Unlike some weight-loss camps that focus on education for weight-loss success, Camp Pocono Trails focuses on fun and friendships to build healthy new habits along with self-esteem. The best summer ever? We think so!

There’s no limit to the fun outdoor activities your child can enjoy, thanks to Camp Pocono Trails’ own private lake front and TWO swimming pools (one for boys and one for girls) and the outstanding amenities our camp features.

Here are just a few of the many activity choices campers can enjoy:

• Water skiing
• Kayaking
• Swimming
• Basketball
• Floor hockey
• Golf driving range
• Dance
• Yoga
• Nature hikes
• Plays
• Climbing wall

What activity will your child discover that helps him or her make a step toward a healthier future?

Additionally, you can have peace of mind about your child’s well-being at our camp because we are accredited by the American Camp Association! Not all camps are accredited.

ACA accreditation goes a step further than state and federal regulations to ensure safety in all aspects of camp operation: site/food service, transportation, health care, management, staffing and program. So you can feel good about the safety of your child while he or she is having the summer of a lifetime!

Ask your parents if you can set up your very own obstacle course!  If the weather is nice, the backyard will do, but you can do this indoors as well, you just have to be creative.

What you’ll need:

A stack of large index cards
Marker
Timer (stopwatch) 
Any sort of equipment that you can find:  Jump rope, stability ball, gallon jugs filled with water, balls, rope, cones, bean bags…anything that you can find and be creative with.

Now, take the index cards and write certain activities for each station that you’ll set up.  You can write things like:

Jump rope 40 jumps
Jog in place for one minute
Jumping Jacks (50)
Sit-ups (10)
Push-ups (10)
Lift Weights (the gallon jugs with water)

Any type of exercise that you’ve learned in gym class or at a fitness camp will do.

In between the stations, set up an obstacle.  Be creative here.  Use ropes that you have to jump over or bean bags that you have to step on to cross over the pretend Amazon River (filled with piranha… watch out!)  In the house, maybe you have to climb a mountain (the stairs) or hop around a tree (chair).

If you have brothers and sisters that can join you, make it a competition.  If not, compete against yourself to see how quickly you can get through the course five or ten times (depending on how long your course is).

Exercise doesn’t have to be boring or seem like work.  Make it fun, make it your own… just do it!  Just make sure you clean up your obstacle course when you’re finished so your parents will let you do this again!