Camp POWER, a program through the Country Roads Foundation, is a one-week, fully funded, overnight camp experience for 150 kids from East New York and Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Driven by a volunteer staff, coming from far and wide, Camp POWER this year will take place at Tyler Hill Camp once our summer season has ended.
Slade Sohmer, a former Tyler Hill camper & Counselor (from age 7 yrs – 22 yrs) became involved with Camp Power last year. According to Slade “It was an amazing week. I was a bunk counselor as well as the head judge and Olympics coordinator. After the session ended last summer, I introduced Scot (from Camp POWER) to Andy and Wendy, and the deal was made to bring POWER to THC. What better way to exemplify Tyler Hill’s STARFISH values? I will be there this summer and I honestly just can’t wait!”
Camp POWER campers are not only given a week away from their turbulent neighborhoods, but more importantly, they learn about themselves, their counselors’ different backgrounds and the world outside their neighborhoods they don’t see very often.
Through our STARFISH Values Program we teach our THC campers that each individual can make a difference. Hosting Camp POWER this summer and other events throughout the year just like this, shows our campers that when each person does his or her part, together the impact is amazing!
Selecting the right camp for your child is both important and impactful. Camp is, for most people, an experience that can last for six or more years (with memories that last for many decades after!) At THC, we know that such a big decision shouldn’t be made lightly, so we’ve specifically designed our Rookie Day Program to allow your child an opportunity to “taste” the sleep away camp experience, while giving you, as parents, a close-up look at our facilities, program, supervision and philosophy. Oh, and all the fun too (more…)
For the fourth year in a row, the Timber Lake Family of Camps has joined together for the holidays to make a difference in the greater Glen Cove community. Our winter office staff has again “adopted” several local families and has spent the past few weeks shopping to fulfill each family member’s Christmas list. From socks and shoes to games, toys, books and winter coats, we’ve bought and wrapped it all! The gifts will be delivered (by a fully suited TLC Santa Claus) just in time for Christmas!
An extra thanks goes out to the many families from North Shore Day School that donated toys, gifts and clothes, and also to our camp families who so generously participated: Jason Littman & the Littman Family kindly donated rolls and rolls of wrapping paper; Michele and Steven Koss generously donated designer perfumes for the moms and older girls in each family; Michele and Evan Cagner donated dozens of pairs of shoes and boots.
And another special thank you to the team behind FUSHIGI balls, who sent us these incredibly cool Fushigi balls that were at the top of every child’s list.
For the past six years we have hosted the Lazarus Bowl flag football tournament for football teams from other camps in Wayne County. These teams duke it out on the football field all day long while our campers watch the games! Every one in camp attends the final game of the tournament, which takes place during evening activity. Tyler Hill has had the good fortune of winning every Lazarus Bowl tournament in its history! (more…)
Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Scrambled Eggs… and Olympics??? That’s right – just as all of camp was taking their last bites of cereal and sips of hot chocolate at breakfast, a band of counselors on the drums, keyboard, and microphone rolled up to the dining hall doors on the hayrider and started JAMMIN’ to some Beatles and Rolling Stones songs! (Let’s just say that if there were any campers that weren’t really awake, they certainly were at that moment!) (more…)
Tyler Hill has a long-running tradition as being one of the strongest camps to participate in the Wayne County Tennis Tournament. This tournament is made up of five day-long tennis tournaments throughout the summer where 18 local camps participate. We are proud to say that Tyler Hill has had the honor of having tennis champions in every single division over the past few years! (more…)
Over the past decade, Tyler Hill Camp has taken flag football to a whole new level! Every summer the campers have more experience, knowledge, and skills to compete in an exciting round-robin tournament called the Lazarus Bowl. (more…)
The sun was shining on Tyler Hill as almost 90 families drove down Cochecton Turnpike to join us for our 2010 THC Open House. As cars filled with future campers passed through our front gates, hearts were pumping and smiles were contagious. The air was filled with excitement for what would be an AMAZING day at Tyler Hill!!! (more…)
Taylor Swift… Miley Cyrus… Justin Bieber… Dave Matthews… John Mayer… What do all of these pop stars have in common? (No, no… They’re not coming to Tyler Hill this summer…) BUT – YOU will be able to sing just like them at Tyler Hill… AND you’ll have a full band to back you up while you perform for a packed THC Social Hall! So look out American Idol, because you may be the next big break-out star! (more…)
