News and Highlights:
New Web Site!
Welcome to our new look. We are pleased to present you with a new look and updated content on our web site. Finding information should be easier for you and we now offer more pictures and information.
We've Moved!
In an effort to better serve our program participants, our administrative office and HI-Y Leadership office have recently moved to Point Pleasant, WV.
Calling All Alumni
Have you been involved with the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA in the past? Participated in Youth in Government, Model United Nations? Been a camper at Camp Horseshoe? Participated in HI-Y? Whatever your involvement, we'd like to hear from you. Please fill out the Past Participant Data Form. We look forward to hearing from you.
Remember Camp Nelson Dodd?
Camp Nelson Dodd opened in 1921 through an initial gift of land to the State YMCA of Ohio (a predecessor to the current Ohio-West Virginia YMCA chartered in 1984) by J. Foster Dodd. He gave family farm land near Brinkhaven in Knox County as a memorial to his youngest brother Nelson. The camp's last operating season was 1967. It was sold to the Newark YMCA who operated it for a few years and then closed the camp. In the early 1990's the Newark YMCA sold Camp Nelson Dodd to the Evans Foundation in Newark. The Foundation now leases the property to the Joy of Living Ministries.
Many former Camp Nelson Dodd campers have commented about their Camp Nelson Dodd experience. [Read their Comments].
If you were connected with Camp Nelson Dodd in some way, we want to hear from you. Please take a few moments to fill out the Nelson Dodd Participant Reply Form.
T he work of the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA extends back to 1867 in Ohio and 1909 in West Virginia. A pioneer in youth leadership development based on service-learning principles, this YMCA established local youth service groups throughout Ohio and West Virginia beginning in the 1920s.
HI-Y (HIgh School YMCA) youth programs are our priority. Local HI-Y teen experiences are enhanced by participation away from home in Youth in Government, Model United Nations and HI-Y Program Conferences.
Our HI-Y Leadership Center office is located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. We operate Camp Horseshoe near St. George, West Virginia and we also own and operate Cave Lake near Latham, Ohio.
Summers at Camp Horseshoe are filled with nationally recognized teen Leadership-Service Summits, Free Enterprise/Entrepreneurship Camp, and HI-Y Leadership Camps. Children enjoy Adventure Camps, and Youth Opportunity Camps for low income children. Special programs include our Incredible Journey High and Low Ropes Challenge courses and two special camps for children with cancer (Camp WINACA) and Hemophilia Camp. Horseshoe is open year-round providing custom designed learning camps for schools and youth organizations as well as a place for other groups to hold their camps, reunions, workshops and outings. Next to Camp Horseshoe is the Horseshoe Recreation Area where we offer tent, RV, and small trailer camping for families.
Our newest facility is the Cave Lake Center for Community Leadership, near Latham in Pike County, Ohio. These beautiful 700 acres now offer family camping. Our goal is to build a nationally significant residential facility and program focusing on civic leadership, the arts, entrepreneurship, stewardship and community building.
The Ohio-West Virginia YMCA, operating as the HI-Y Leadership Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
