Deerkill Day Camp is a very popular camp option among Rockland families. This third-generation family business, celebrating its 61st season, is located on a wooded 15-acre site and brings a community feel to the summer camp experience for campers age 3 through 15.
Deerkill offers children a chance to pick up a new sport or hobby, learn to swim and form lifelong friendships this summer. The diverse program includes professional swim instruction in large heated pools, an array of athletics on fields sized for younger and older children, creative and performing arts such as arts and crafts, ceramics, woodworking, dance, theater, and digital photography, and specialties such as karate and nature, among other activities. A new 28-foot climbing tower and 250-foot zipline were also recently added to the program.
Deerkill offers door-to-door daily transportation on mini air-conditioned buses, staffed with professional drivers and bus counselors. The Directors are on the camp grounds every day and accessible by phone by day and night; there is no large administrative staff and all the individual group leaders are adults, many of whom are teachers.
2018 Session (July 2 to August 24)
All campers may register for 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 weeks. New campers may also register for 2 weeks for their first summer. For those campers registered for 5, 6, or 7 weeks, parents may choose any weeks throughout the summer.
With the exception of horseback riding, an optional elective, there are no extra charges at Deerkill. They do not allow tipping, a large expense at many camps, and tuition includes the following:
- Family weekend pool club at no additional cost. Every Saturday and Sunday from 12-5 plus Wednesday July 4th. Open Saturday June 30 to Sunday August 19
- Door-to-door transportation by air-conditioned mini-buses supervised by bus counselors
- Hot lunches prepared daily in our own modern kitchen
- Field trips and all camp supplies
- Ice cream and Ices for afternoon snack
- Daily towel service
- Group photo, camp shirt, backpack, DVD yearbook, Fall Festival, winter reunions
Tuition varies by camper age and pick-up and session length. You may go to their website and enter your child’s information to see rates for the 2018 summer and request a brochure. For more information call 1-845-354-1466, email office@deerkilldaycamp.com or log onto www.deerkilldaycamp.com.
