YMCA Camp High Harbour

Happy Holiday Week! Tonight is halloween! We have trick or treating, a monster mash, and even a haunted house! Happy haunting campers!!

We don’t even have the words to express how grateful we are! Session 4-6 is check! See you next year!

Reaching new heights! Happy Adventure Day!

Started our Wednesday with a full Chapel singing Sanctuary!

Another Sunday porch devotion by an Alumni PD! Thanks Will Hale for stopping by to share your post camp wisdom with us!

Happy 4th of July from our Harbour to you!

Calling all staff alumni! Join us at Lake Allatoona Friday night, July 19th for dinner, camp tours, boat rides, and our closing ceremony! This event is open to staff alumni from all YMCA Camp High Harbour locations, and it's free! Please RSVP by July 12 so we have a head count for food: https://forms.office.com/r/HRCNrMMPm2. We're looking forward to reconnecting with old friends!

These Sunshine girls are ready to Seize the Day!!!

We miss you already session 1-3! You have really set the standard for the summer! See you next year!

Kicked off Session 3 with Sunday night games!

Inspiring words from Emily Cassidy this morning. We love when our past PD’s come back to share their camp wisdom.

Another Closing Night in the books! Thanks for a great Session 2!

Relive all the fun of Session 1 at Lake Burton!

2024 Week 1: Lake Burton, Session 1 End of the week video session 1, 2024 at YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton

ALC leadership class in full swing! (Or do we mean full canoe?)

The LIT’s took a “day off” yesterday! They got to visit the Cherokee Museum in Murphy, NC to learn about the Cherokee people and their impact on the region - which includes the land camp is built on. They then got to hike Panther Top mountain before ending their day at the water park on Lake Chatuge! We are so grateful for our LITs and glad that they got to some much deserved time away.

Happy Adventure Day! We had the best beach party to celebrate!

Check out our new Blazers gear! These packs were donated by the family of Harrison King, who was a passionate Trailblazer as a teenager. His legacy lives on through this exciting program!

These CIT’s are ready to practice their lifeguard skills!

Guy Side, do you copy?

Staff Training has officially begun! We might be a bit biased, but that is pretty good lookin’ group of Program Directors!

Counting down the days until Disney Night Program! 🌟🏰

Meet our Office PDs 👋 Emma Wirt and Julia Dembowitz are Lake Allatoona's Office PDs this summer!

Emma, how long have you been coming to camp? "This summer will be my ninth year at camp. I started in Day Camp!"

Julia, what was your favorite cabin as a camper? "My favorite cabin was ALC! The leadership experience helped me love camp even more and helped me become who I am today."

Last weekend, we hosted ALA families at Lake Allatoona for ALA Day. Families learned more about their ALA programs, met their leadership staff, and participated in a leadership class! The day was filled with service, adventure, leadership, and technical training!

Sunday Night games are right around the corner! What's your favorite Sunday Night game?

Meet our Infirmary PDs 👋 Lindy Benton and Elisabeth Moses are Lake Allatoona's Infirmary PDs this summer!

Lindy, what are you most excited for this summer? "I am so excited to work alongside my sister when she is the camp nurse! We have gone to camp together forever, and I can't wait to see her back this summer."

Elisabeth, what's your favorite camp tradition? "Makeover Monday of course!!"

Staff Announcement! Our Ropes and Land PD’s at Lake Burton this summer are Katherine Peterson and Matt Maiellaro.
Katherine says “I am so excited to be back for my 13th summer!! This place has given me so much and I am so excited to be able to give back. I can’t wait to get there and see all my friends and meet new people too!!”
Matt says “The thing that I am most exited for this summer if to be in a new position where I can make a huge impact of staff and kids and have kids wanting to come back to camp every year.“

Yesterday we received a generous donation towards the Y It Matters campaign from the Cavalier Key Club at Atlanta Classical Academy. A member of our Lake Allatoona staff, Crosby Roberts, along with the other Key Club officers, raised money for camp during their annual Trunk-or-Treat event. We are so thankful for Crosby’s dedication to camp and the money they raised to send more kids to camp!