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Camper days are fun-filled and action packed! Each camper takes nine regular activities from approximately 50 offerings. All campers are encouraged to take swimming, field sports, and riding.

Small activity groups permit individualized instruction, providing maximum oppertunity for each camper to develop skills and confidence. Campers are encouraged to try new activities and not succumb to fear or failure. "Every expert was once a beginner" epitomizes The Heart attitude.

Age-imposed limits are not often placed on activities; activities are structured to meet the size and skills of the participants. Encouragement and praise make it easy for campers to succeed in learning new skills and perfecting old ones.

Skills and Thrills Abound:

Archery ♥ Arts & Crafts ♥ Ballet ♥ Basketball ♥ Batik ♥ Bead Making ♥Blobbing ♥ Calligraphy ♥ Camp-Outs ♥ Campfires ♥ Canoeing ♥ Carnivals ♥ Ceramics ♥ Cheerleading ♥ Choir ♥ Climbing ♥ Competitive ♥ Swimming ♥ Dancing ♥ Diving ♥ Drama ♥ English Horseback Riding ♥ Field Sports ♥ Fishing ♥ Golfing ♥ Guitar ♥ Gymnastics ♥ Hiking ♥ Horsemanship ♥ Juggling ♥ Jumping Horses ♥ "Just for Fun" ♥ Kickball ♥ Leather Working ♥ Life Skills ♥ Making New Friends ♥ Needlework ♥ Outdoor Cooking ♥ Painting ♥ Papermaking ♥ Pioneering ♥ Polocrosse ♥ Power Walking ♥ Red Cross Swimming Lessons ♥ Rappeling ♥ Sign Language ♥ Singing ♥ Skits ♥ Smoke Signals (Journalism) ♥ Soccer ♥ Star Gazing ♥ Storytelling ♥ Tennis ♥ Trail Rides ♥ Tie Dye ♥ Vespers ♥ Volleyball ♥ Water-sliding ♥ Western Horseback Riding ♥ Yoga

Continuity in activities builds lifetime skills, giving a measurable rate of accomplishment outside the camp environment, as well as providing exposure to new and different opportunities. From summer to summer, campers build on skills.

Interested campers may try out for teams in tennis, rifelry, archery, polocrosse, and swimming, which compete in inter-camp matches.

Special Seminar Days, held each four-week term, bring in outside sources to teach activities not offered day-to-day. These have ranged from glass blowing to skulling, from basket weaving to challenge hikes.

We know that choosing a summer “home” away from home for your child’s summer camp experience is an important task.  Finding the perfect one with the right session length, activity offerings, tradition, history and location can be complicated, but well worth it.

The Heart combines a traditional camping program, experienced and knowledgeable counelors in unique and outstanding facilities. Limited camper enrollment enables everyone to be on a first-name basis, increasing the sense of a warm, caring family atmosphere.


Staff members are hired for their knowledge and skill in specific areas, but they bring so much more to The Heart experience. We strive for Heart counselors with character; who are warm, understanding, responsible and willing to give of themselves. Their enthusiasm and friendliness help even the shyest of campers feel at home.

References are carefully checked. Staff applications com from former campers, college students and teachers around the world.


"Is this counselor an example I'd want my child (or grandchild) following?" is the criteria for hiring.


Staff to camper ratio exceeds national standards. Counselors have completed at least one year of college; may have advanced degrees. The staff undergoes extensive pre-camp orientation and certification.


Parent-camp communications are frequent. Approximately each 10-days a report, including a newsletter from the director and menus, is mailed. Parents are welcome to call the director at any time for a personal update of to discuss their camper.


The director and her family live on camp (Mesa Manor) year-round and are involved in every aspect of camp life and operation.