2012 Summer Camps
WorkLife Programs encourages Purdue University faculty and staff to use the following resources below to assist you in your research for selecting summer camp options in the Greater Lafayette area. WorkLife Programs does not endorse any of these organizations. At the time of publication, these were the facilities that were investigated. The list may not be comprehensive. If you know of a facility that should be listed, please e-mail worklife@purdue.edu and we will see that it gets added.
How to Choose a Summer Camp
Choosing a summer camp program for your child involves some important research. Visit the National Camp Association's How to Choose a Summer Camp Web site for information on key factors to consider when making a well-informed choice of a camp.
Local Summer Camps
- General Summer Camps
- Animal Interest Camps
- Educational Camps
- Residential Camps
- Sports Camps
- Arts and Theatre Camps
General Summer Camps
- Arc of Tippecanoe County – Camp SPARKS
- Boy Scouts of America – Sagamore Council - Summer Camps
- Camp Tecumseh YMCA Outdoor Center | Online registration
- Faith Community Ministries | Adventure Camp
- Girls Scouts of Central Indiana
- Greater Lafayette YWCA Summer Camp
- Hanging Rock Christian Assembly, Inc. Summer Camp
- Hanna Community Center | Summer Camp
- Just Us Kids
- Kinder Care Learning Center | Camps
- Lafayette Family YMCA | Straight Arrow Day Camp
- McAllister Parks & Recreation Camps
- Military Families Research Institute - Operation Purple Camp
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Animal Interest Camps
- Boiler Vet Camp
- Camp Tecumseh YMCA Outdoor Center | Online registration
- Camp Tecumseh | Equestrian Camp
- Columbian Park Zoo Discovery Camps
- Pony Brook Stables Summer Camps
- Wild About Horses Equestrian Center
- Wolf Park | Kids' Wolf Behavior Seminars and Day Camps
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Educational Camps
- College of Science - Adventures in Computer Science Summer Camp
- ID Tech Camps
- Imagination Station Summer Camps
- Lafayette Urban Ministry | Fifth Quarter Summer Learning Program
- Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy
- Purdue University College of Science - ScienceScape
- Purdue University College of Technology Summer Camps
- Purdue University Diversity Initiatives Office / College of Education / EXCITE
- Purdue University Gifted Education Resource Institute
GERI Summer residential camp
GERI Super Summer camp - Women in Engineering Summer Camps
Engineering FYI: For Your Imagination
Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering (EDGE)
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Residential Camps
- Camp Tecumseh YMCA Outdoor Center | Online registration
- College of Science - Adventures in Computer Science Summer Camp
- Girls Scouts of Central Indiana
- ID Tech Camps
- Purdue University College of Science - ScienceScape
- Purdue University College of Technology Summer Camps
- Purdue University Diversity Initiatives Office / College of Education / EXCITE
- Purdue University Gifted Education Resource Institute
GERI Summer residential camp - Purdue Women's Soccer Camps
- Women in Engineering Summer Camps
Engineering FYI: For Your Imagination
Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering (EDGE)
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Sports Camps 
- Carl Landry Basketball Camp
- Central Catholic Summer Camps
- Dance Moves & Gymnastics Summer Camps
- Faith Community Ministries | Sports Camps
- Jefferson High School | Summer Sports Camps
- Lafayette Area Gymnastics Club Summer Camp
- McCutcheon high school Athletics Summer Camps
- Purdue Bowling - Player Development Camp
- Purdue Coaches Golf School
- Purdue Jr. Boiler Golf Program
- Purdue Sports Camps
Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Softball, Diving, Swimming - Purdue Track and Field Camp
- Purdue Women’s Soccer Camps
- Wack - Water Adventure Camp
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Arts and Theatre Camps 
- All Fired Up Summer Camp | Registration
- Art Museum of Greater Lafayette/Drawing Magic Summer Camp
- Bach Chorale Children's Choir S.I.N.G.S!
- BIG Improv Camp
- Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette
- Dance Moves & Gymnastics Summer Camps
- KidzArt Classes and Summer Camp
- Lala Gallery & Studio Summer Clay Camp
- Marla's Music n Motion
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