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Camp Name: JCC Camp Kingswood
Camp Focus: Jewish, General
Owner: Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
Director: Kathy Jonas
Address:
Summer: 104 Wildwood Road Bridgton, ME  04009
Winter: 333 Nahanton Street Newton, MA  02459
Phone Number:
summer: 207-647-3969
winter: 617-244-5124
Fax Number:
Summer: 207-647-3828
Winter: 617-244-1289
Email: info@kingswood.org
Website: www.kingswood.org
Camp Type: Kingswood is a warm, welcoming place where personal growth and development, outdoor living, and Jewish values form the core of its program
Camp Season:
Session 1: Wed 6/28 to Sun 7/23
Session 2: Mon 7/24 to Wed, 8/16
Full Session: Wed 6/28 to Wed, 8/16
2-Week Sessions: Wed 6/28 to Tue 7/11 & Mon 7/24 to Sun 8/6
Maccabi Basketball Camp: Sunday 8/6 to Wed 8/16
Setting: JCC Camp Kingswood is located on 100 acres of towering pines bordering Woods Pond, a spring-fed lake in southern Maine's Lake Region.
The modern, well-maintained facilities include:
A fully equipped waterfront, including canoes, sailboats, funyaks and speedboats for waterskiing and wake-boarding, Tennis and basketball courts, Athletic fields and Gaga pit , Ropes course and climbing wall, Crafts and ceramics center, Darkroom, Multi-purpose recreation halls, Centrally located cabins with six to 12 campers in each cabin, Dining hall and Kosher kitchen Health Center
Gender: Coed
Camp Capacity: 200 campers each session
Pricing: =Introduction to camping: 2 weeks:  $1350 plus fees
Session 1 or 2 (31/2 weeks): $2625 plus fees
5 and 1/2 weeks: $3573 plus fees
Full Summer, (7 weeks): $4300 plus fees
CIT Summer: $3350 plus fees
Maccabi Basketball: $1300
Slogan: "An unforgettable, fun summer experience!"

Celebrating its diverse camper population, JCC Camp Kingswood's program focuses on five key areas.  These include:

1.      Personal Growth-The camp provides a safe, challenging community where enduring friendships take root.  It fosters the traits of loyalty, integrity and respect for self and others.
2.      Jewish Identity-Jewish tradition and values are seamlessly woven into camp life-from the uplifting Shabbat experience to the practice of "gemilut chasadim," acts of loving-kindness.  Staff helps transmit a love and appreciation for Jewish living.
3.      Israel-Building a connection to Israel- the land and her people- is an integral part of camp life.  The many Israeli staff reinforce this bond.  Israeli Day celebrations are a high point of the summer. 
4.      Protecting Nature-The beautiful and resource rich campsite provides a wonderful laboratory for campers to discover the awesomeness of the outdoors.  Camp provides ample opportunities to learn about nature and how to preserve and protect it.
5.      Athletics-Sports and athletic competition provide an opportunity for campers to grow and learn about teamwork.  A wide-range of sports and adventure programs help campers gain mastery over skills and grow into happy, self-confident adolescents and young adults.

Camp Kingswood is an overnight camp for boys and girls entering grades 3-11. Located on a beautiful lake in southern Maine, Kingswood offers a wide variety of athletic, creative arts and cultural activities in two, three and a half and seven week sessions.

What is Kingswood? Most of all, it is a community . a caring Jewish environment for discovering your potential, learning about sportsmanship and teamwork, building friendships - and just having fun!