Building rockets that blast five hundred feet into the air before parachuting to the ground. Creating robots from scratch that race around obstacles. Turning bananas into a piano using a simple circuit board. Fashioning a ping pong table for your bunk out of some wood, nails, guidance and imagination. These are all camp activities many of our campers enjoy on daily basis at Camp Weequahic.

Do we have sports? Lots of them. Can you push yourself in adventure areas like climbing and camper vs. wild? Absolutely. Do kids jump in the pool and laugh in the lake? Every day.

But what about the camper who loves to create? The one who likes a bit of everything but really gets excited about making something with his or her own hands?

At Camp Weequahic, we are proud to foster creativity through doing. In our unique Makers Hub, children of all ages get to plug into their ‘maker’ spirit through Rocketry, Robotics, Woodshop, Radio, Digital Photography, and more.

Staff members in these areas are hired, first and foremost, because they’ll be great counselors in the campers’ bunks.Secondly, they are hired because they have a high level of interest and demonstrated skill in teaching in their area. In fact, our robotics counselors are engineers who want to teach. The woodshop team is made up of experienced craftsmen. Two of our rocketry counselors last summer were studying in the aerospace field.

These experienced ‘makers’ do their best to introduce their specific area of expertise to our campers in ways that bring the activity to life and ignite their imagination. We love walking through the Hub and listening to the laughter, feeling the energy and watching the campers show off their new creations. We hope you’ll come to enjoy it soon!