Programs:
Teen Entrepreneurship Summit
Ages: West Virginia High School StudentsTuition: $350. Scholarships for $320 of this fee available to qualified West Virginia applicants.
Discover the principles of entrepreneurship, civic leadership and volunteer service in six days of fun interactive learning. Meet business persons and successful entrepreneurs, make connections and discover new possibilities for your future. We'll look at -
- Behaviors and Personal Attributes necessary for success - Responsibility Ethics, Civic Duty, Team Work, Problem Solving, the Common Good;
- Private Enterprise What is it? How does it work? Profit, Risk, Investment;
- Entrepreneurship - The Idea, The Plan, Goals, How to Communicate the Product, Markets and Marketing;
- WV Business and Industry - Production, Market, Environmental Stewardship, Opportunities;
- Business & Public Relations - Telling the Story, Responding to Crisis, Community Relationships, Ethics;
- Community Development - Creating Opportunity, Establishing and Maintaining Positive Attitudes, Building on Assets, Community Leadership & Service;
- People are Key - Investing in Human Resources, Education, Engaging Youth.
Now in its 30th year, this camp week is sponsored by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Local Chambers of Commerce, and the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA with special support from business and industry, the Appalachian Regional Commission, Department of Education, West Virginia Development Office and local schools.
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Leadership - Service Summit
Ages: High School, Middle-Jr. High StudentsTuition: $300 if paid by May 1st and $350 after that. Scholarships are often available from local Lions, Kiwanis, Ruritan, Woman's, Rotary, Civitan, Student Council, Service-Learning, GEAR-UP, 21st Century, Youth Action Council and others. Teens are responsible to seek this support.
Discover your potential... I believe I am a better person and leader because of this camp! Active learning with everyone's participation puts civic leadership and service in a context of everyday living as teens create and live community for six days that become for many the best week of my life! Seminars, recreation, nature walks and other activities make one search inside to let leadership come through. I can honestly say I've never had so much fun learning!
Led by the Wellsburg Lions Club, local service clubs created Leadership Camp in 1947 to strengthen communities by preparing their most valuable asset - their youth - for success and civic involvement.
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National HI-Y Leadership Camps
Ages: High School, Middle-Jr. High StudentsTuition: $300 if paid by May 1st and $350 after that. Scholarships are often available from local service organizations, professional organizations, HI-Ys, businesses and others. Teens are responsible to seek this support.
Welcome new experiences - chart your future - bring new enthusiasm and in the process discover all you can be and all you can offer. Strengthen skills, focus on achievement, learn how to get things done with others, reach out to meet new people and then take all you learn back home to improve your HI-Y, school and community.
Learn the basics of successful HI-Ys...the same skills for success in life and community - how do we get people to join and then do what needs done, what it costs and how do we raise the money, use new programs and service to put new life in our HI-Y, being an officer is more than a title, meetings are to get things done, committees move an organization forward, and let's tell HI-Y's story so we're known in our school and community!
Youth in Government, Model United Nations and local HI-Y Officers prepare to lead these programs. Everyone becomes a certified HI-Y, YG and UN Trainer.
Return home to be all you can be and make your HI-Y or TRI-HI-Y the best it can be!
Adventure Camp
Ages: 7 - 12 year oldsTuition: $300: if paid by May 1st and $350 after that.
Horseshoe's Adventure Camp for 7 - 12 year olds is fun and much more! It's a good time with a purpose! Horseshoe is often a child's first major step toward becoming an individual and developing social skills with their own peer group. There is no better way for children to learn about themselves and others, expand their horizons, learn to share and get along with others, develop a positive self-image, and have fun! We believe in camping, and hope each child will have the chance to experience this vital part of growing up.
Youth Opportunity Camps
Ages: 7 - 12 year oldsTuition: No fee to eligible low income West Virginia boys and girls.
Horseshoe's Youth Opportunity Camps help low income boys and girls choose positive activities, attitudes and goals. YOC helps children improve social skills and confidence, build self-control, learn to better relate to others and find hope for a better future. YOC promotes healthy lifestyles by teaching good personal hygiene, physical and mental activity, good nutrition and school success. Children thrive in Horseshoe's guided atmosphere of purpose, positive role models, caring expectation, learning and constructive character building activities. The residential experience of family and community is Horseshoe's distinctive difference in the lives of children.
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Quilt Camp
Fee: varies. See the Registration Form for details.Quilters of all ages are welcome to attend this fun weekend. Participants will relax, learn, laugh, and enjoy the company of other quilters.
For those who wish to stay four days, please plan to arrive on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Those who wish to only attend three days plan to arrive on Thusday at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday will be a day to sew on a project(s) of your choice. On Thursday the instructors will begin our projects. Camp will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. You will need to bring a sewing machine and rotary cutter. Upon registration, we will send you the complete list of fabric requirements, quilting supplies and personal items needed to bring with you. A flyer and registration form are available in the Publications section.
Come enjoy Horseshoe's mountains and hopefully everyone will take advantage of the hiking trails and the beauty just outside the windows of the sewing area. We will be staying in a cabin, with a bathhouse nearby. Get totally spoiled just quilting, eating delicious home-cooked meals, and maybe even some sleeping too!
Complete Quilt Camp PacketKnitting Retreat
Fee: fees vary depending on how many days you attend, meals, and lodging requests. Please see registration form for details.Knitters of all levels of experience are welcome to attend this fun retreat. Participants will relax, learn, laugh, and enjoy the company of other knitters.
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Sew-In
Fee: $120: for 2 days, 2 nights, and 5 meals, or$75 for 2 days and 5 meals
Get out of your "cabin" and join us at Camp Horseshoe for a SEW-IN. This is your opportunity to get some of those UFO’s completed and have wonderful fellowship and food all at the same time!
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Special Camps
Have a requirement for a specific program for your group or organization? Call our office to discuss your needs. Our experienced staff will be happy to discuss what we have to offer and how we might custom design a program to meet your specific objectives.
Looking for a Place for your Band Camp?
- Available Dates
- YMCA Camp Horseshoe is available starting July 26, 2009
- Location
- YMCA Camp Horseshoe in Tucker County
Bands find Horseshoe beautiful, free of distractions and just far enough away to avoid unexpected visits by non-band students. - Food
- Home cooking, teenagers love Horseshoe's food.
- Accreditation
- Horseshoe is accredited by the American Camping Association and licensed by the WV Department of Health and Human Services.
- Practice Field
- Very large, flat, grassy field bigger than a football field is available along with another adjacent field.
- Indoor Practice
- Large indoor practice room easily accommodates 100 and has served bands of more than 150. Additional small meeting spaces are available for band sectional practices.
- Housing
- 8 Cabins - each have two sleeping rooms (each sleep 12) with bunks and a small "counselor" quarters with 2 bunks (sleeps 4).
- Restrooms/Showers
- These facilities are in nearby "bath houses" with one for males and one for females.
- Typical Costs
- $150 for 5 nights and 15 meals per person or we can work up a package price to accommodate your band camp schedule.
- Additional Information
- Call - 304-478-2481 or us for details.
