Our Impact
OUR MISSION
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Madison County Children's Camp to provide a program of fun, educational, and safe camp activities that will help children attending to thrive physically and emotionally, gain an understanding of their importance and place in the community, and develop the life skills necessary for positive, productive relationships with peers, family members, and other adults in their lives.
Annually the camp provides a favorable environment for fun, an atmosphere of physical and emotional safety, cooperative game playing to build group trust and self-awareness, and equal opportunity for all campers regardless of circumstances. Camper selection is determined without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, or national origin.
Positive surroundings and constant feedback allow children to gain a special perspective regarding their importance and place in the community as they learn strategies to meet life's challenges.
PROGRAMS
CAMPER PROGRAM
Camp Lookout's program of activities includes nature studies, arts and crafts, swimming and canoeing, and individual and team sports. Our program also includes cooperative games and activities such as the Field of Awareness, a series of stations with physical activities that require individual and group cooperation to succeed. Structured cabin time for reading aloud and thoughtful discussions in a caring environment. Through a variety of wholesome, fun, and challenging acitvities campers gain self awareness and confidence, build group trust, and develop valuable life skills necessary for positive, productive relationships with peers, family members, and other adults in their lives.
COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM
As an extension of our camper program, we also provide a Counselor-in Training (CIT) program for youth, ages 14-16. Each summer, approximately seventy CIT 's will spend a week or more at camp working under the trained staff, developing their own leadership skills while helping to facilitate camp activities. Annually approximately two thirds of our CIT 's are former campers and two thirds of our counselors are former CIT 's.
