Dallas, PA
Camp Orchard Hill has been a leader in Christian Camping since 1972. Camp Orchard Hill provides a life-changing experience to thousands of children and families each year. Best Week Ever camps are a safe place for children to grow their faith, engage with the beauty of creation and test the limits of adventure and creativity!
Explore on the camp’s website ↗Camp Orchard Hill opened in 1972 on 140 acres in Dallas with cabins, lodge, dining hall, lake and pool where 500 children attend each week of the summer.
A summer camp experience, for one week or ten weeks, becomes a unique grit building opportunity for campers to stand independently, flex their muscles and stretch their boundaries. Traditional measures of success like family income and test scores fade away. Within the safety and structure of the camp day is room for curiosity, discovery, risk and even failure! It is the perfect environment to celebrate a challenge, evaluate new strategies and summon the motivation to try again and again. Campers arrive home at the end of the day or week of camp sweaty and exhausted with sand in their shoes, with great personal satisfaction, and with newfound grit!
"Camp Orchard Hill continues to improve its facilities, programs, activities and staff so that we can meet the physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs of our guests." — Jim Payne, Executive Director, who has served on staff since 1996 and as Executive Director since 1998.
Explore on the camp’s website ↗"I love to see the same kids year after year experience God in new ways. Camp is all about relationships – campers with campers, campers with the counselors and most importantly, campers with our Savior Jesus Christ." — Derek Hodne, Program Director
Explore on the camp’s website ↗As an accredited member of the American Camping Association, you can be assured that we comply with up to 300 health, safety and program quality standards. Being accredited by the ACA is solid proof of our accountability, credibility and commitment to you, the parents, and your campers. Accreditation through the American Camping Association is a rigorous and optional process that Camp Orchard Hill first completed in 2010. Accredited camps welcome an ACA site visit every 5 years in order to maintain their status.
Read more on the camp’s website ↗We take food quality seriously…and every meal is a party at Best Week Ever! Our campers consistently rank meals in their TOP 3 favorite aspects of the camp experience. Food Services Director, Stan Kardish, takes great pride in consistently providing wholesome, nutritious food that tastes great. Campers can expect fresh meals prepared on-site and served buffet style. Our menu changes daily. The majority of meals include a starch, protein, vegetable, fruit and a dessert option. We intentionally avoid peanut-based cooking products in the main dining room, but soy butter and jelly are available at each meal. Our food service team will label food items with the top 9 allergens so that campers with preferences and sensitivities can make appropriate selections. In the event of a severe allergy, our team will prepare a safe alternative.
Read more on the camp’s website ↗We now plan to replace the five original cabins with five new cabins. The new cabins will feature four individual guest rooms with bathrooms and showers attached to each room. Each cabin will be ADA accessible so that every guest can attend Camp Orchard Hill. While the buildings will change, new memories will be created in the new cabins by our current and future campers and staff.
Read more on the camp’s website ↗At Camp Orchard Hill, we plan every activity with your child's safety in mind. In the unlikely event that he or she requires medical attention while at camp, COH is prepared with a registered nurse on duty 24/7, certified lifeguards, and staff certified in CPR and First Aid. If your child has an accident or illness, we will use the primary contact information that you have provided on their health form, as well as alternate contacts if you cannot be reached. If it is necessary to seek medical attention, every attempt will be made to contact parents prior to treatment and again at the conclusion of treatment to provide an update on the camper's health.
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