personal development

 

Camp Deer Run

Who : At-risk, under-served young people of ages 9-16.

How : Camp Deer Run, an attractive, year-around camp and retreat facility nestled in the hills of the southern Catskill region of New York State, approximately 1¾ hours from New York City.

The camp offers a variety of programs critical to the positive development of youth, most of which are tailored to needs and objectives of specific community partners.

Two of the key elements of Deer Run’s programming are our team challenge course program and our environmental education program.

Research has shown that both of these activities have the ability to impact the positive social development of young people in important ways.

The camp is accredited by the American Camp Association and licensed by the New York State Department of Health.

Why : The camp’s programs are specially designed to teach healthy personal characteristics, such as self-esteem, trust, teamwork, decision-making, effective communications and personal responsibility, and to broaden the participants’ knowledge of the natural world, their place in it and their responsibility for caring for it.