2009 Casowasco Summer Schedule

Programs Listed Alphabetically | List by Date

Summershine

Live B.I.G. (your Belief in God) through music, Bible stories, crafts, and activities to help
you better understand God's purpose for your life. A 2:1 camper/counselor ratio is maintained (for Special Needs Campers).

• + August 2 – August 5 | Ages 16+ | $254 | Closed

Adult New Year’s Eve Celebration

Beautiful, historic Galilee Lodge on Owasco Lake will be the host building for fireside fun, fellowship, and time of heart-warming worship. Ring in 2010 with joy while surrounded by old and new friends. Sign the kids up for Camp Echo and have a stress-free ending to the holiday season. Relax and allow the beauty of Casowasco in the winter to rekindle your spirit!

• + December 31 – January 1 | Adults (21+) | $86

NEW! Aqua Blast

Can’t stay away from the water? Great! Come join us for a ton of fun. Play loads of water games everyday, learn to snorkel as you search the shallow waters for treasure, take part in a water carnival, and get the chance to float in a boat. Have a blast as we splash through the week!

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 7-10 | $395

Awesome Outpost, Buggin’ Out!

Sleep out, camp out, cookout, and bug out! Come celebrate some of the most unique creatures in nature…BUGS! Catch, study, and start your own collection of everything creepy and crawly. Travel to Cayuga Nature Center to see amazing bugs in action. Enjoy all the great things of camp too: swimming, hiking, riding the Highlands trails the Blob, and worship every night.

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 10-12 | $400

Beach Bums

Too much fun to SCUBA dive, tube, and water-ski? No way! You can do all that plus bum around the shores of Owasco Lake. Don’t forget swimming, kayaking, and canoeing, plus show off your limbo skills at the Beach Bums Luau!

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 14-18 | $440 | Closed

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 14-18 | $440 | Closed

Beginnings

Start off on the right foot! Enjoy a two-day program with activities like crafts, swimming, a wagon ride, Bible stories, and games. Meet new friends while we learn about God.

• + July 15 – July 17 | Ages 6-9 | $203

• + August 5 – August 7 | Ages 6-9 | $203

Bikes, Boards, and Blades

Get ready for mountain biking, skate boarding, and rollerblading thrills! Ride the trails on a Diggler, hit the ramps and hot rails, or do some off road trail blazing on your bike. You can bring your own stuff to show your skills. Campers will travel to Ithaca Skate Park.

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 11-14 | $405 | Boys Only!

BMW (Beautiful Mountain Women)

Girls: there is a BMW in all of us! Come to the Highlands the best spa retreat Casowasco has ever seen! Stay out late, sleep in, and enjoy a spiritual spa treatment in the Highlands mud pit. Camp out in the hard woods one night, swim, hike, enjoy great food and other typical Highlands fun! Learn how God makes every girl gorgeous, no matter what her hair looks like.

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 14-18 | $420 | Girls Only!

Boots and Saddles

This program is for novice and beginning riders, as well as those who ride infrequently. It focuses on basics including saddling, walking, and trotting. Four visits to the stables include horse science, grooming, and chores.

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 8-12 | $565 | Girls Only!

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 11-14 | $565 | Girls Only!

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 11-14 | $565

Boots and Saddles at Summer’s Last Blast

This program is for novice and beginning riders, as well as those who ride infrequently. It focuses on basics including saddling, walking, and trotting. Four visits to the stables include horse science, grooming, and chores. Plus all the fun of Summer's Last Blast!

• + August 9 – August 14 | Ages 8-12 | $565

Camp Echo

Sign up now for the most rockin’ New Year’s Eve celebration around! This is your chance to hang out with your camp friends and relax! Camp Echo offers all the great things you love about camp…with SNOW! Summer staff returns to be with you at this cool event. Learn to play Jack Frost, rock out to your favorite songs, and see the combined Aldersgate and Casowasco slide show! Hosted at Casowasco.

• + December 30 – January 1 | Ages 7-18 | $116

Camp Getaway

Love coming to camp? Looking to get away and travel? Here’s your chance to do all that! Explore New York State on trips you’ll help to plan once you arrive at camp. You choose where you want to go and travel each day to cool destinations. You never know where the road will lead!

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 12-14 | $475 | Closed

Campolodeon

Get a sampling of the wackiness of You Can’t. The daily schedule will bring the whole group through all the things that make camp fun. Meet the Food Genie and other wacky characters who will appear when you least expect it! This is where the camp fun begins!

• + June 28 – July 3 | Ages 7-9 | $395

• + July 5 – July 10 | Ages 7-9 | $395

Club Casowasco

Like Club Med, only better! It’s a great way for you to meet friends and take part in your favorite activities, such as swimming, Blobbing, sailing, crafts, archery, challenge activities, and sports. A unique experience awaits you every day at the Club!

