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Our business is growth.
Summer Camp is fun. While our campers often talk about how much fun they have at Tecumseh, fun isn’t our business. Our business is growth. Every activity and every location has been intentionally designed to help our campers grow in core values. At Tecumseh, we focus on developing six key characteristics in our campers.
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Respect
We build kids who understand how to get along with and love those who are different from them. We build kids who know how to listen, communicate, compromise, and stand up for what’s right.
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Trust
We build kids who can be counted on, and hold themselves accountable. We build kids who understand the importance of giving their word, keeping their promises, and doing what they say they will.
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Initiative
We build kids who aren’t afraid to work hard even when no one is looking. We build kids who don’t expect everything to be handed to them and don’t give up when it’s not easy.
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Friendship
We build kids who invest in friendships and strive to make new ones. We build kids who don’t just talk to people who look, act, and sound like they do. We build kids who show empathy and caring, who work with others, and who realize that they have more in common with the people around them than they have differences.
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Joy
We build joyful kids. We build kids who don’t just smile for the selfie so everyone thinks they have it all together, but strive to bring joy and happiness to situations where it’s easier to grumble. We build kids who speak well of others when they aren’t there instead of gossiping and slandering.
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Faith
We build kids of faith. Not faith that divides and segregates, but faith that God loves us and wants us to love others. Faith that a relationship with God is more important than all the money in the world. Faith that no matter how much we mess up, God is standing there ready to forgive, and nothing can separate us from him.
It all starts with exceptional staff
Our Staff
Coming from the world’s great universities, Camp Tecumseh counselors become doctors, lawyers, teachers, business executives, pastors, scientists, engineers, public servants, and so much more. Expertly trained, exceedingly friendly, and extraordinarily creative, they are masters of forging friendships, teaching new skills, leading adventures, and instilling kids with the confidence to take on the world.
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Carefully Selected
Tecumseh counselors are the best of the best. Every year, hundreds of college students from around the world apply to be Tecumseh counselors. Our rigorous interview and selection process identifies those best suited to serve as role models to your children.
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Expertly Trained
Whether they are operating high ropes elements like the zipline, lifeguarding at the waterfront, or leading devotions in the cabin, our counselors undergo extensive training prior to summer to ensure all of our campers stay safe while growing in core values.
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Role Models
Our counselors aren’t just role models here at camp. They are role models back at home. As leaders of clubs and organizations, captains of sports teams, diligent students, and members of churches, they demonstrate Tecumseh values all year long.
The Cabin
Two Amazing Counselors. Ten New Best Friends.
The cabin is home base for the Tecumseh experience. It’s where lasting friendships form, great adventures begin, big ideas develop, and side-splitting laughter ensues. Cabin groups eat together, play together, and pray together. They spend most of the day together. Send your child alone to meet new friends, or request a friend to join along. Either way, your child will come home with new friends who encourage each other to be their very best selves all year long.
Villages & Units
Our Progressive Programming provides growth year after year
The Camp Tecumseh experience evolves as our campers get older. With two villages, and four age units, each step complements the values being taught at home and enhances the camper’s social, emotional, and spiritual development.
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Braves
Braves are our youngest campers. This specially designed unit features exclusive programs like tea parties and nature center sleep outs perfect for campers experiencing their first overnight adventure.
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Blazers
Blazer campers enjoy cookouts and overnight camping trips to specially created outdoor sites. In addition, we feature a number of Blazer-only Newdls like climbing on Mt. Wood.
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Warriors
Warrior campers coming to Lake Village for the first time can take advantage of all Lake Village has to offer including Newdls like mosaics and guitar. Activities like float trips down the Tippecanoe River, and sleep outs at the Gish Adventure Outpost are available for the first time.
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Pathfinders
Campers round out their Camp Tecumseh experience in the Pathfinder unit. The zip line over the lake and specialty team building activities are available. 15-year-old campers finish their time as overnight campers as Torchbearers in a special ceremony at closing campfire.
