Blue Star Camps is a private Jewish summer camp for children ages six to sixteen. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Blue Star empowers campers to develop independence, self-esteem, and life-long friendships. We strive to help each camper realize our three core outcomes... self-discovery, building community, and doing good. Owned and directed by the Popkin family for seventy years, Blue Star presents our campers with a variety of activities ranging from creative arts, land sports, outdoor adventure and nature, waterfront, horseback, tennis, as well as a Living Judaism program.

Bonclarken is a camp which exists to provide and promote a wholesome environment for inspiration, renewal, worship, education, fellowship, and recreation.

We believe love is the purest, simplest and most universal language. As such, our mission is simple – we seek to ensure that every single person who passes through our gates will learn to truly love those around them, without hesitation or reservation, and will receive that same measure of love from everyone who calls our mountain home. To love and be loved – this is the very reason we exist.

Through this love, we seek to build boys and girls (ages 5-16) of courage, honesty, integrity and faith, and to help them become all that God intends them to be. In all we do, from the social structure of camp to our programming, from opening day to closing day, we seek to uphold, promote, teach and exemplify these four core values.

Perhaps the most fundamental way we achieve this is through our cabin unit. While many camps allow their campers to set their own schedules each day, we operate out of a cabin unit philosophy. Up to ten campers and at least two counselors travel around every day as a singular unit – participating in activities as a group, sharing meals together, and developing authentic, genuine, deeply-rooted friendships. While this cabin unit structure fosters an incredible environment of brotherhood/sisterhood, we also offer our campers the freedom and flexibility to chart their own courses and choose their own activities. For our multi-week sessions (excluding Kick Off Camp) our campers enjoy two days each week (what we call ‘Camper Choice’ days) where they can sign-up for activities as they choose.

And whether it’s part of their individually-designed schedule or with their cabin unit, our campers enjoy plenty of choices! Camp Highlander is located on 240 acres of pristine North Carolina wilderness, with the Blue Ridge Mountains practically sitting in our backyard. We offer over 40 incredible activities – both on and off-camp – including kayaking, canoeing, archery, whitewater rafting, rock climbing and so much more!

With summer camp sessions as short as one week and as long as seven (plus special family camp weekends) we have a variety of options to fit any budget and schedule. Visit our website to learn more!

For over five decades, Camp Judaea has been providing a high-quality, fun and educational program to children and staff members. Camp Judaea's Jewish and Israeli programming is intertwined with the importance of environmentalism. Camp Judaea represents the pluralist American Jewish community and educates about culture, respect and diversity. Jewish identity building is a core product of our program that translates to future Jewish leaders that take action in the Jewish value of "tikkun olam," repairing the world. We take advantage of our beautiful setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to provide campers with an outdoor experience that will heighten their appreciation of nature and the outdoors.

Camp Kanuga is an American Camp Association-accredited co-ed summer camp affiliated with The Episcopal Church, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. We are committed to promoting growth and fun in a safe, nurturing environment.

Tekoa's Mission is Touching Hearts, Changing Lives and Sharing the Light of Christ! Tekoa offers four main programs during the summer camp season. These programs are designed for many different population groups, including age, gender, ability, and

camper interests.

Our four types of summer camp programs are:

Day Camps

Resident Camps

Adventure Camps

Special Needs Camps

Camp Ton-A-Wandah is a family owned traditional residential summer camp for girls located in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. Founded almost eighty years ago with the hope that its idyllic, unspoiled setting would become a permanent summer retreat for girls who want to play and learn in a safe, supportive and spiritual setting. Our mission to provide every camper with a meaningful and magical camp experience hasn't changed since that first session all those summers ago. We welcome the opportunity to make you and your daughter a vital part of our camp community.

Camp Wayfarer, nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, is a camp for boys and girls ages 6-16. Wayfarer is a traditional summer camp, but it is more. It is a family consisting of campers, counselors, alumni, and parents that are building new traditions in a young and growing camp! Wayfarer offers a unique opportunity for campers to grow based on a firm foundation of spiritual, physical, mental, and social development. Campers learn to make good decisions and become independent leaders by living in a supportive camp family.

Activities include archery, arts and crafts, backpacking, badminton, basketball, Bible study, canoeing, cheerleading, culinary arts, dance, drama, fencing, field hockey, fly fishing, glee, guitar, horseback riding, kayaking, lacrosse, landsports, mountain biking, pioneering, puppetry, rafting, riflery, rock climbing, soccer, swimming, tennis, triathlon, X-treme, volleyball, water skiing and waybo.