Mailable Overnight Camp Registration Form or Online Registration

Camper Info Pack (health form, directions, packing list, etc is in this pack)

Typical Day at Overnight Camp:

7:00am Rise and Shine

7:30am Morning Devotions

8:00am Breakfast

8:45-9:10 Cabin Clean-up

9:15 Worship

10:00 AM Activities (dependent on which track you choose)

12:00 Lunch

12:45-1:45 Quiet Time

2:00-3:45 PM Activities 1 (dependent on which track you choose)

4:00-5:45 PM Activities (dependent on which track you choose)

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Monday- All Swim; Tuesday- Campout if weather permits, Camp-Wide Games for those not on a campout; Wednesday- Camp-Wide Games; Thursday- Cookout and Skit Night

9:00 Worship

10:00 Cabin Time

11:00 Lights Out

Track Descriptions

Amazing Adventure (no extra fee)

Kids are amazing! Your children will have amazing adventures during this action-packed track. Campers will participate in activities together like rock climbing, canoeing, sports, and our incredible V-Swing. Each day will begin and end with interactive worship services lead by camp staff and the camp pastor. The highlight of this week is a campout on our island. This is a great opportunity for boys and girls to enjoy the fun of camp in a Christian environment.

Amazing Adventure is the peek of camp excitement! Children in amazing adventure camps experience a variety of all the age appropriate activities Camp Piankatank has to offer.

Extreme Escape (13-17 year olds, no extra fee)

This week is for students who wish to escape from their normal routine and experience an awesome camping experience. Explore the challenge course, sea kayaking, field games, and waterfront activities, all with their friends. Students will be ministered to by dynamic speakers and enjoy spirit-filled praise and worship services. This is a great opportunity for youth to make new friends, meet new challenges, and grow closer to God.

Outdoor Outburst (no extra fee)

This energizing week is for boys and girls who enjoy sports and other high-energy outdoor activities. Age appropriate teams of campers will compete in events while learning about how God expects us to treat one another on and off the playing field. This week is not reserved for the super athletic, just the super energetic!

Saddle Sisters (Girls only, $115 extra fee)

Girls will acquire the basic skills of Horsemanship during this exciting overnight camp. Each day the girls will travel together to a nearby ranch where they will learn how to care for, and be safe around horses. Horse enthusiasts will be treated to a daily riding lesson, classes on hippology, and “hands on” horse care. These Saddle Sisters will also spend some time at camp cooling off in the pool and canoeing in the river. Don t delay, space is limited to 24 girls for the one week this track is offered. This is camp's horse instruction is at a beginner's experience level.

Water Adventure ($30 extra fee)

H2O '09 Water Adventure Camp- Beginning Level

These water-filled weeks are for adventure seeking kids, who like the water. Campers will learn how to canoe, kayak and will enjoy Christ-centered messages throughout the week. An overnight canoe trip and a day kayaking trips are the highlights of this week. Campers must be comfortable swimmers.

H2O '09 Water Adventure Camp- Intermediate Level (must have attended basic level previously)

So, you've attended Water Adventure Camp before and are ready for new adventures. This is just what you're looking for! Campers will learn more technical techniques in canoeing and kayaking as well as learn to plan their own overnight campout.

H2O '09 Water Adventure Camp- Advanced Level (must have attended intermediate level previously)

Learn canoeing and kayaking rescues, backpacking skills, and more advanced canoe and kayaking trips. Plan your own campout to a new adventurous location.

Sailing Camps ($65 extra fee)

Camp Piankatank 's prime location on the beautiful Piankatank River makes us the perfect location to learn to sail. Both boys and girls learn a lot in these windy weeks. Sailing camps have graduated levels beginning at a basic level in beginning camp learning on sidewinders and catamarans, all the way to advanced level where sailors sail our cabin sailboats. Every sailing week's highlight is the overnight sailing trip, spending the night on a cabin sailboat. Sailing campers attend worship services and Bible studies along with the rest of the camp. Spiritual principles are also taught within the sailing lessons and practices.

Beginning Sailing Camp (for 13-17 year olds)

Learn to Sail! During these weeks beginning sailors will be introduced to the Piankatank River on a sailboat. Campers will learn to rig and sail one and two person sailboats. The different parts of a sailboat, basic sailing knots, tacking, jibing, capsize recovery and boating safety will also be taught. These campers also attend daily worship services, Bible studies, and participate in team-building activities on our ropes course. No sailing or boating experience is required.

Intermediate Sailing Camp (for 13-17 year olds)

These sailors will learn how to rig and sail Sidewinders, catamarans, and other speedy sailboats as they cruise around Stamper s Bay at top speed! Worship, Bible studies, and a special service on the waterfront await these adventurers. A highlight of the week will be an introduction to the camp's cabin boats and an overnight sailing trip! Campers should have attended Beginning Sailing Camp, or already know how to tie basic sailing knots, and rig and sail small sailboats without assistance.

Advanced Sailing Camp (for 13-17 year olds)

This week is for those with advanced sailing knowledge. Campers will learn to rig, sail, maneuver, navigate and anchor 22 - 26 foot-long cabin boats while sailing around the mouth of the Piankatank River . Other activities will include worship, Bible studies, and team building. These sailors will experience life on board ship on a one night sailing trip to a variety of exciting destinations. Applicants must be strong swimmers and have attended Intermediate Sailing Camp.