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 13-16 | $395 | Closed for Girls

Creative Crafters

Focus your week on crafts! Celebrate our Creator by creating extra special projects! Showcase your talents using beads, Sculpey© clay, boondoggle, rubber stamps, and more. Make it and display it at your very own craft fair on Friday for your parents, and take it home to enjoy!

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 8-12 | $410 | Girls Only!

Director’s Invitational

By invitation only: The best leadership exploration event around. Participants will learn to use their skills for God’s glory. First time campers must be nominated by their churches or other local organizations. Alumni campers may register using the enclosed registration form and procedure. For more information or a nomination form, please contact Casowasco!
*First time nominee fees are paid in full by their nominating agency. Alumni may request sponsorship from their local church if they wish. There is no expectation that churches will be able to sponsor them.

• + August 16 – August 20 | Ages 14-18 | $322*

Director’s Invitational Reunion

Are you one of the 140 alumni of Director’s Invitational? Do you wish to reconnect and renew the relationships that you formed with other young leaders? If you answered yes, then this reunion is for you. Sign up early to reserve a spot at this awesome gathering of leaders from churches all over the state.

• + December 28 – December 29 | DI Alumni only | $30

Extreme Livin’

Learn to live a life that is Extreme! Share a week of adventure and fun while learning what it takes to make your life extreme everyday. Campers will travel to a high ropes course and go river rafting.

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 11-14 | $475 | Closed

Family Camp

Need a vacation getaway for the entire family? Why not come to camp?! Experience all the fun activities as a family. Enjoy a few nights away and some quality time with each other. Staff members plan some kids – only time while adults take some time to relax, reflect, enjoy the lake or nap! An adult must accompany children and youth participants.

• + August 16 – August 19 | All Ages | $130 per Adult (13+), $72 Ages 4-12, 3 and under free, Family Max: $462

Fishin’ for Fun

Learn about Jesus, the Master Fisherman and improve your fishing skills! Bait a hook, catch and release, and have a "reel" good time.

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 7-10 | $400 | Closed for Boys

FOB FOB

We know you can’t get enough FOB FOB! Come relax and enjoy FOBs all over Casowasco in fun and funky ways. You choose when to FOB and when to play! Yes, sometimes you’ll have to play. Sleep in most mornings and have breakfast in your building!

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 13-18 | $395 | Girls Only!

God’s Kids

Discover what it means to be God’s child! Here’s a short program filled with crafts, games, swimming, a wagon ride, Bible stories and campfires.

• + July 12 – July 15 | Ages 6-9 | $255

Hooked on Fishin’

Get hooked on fly fishing! Learn from a NYS Licensed Fly-Fishing Guide. Learn how to tie your own flies and perfect your casting while on land and from a boat. Take your fishing skills to new levels as we study the fishing techniques of our Master, Jesus…

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 11-14 | $400 | Boys Only!

NEW! Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn in Concert

Come hear Jill (a DOVE Award winning artist) & Andy perform in concert down by the lake! Jill and Andy are Nashville based singer-songwriters and both are accomplished, skilled guitar players having toured with Bebo Norman, Sara Groves and Caedmon's Call. Public Welcome! The show begins at 7pm.

• + July 16 | All Ages | Call Casowasco at 315-364-8756 for tickets

Karate for Christ

Have fun learning martial arts skills, self-defense, and conflict resolution techniques. Enjoy a night of sumo wrestling! Throughout the week discover what the Bible says about creating peace.

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 8-10, 11-14 | $395 | Closed for Girls

Kingdom Bound

Ever wanted to explore your faith in a radical way with thousands of other like-minded youth and adults? Then join us for Kingdom Bound - a 4-day Christian festival with awesome Christian bands, insightful seminars, meaningful worship experiences and great fellowship. Kingdom Bound is held at Darien Lake Theme Park. Plan to tent or stay in an RV at or near the park. This will allow us to experience all that Kingdom Bound has to offer, then spend an extra day riding the rides before you return to camp!

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 14-18 | $500 | Closed for Girls

Muddapalooza

The sloppiest, messiest, MUDDIEST time you’ve ever had at camp! Highlands adventures, memorable camp fun, all with lots of – you guessed it – MUD!

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 11-14 | $395 | Closed

Rookie Saddlers

For those with little to no riding experience. This special four-day version of Boots and Saddles is a great chance to sample horseback riding in a more relaxed schedule. You will travel to the stables three times.

• + August 16 – August 20 | Ages 8-12 | $446

S.O.S.