Faith at Tecumseh
God is first. The other person is second. I am third.
Camp Tecumseh YMCA is a Christian camp that welcomes kids from all backgrounds. It’s not our primary goal to convert kids while they are at camp. Instead, we believe it’s our job to plant the seeds of Christianity by providing Christian role models and exposing our campers to the core values of faith, friendship, joy, initiative, respect, and trust. We’re guided by the I’m Third motto: God is most important to me. The other person is second only to him, and I’m third. Through daily chapels and cabin devotions, campers explore how much God loves them, how they can love others, and how they can love themselves for who God created them to be. No matter your child’s background or upbringing, they will be immersed in an atmosphere of love, care, and respect.
Chapels
You’ve never seen a service like this. Regularly cited as a camper’s favorite part of the week, Tecumseh chapels are relatable, interactive, and intentional. Led by our counselors at the Barbara Kampen Chapel or Kettelhut Chapel, our chapels are based on the I’m Third motto and build meaning throughout the week. Centered around enthralling skits that introduce concepts like sharing your gifts and talents, trusting in God, and loving others back home, and featuring a wide range of sing-a-long worship songs, chapels are a bedrock experience for facilitating growth.
Devotions
Devotions are the last thing every camper does before bed. Gathered around a candle with their counselor and cabin mates, devotions are a special time where campers talk about their day, their lives, and learn about faith. Starting with the I’m Third devotion on Sunday night where campers learn about the Tecumseh motto, through the closing “bead” devotion on Friday night where campers choose a character trait to work on for the rest of the year, every devotion is a unique, age-appropriate opportunity to explore faith in a safe, respectful environment.
Newdls
noun - an activity where you learn something "new" and use your brain (noodle). Formerly referred to as clinics. From sports to arts and crafts and everything in between, our skill development clinics are designed not only to teach skills, but also to foster a love of learning and an appreciation for hard work and perseverance. At the beginning of the week, campers will choose two skill clinics to participate in for an hour every morning. Whether they are making friendship bracelets or tackling the Skywalkers high ropes course, we hope every camper goes home knowing the joy of accomplishment. Not all clinics are available every week, and not all clinics are listed.
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Sports
Archery, basketball, cricket, disc golf, diving, flag football, peteca, quidditch, rugby, tennis, tumbling, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
Sports
Archery, basketball, cricket, disc golf, diving, flag football, peteca, quidditch, rugby, tennis, tumbling, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
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Arts & Crafts
Beads, cartooning, drawing & painting, duct tape, embroidery, friendship bracelets, gymp, mask making, mosaics, origami
Arts & Crafts
Beads, cartooning, drawing & painting, duct tape, embroidery, friendship bracelets, gymp, mask making, mosaics, origami
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Performance
Brazilian dance, country line dance, drama, guitar, hip hop dance, improv comedy, Irish dance, show choir, step, stomp, swing dance, synchronized swimming, ukulele
Performance
Brazilian dance, country line dance, drama, guitar, hip hop dance, improv comedy, Irish dance, show choir, step, stomp, swing dance, synchronized swimming, ukulele
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Unique
Candle-making, canoeing/kayaking, creative writing, farm discovery, fishing, fire building, French braiding, mountaineering, photography, stand up paddle boards, wilderness survival
Unique
Candle-making, canoeing/kayaking, creative writing, farm discovery, fishing, fire building, French braiding, mountaineering, photography, stand up paddle boards, wilderness survival
AFFORDING CAMP
We recognize that our families have differing abilities to pay, so Camp Tecumseh YMCA has instituted a voluntary 2-tier pricing program for our Summer Overnight and Equestrian programs. All campers will have the same experience regardless of which tier a family has chosen. The selected tier is confidential. This system allows us to continue offering an incredible camp experience with exceptional staff, activities, and facilities while making camp accessible to as many families as possible.
