Earnest & Edna Shepherd Youth Center
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Summer Camps
Summer Camps 2025
Camp Half Blood - The Lightning Thief
For 4-6th Grade (Completed)
May 27th-30th, 9AM-2PM - Available
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July 29th -Aug 1st - Full , Call the Office to Waitlist
​$210 per camper
You have five days to find and return Zeus’ stolen property. Everyone wants to be your friend. The Oracle invites you to a ‘T’ party. Medusa wants to have a staring contest with you. Hades is offering a cruise down the River Styx and The Kindly Ones are stalking you. Come join the quest with your adopted Olympian parent. Camp is loosely based on Percy Jackson and the Olympians -Book One. However, you need not have read the book to enjoy the fun of this camp experience. Zipline, swimming, archery and much more are included.
Harry Potter Camp - The Sorcerer's Stone
For 3-5th Grade (Completed)
June 2-6th, 9AM-1PM or
June 30-July 3rd, 9AM-2PM
​For 4-6th Grade (Completed)
June 16-20th, 9AM-1PM
$210 per camper
You know the story….Harry, Hermione, Ron, and dare I say….Voldemort! Get sorted into your house and face the twist and turns of walking the halls of Hogwarts at Earnest Shepherd. Play Quidditch, take flying lessons (zipline), swim in the Black Lake (swimming pool), attend Charms and Transfiguration class, and much more. This camp is loosely based on Book #1 of the Harry Potter series.
Camp Crazee Daze - Back to the Future
For K-2nd Grade (Completed)
June 9-13th
9AM-1PM​
$200 per camper
Join us as we travel back in time together, Earnest Shepherd style with every day being a different decade. Cruise the back roads in a ‘50’s hot rod, catch some peace rays from the ‘60’s, explore the wild west by finding arrowheads and going 'creekin', and boogie down at a Disco Carnival. Have fun with this traditional day camp experience including ziplining, swimming, hiking, playing games, giggling, and crafting.
For K-2nd Grade (Completed)
June 23-27th
9AM-1PM
​​$200 per camper
The Ice Age in June? Only at the Youth Center where the Magic Tree House visits again this year and whisks the campers back to the time of the sabertooth tiger! Come have a wild adventure with woolly mammoths, then off to meet the Ninja master, while fleeing a crocodile on the Amazon – all with the goal to save Morgan Le Fay from a terrible spell. Your adventure includes flying through the trees on the zipline, swimming, hiking, games, crafts and making new friends galore.
Adventure Camp - Dragonslayer Academy
For K-2nd Grade (Completed)
July 7-11th
9AM-1PM
For 3-5th Grade (Completed)
July 14-18th
9AM-1PM
$200 per camper
For K-2nd Grade (Completed)
July 21-25th
9AM-1PM ​
$200 per camper
Huzzah! What do castles, catapults and a crazy caper have in common? Join us on a merry adventure through the legends of the Knights of the Roundtable. Face the dragon and find the Weapons of Honor. The fun is based on books about the ultimate knight–King Arthur, The Dragon Slayer’s Academy Series and Igraine the Brave. Zipline, swimming, games, crafts, and more are all a part of this medieval adventure.
Magic Tree House Camp - Sunset of the Sabertooth
Last Airbender Camp - Earth Bending
Long ago four nations lived together in harmony in the United Republic until… they were attacked! Come find your avatar strength at the Earth Bending Academy. Training will include the art of landslides, earth rumbles, boulder rolls, and tower building as we take on the Fire Nation in the Hurt in the Dirt Challenge. We will have fun finding our ‘Zen’ moments at a mysterious rock garden! Ziplining, swimming, games, crafts and more are all included in this fun and unique camp.
Camp Spellbound
For 4-6th Grade (Completed)
August 5-6th
9AM-1PM ​
$135 per camper
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For K-2nd Grade (Completed)
Aug 7th
9AM-1PM
For 3-6th Grade (Completed)
Aug 8th
9AM-1PM
$65 per camper per day
Your parents send you to camp at Earnest Shepherd Mansion. When you arrive, you notice the extensive art collection on the walls and cats galore. Upon closer inspection, you notice the paintings move and the subjects are all you age...coincidence? Where there is a painting there always seems to be a cat, why? You must be clever enough to figure out the mystery so not to be trapped inside a painting forever. Based loosely upon The Books of Elsewhere series. Swimming, zipline, games and craft are included in this intriguing two day camp.
Registration
2025 summer camp registration is now open ! Register early as all camps allow a limited number of participants and many fill quickly!
Scholarships
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A limited number of financial need-based scholarships are available for camp each summer. Scholarships are awarded to qualified candidates based upon a lottery system with winners being notified by May 1 each year. Scholarship applications for Summer 2025 are now closed. Check back in March of 2026 to apply for summer of 2026 camp scholarships.
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Fun In The Sun
The dog days of summer end with a fun filled one day camp that has all the great elements of our summer camps! For the K-2nd graders, camp features zipline, parkour trail course, disc golf, swimming, games and more. For our 3rd-6th graders, camp includes zipline, archery, disc golf, capture the flag, swimming and more.