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Camp Merri-Mac
Black Mountain, NC
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Ages 6-16
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Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions
Thoreau, NM
Coed
Ages 8-18
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Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures
Wallingford, VT
All Boys
Ages 10-14
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Camp Foley
Pine River, MN
Coed
Ages 7-16
Traditional
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The Claggett Center
Adamstown, MD
Coed
Ages 8-18
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YMCA Camp Duncan
Ingleside, IL
Coed
Ages 7-17
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Lutheran Valley Retreat Camp
Florissant, CO
Coed
Ages 6-17
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YMCA Camp Nissokone
Oscoda, MI
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Ages 8-14
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