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Camp Runoia
Belgrade, ME
All Girls
Ages 6-16
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Camp Thunderbird
Bemidji, MN
All Boys, All Girls
Ages 7-17
Specialty, Traditional
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Pok-O-MacCready Camps
Willsboro, NY
Coed
Ages 6-16
Traditional
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Camp Fitch YMCA
North Springfield, PA
Coed
Ages 6-17
Specialty, Traditional
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Camp Carvela
Traverse City, MI
Coed
Ages 7-18
Traditional
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Camp Merri-Mac
Black Mountain, NC
All Girls
Ages 6-16
Traditional
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Camp Timberlake
Marion, NC
All Boys
Ages 6-16
Traditional
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Camp Mondamin
Zirconia, NC
All Boys
Ages 6-17
Traditional
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Camp Wekeela
Hartford, ME
Coed
Ages 6-16
Traditional
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YMCA Mill Hollow
Kamas, UT
Coed
Ages 5-17
Specialty, Traditional
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Alpengirl
Bozeman, MT
All Girls
Ages 10-17
Specialty
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Camp Wachusett for Boys
Sudbury, VT
All Boys
Ages 8-15
Traditional
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