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Tier A$1,050
This is the cost to provide a week of camp at Camp Tecumseh. If you are able to pay this amount we ask that you do so. Thank you!
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Tier B$875
This is a partially subsidized rate made possible by the generous donations of friends of Camp Tecumseh, through our annual fund, endowment, and our Tecumseh Society. If you choose this tier, you will receive this automatic subsidized rate.
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Additional Financial Assistance
Additional financial assistance, greater than the subsidized rate above, will be available through our Campership Application. On September 18, please register your child first using Tier B, and pay the $100 deposit. Afterward, you will need to complete the short Campership Application that will be linked in the application.
DATES & AVAILABILITY
Your Camp Tecumseh adventure is right around the corner.
Next summer is closer than you think. Browse our calendar to learn more about session dates, session availability, and current pricing. If a session is available, we have a spot for your child! If it is waitlisted, it has already filled. However, join our waitlist and you’ll be notified of availability as spots open up. If you wish to join our waitlist, please fill out our registration form. We can’t guarantee spots will become available for campers on the waitlist.
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 1 | June 13 - 19 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 2 | June 20 - 26 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 3 | June 27 - July 3 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 4 | July 4 - 10 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 5 | July 11 - 17 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 6 | July 18 - 24 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 7 | July 25 - 31 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 8 | August 1 - 7 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Boys Overnight Camp Week 9 | August 8 - 14 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 1 | June 13 - 19 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 2 | June 20 - 26 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 3 | June 27 - July 3 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 4 | July 4 - 10 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 5 | July 11 - 17 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 6 | July 18 - 24 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 7 | July 25 - 31 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 8 | August 1 - 7 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
| Girls Overnight Camp Week 9 | August 8 - 14 | Opening in October | $1,100/$910 |
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,100/$910
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 1 | June 13 - 19 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 2 | June 20 - 26 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 3 | June 27 - July 3 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 4 | July 4 - 10 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 5 | July 11 - 17 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 6 | July 18 - 24 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 7 | July 25 - 31 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Boys Equestrian Camp Week 8 | August 1 - 7 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 1 | June 13 - 19 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 2 | June 20 - 26 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 3 | June 27 - July 3 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 4 | July 4 - 10 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 5 | July 11 - 17 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 6 | July 18 - 24 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 7 | July 25 - 31 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
| Girls Equestrian Camp Week 8 | August 1 - 7 | Opening in October | $1,200/$1,010 |
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,200/$1,010
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Boys CILT Session 1 | June 13 - 26 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Boys CILT Session 2 | June 27 - July 10 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Boys CILT Session 3 | July 11 - 24 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Boys CILT Session 4 | July 25 - August 7 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Girls CILT Session 1 | June 13 - 26 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Girls CILT Session 2 | June 27 - July 10 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Girls CILT Session 3 | July 11 - 24 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
| Girls CILT Session 4 | July 25 - August 7 | CILT Lottery Sept. 2! | $2,200/$1,970 |
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
- Status:CILT Lottery Sept. 2!
- Cost Tier (A/B):$2,200/$1,970
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Whitewater Rafting 1 | June 27 - July 3 | Opening in October | $1,475/n/a |
| Whitewater Rafting 2 | July 11 - 17 | Opening in October | $1,475/n/a |
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,475/n/a
- Status:Opening in October
- Cost Tier (A/B):$1,475/n/a
| Week | Dates | Status | Cost Tier: A/B |
| Day Camp Week 1 | June 14 - 18 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 2 | June 21 - 25 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 3 | June 28 - July 2 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 4 | July 5 - 9 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 5 | July 12 - 16 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 6 | July 19 - 23 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 7 | July 26 - 30 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
| Day Camp Week 8 | August 2 - 6 | Coming March 2027 | TBD/n/a |
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
- Status:Coming March 2027
- Cost Tier (A/B):TBD/n/a
