a week of basic training, bonding and adventure.

AT MILITARY KIDS CAMP, children of soldiers get a chance to experience military life as their parents did through exciting workshops and exercises like boot camp and cadence calls. These activities take place alongside classic camp activities such as swimming, hiking, ropes courses and wall climbing. Military Kids Camp is more than just fun and games, though. It offers boys and girls a chance to meet new friends with the same family background in a nurturing, healing environment.

Campers include children of active duty soldiers as well as those of soldiers who were wounded or killed in action. Many of these boys and girls must deal with frequent moves, heightened anxieties and, as is the case for Gold Star children, the death of a parent. Military Kids Camp plays an important role in easing these worries and fostering self-confidence.

The Colors of Summer.

The familiar sounds of summer can be heard at The Salvation Army’s 706-acre Hidden Falls Camp every June and July. Kids laughing and splashing in the pool, cheers from first-time climbers on the high ropes course, and the rhythmic twang of bow strings on the archery range. But for one week each summer, the camp also echoes with the sounds of brightly colored battalions proclaiming the superior skills of “tigers” and “gators” while marching in formation to activities.