Splash Or Swim through a wild, wet, and wacky water fun week. Snorkel, kayak, and ride the waves with your friends on the Waterboggan! Beat the heat, catch some rays, and celebrate summer at a luau.

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 11-14 | $400

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 11-14 | $400 | Closed for Girls

Summer’s Last Blast

Make sure your summer is a blast! Meet new friends, play in the water, play sports and games, make crafts, and ride the trails around the camp. Sign up for big time fun!

• + August 9 – August 14 | Ages 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18 | $395

Summer’s Last Highlands Blast

Everything you love about Summer’s Last Blast PLUS all that’s cool about staying in the Highlands: awesome times two! Don’t miss it.

• + August 9 – August 14 | Ages 11-14 | $395

Team Casowasco

Join God’s Team and celebrate the ultimate victory! Try your hand at different sports including soccer, basketball, and volleyball to name a few – with a focus on fun! Campers will also have the opportunity to sign up for individual events like mountain biking or rollerblading, so bring your gear. The older age group will travel to Champions for Life for indoor soccer! Discover what it means to be a Christian athlete!

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 7-10 | $395

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 11-14 | $400

That’s Artrageous!

Take it up a notch and develop your awesome artistic talents. Work with clay and other mediums, and learn painting and drawing techniques. Draw, sculpt, and create. Showcase your masterpieces at an art show on Friday for family and friends!

• + July 19 – July 24 | Ages 11-14 | $410

NEW! The ReMix

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please join us as we welcome Jill Phillips & Andy Gullahorn to the stage! Jill (a DOVE Award winning artist) & Andy are Nashville based singer-songwriters and both are accomplished, skilled guitar players having toured with Bebo Norman, Sara Groves and Caedmon's Call. Come join Jill and Andy at Casowasco for this ReMix to learn the ins and outs of song-writing, rehearsing & performing both vocally and on guitar. You will write and learn songs to perform for a star studded concert for fellow campers and an awe-inspiring concert for parents, family, and friends. C'mon up and join Jill and Andy center stage.

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 11-13, 14-18 | $515

Two Wheelin’

Take a wild mountain bike ride through a week of off-road trailblazing fun on the main trails and through the Highlands . Ride on a Diggler, just for fun. Learn how to keep heading in the right direction and get through life's potholes, using God as your guide.

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 8-12 | $395 | Boys Only!

Whodunnit?

Be a super sleuth! Come to camp and take part in solving a mystery! You will have the chance to explore the scene, talk to witnesses and suspects, gather clues, and put it all together to figure out “whodunnit?”

• + July 12 – July 17 | Ages 7-11 | $403 | Closed

NEW! Windjammers

Ahoy matey! Learn to sail on the waters of Owasco Lake . You’ll learn what cardinal points are, the difference between a jibe and coming about, and when to let go of the sheet when you’re out of control. Learn what it takes to turtle your boat and sail the best tack on your journey with God.

• + July 26 – July 31 | Ages 12-14 | $395

Wranglers

For experienced riders only. Wranglers offers an advanced challenge while going to the stables all five days. Trot, canter, and jump!

• + August 2 – August 7 | Ages 13-17 | $605 | Girls Only!

You Can’t Do That at Camp for Two Weeks

Pack three weeks of camp into TWO, plus a Tweekend that will triple the fun, the friends, and the memories. You’re in for an unforgettable experience!

• + June 28 – July 10 | Ages 10-12, 13-15 | $711

You Can’t Do That at Camp

This is it! The one you’ve heard about (or lived) for years. Your “standard” You Can’t program that is anything BUT “standard.” We pull out all the stops for this week of crazy camp fun!

• + June 28 – July 3 | Ages 10-12, 13-15, 16-18 | $395 | Closed

• + July 5 – July 10 | Ages 10-12, 13-15, 16-18 | $395

You Can’t Do That: On the Road

Enjoy the wackiness of You Can’t on and off site. Travel to fun, crazy places for the day. Past destinations have included Seabreeze, matinee movies and pizza, whitewater rafting, Darien Lake, Watkins Glen Boat Cruise, Roseland Water Park , the MOST and IMAX, Rock Ventures, laser tag, and other awesome Central New York locations. Get ready to hit the Road!

• + June 28 – July 3 | Ages 12-14 | $475 | Closed

• + July 5 – July 10 | Ages 14-18 | $475 | Closed

You Can’t Do That: The Highlands Edition

You Can’t craziness plus outdoor living! Live in Hogan tents and spend half your day in the Highlands, then hike to main site to be with the rest of the crowd. Experience the outdoors like never have!

• + June 28 – July 3 | Ages 10-12 | $395

• + July 5 – July 10 | Ages 13-16 | $395