The Manitou Camps Foundation will be hosting a Pre-Visiting Day dinner at 7pm on Friday the 16th.

Specific details for the event will be emailed seperately but please save the date if you plan on coming up for Visiting Day weekend. Feedback, from families who attended last year, was wonderful.

All proceeds support Manitou Experience, a one-week non-profit camp for boys who have lost a parent.

For more information, please contact Sara Deren: sara@campmanitou.com.

Each spring, Manitou reserves a block of seats at several Major League Baseball games for campers, parents and staff to get together and enjoy some live baseball action.

The dates for this spring’s Major League Baseball gathering tour are set (except for NY).

We will be sending details (separately via email) to families in the respective area about reserving seats. The dates are as follow:

Washington Nationals: May 8th

Philadelphia Phillies: May 7th

NY: TBA

A great way for new campers to meet with other new campers and directors! We will be sending specific details separately via email.

Dates are as follows:

Los Angeles: March 7th

South Florida: April 29th

DC/MD: May 8th

Tri-State: May 16th

Boston: May 22nd

Manitou is very excited to announce it's newest program, a College Prep and SAT Course, available to all Manitou campers who have finished 9th and 10th grade.

The program will be directed by Jenn Steinhardt (Camp Mom during the summer and Professional SAT tutor and college prep advisor in the off-season) who has put together a course syllabus that is available in your myManitou Forms and Documents section . The course will consist of 20 sessions (10 the first session and 10 the second session), each focusing on specific topics of the SAT exam and the college search and application process. Course sessions will be conducted during periods that will have the least impact on a campers schedule. The program will also consist of a trip to a local college (Manitou has close administrator connections at both Colby College and Bowdoin College) as well as discussion on how to use camp in your college application. So many Manitou counselors (former campers) who attend wonderful schools have been through the college application challenge and can share their insights and experiences.

The program will cost $500 for full summer course ($300 if only for half summer) and includes the college visit and all course materials. For further information and to register, please email Jenn Steinhardt at jenn@campmanitou.com.

28 Campers, Counselors and Directors traveled up to Mt. Snow, VT for a wonderful weekend of skiing with their camp friends.

Mostly sunny skies and 30 degree temperatures provided great ski conditions for campers and staff. The group was broken into 5 smaller groups, which were seen throughout the weekend visiting one of Mt. Snow's impressive terrain parks, conquering the black diamonds of the North Face, skiing in the trees and cruising down one of the long runs on the front side of the mountain. With such good weather and conditions, campers were on the snow as much as possible, with the occasional break for a tasty treat from the Waffle House down below. Each evening, after a long day of skiing, campers and staff met at the heated pool and hot tubs to rehash the day's adventures and debate who would win the football games that day. After a hearty buffet breakfast on Monday morning, campers and staff packed and returned home to start counting the days til camp opens in June.

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Manitou Alum, Geoff Cameron, continues to see his dream job develop with an invitation to try out for the USA National team that will compete for the World Cup this summer. Geoff was named to the MLS All-Star team and played the entire game in 2009. His impressive soccer career began in Attleboro, MA before attending Camp Manitou as a camper in 1995. Geoff also played on the Manitou fields with Attleboro soccer coach Peter Periera's soccer camp in late August.

Geoff's full profile can be found on the Houston Dynamo website right here.