeks.”
— Therese M. // Parent
