Philanthropic Camps

Creating a culture of philanthropy at camp provides the entire camp community with an opportunity to be a part of something bigger than yourself. With a captive camp-passionate audience, camps create philanthropic opportunities that fit within their existing programs to create initiatives that help to provide the gift of summer camp through SCOPE.

Summer Strides4SCOPE

SCOPE partners with camps to engage, educate and activate their campers, staff, and camp families to help less fortunate children gain access to similar camp experiences their camp provides.

Strides4SCOPE can be as creative as you’d like! Other activities include: Camp Carnival, Canteen Fund Donations, Car/Golf Cart Wash, Family Fun Day, Gaga Tournament, Staff Tournaments, Smores4SCOPE and so much more! Contact our SCOPE team to get started.

Explore Camp Strides for SCOPE

Camps Who are Making Strides for SCOPE in Summer 2026

SCOPE is partnering with camps across the country to engage, educate, and activate their camp communities in an effort to support SCOPE.

Banner Day Camp
Berkshire Soccer Academy
Camp Birchmont
Camp Canadensis
Catalina Island Camps
Chestnut Lake Camp
Coleman Country Day Camp
Crestwood Country Day Camp
Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge
Camp IHC
Iroquois Springs Camp
Island Lake Camp
Camp Kawaga

Kenmont and Kenwood Camp
Camp Kinder Ring
Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods Camps
Camp Lakota
Camp Lenox
Camp Lindenmere
Camp Mah-Kee-Nac
North Shore Day Camp
Camp Ojibwa
Pierce Country Day Camp
Pocono Springs Camp
Point O’Pines Camp for Girls
Camp Pontiac

Camp Scatico
Shibley Day Camp
Southampton Camp & Club
Camp Taconic
Timber Lake Camp
Timber Lake West Camp
Camp Towanda
Trail’s End Camp
Tripp Lake Camp
Tyler Hill Camp
Walton’s Grizzly Lodge
Camp Watitoh
Camp Westmont
Willow Lake Day Camp

kids putting fists together — Support SCOPE

Dance-a-thon at summer camp — Dance-A-Thon

visiting day at camp — Visiting Day Events

kids doing 5k walk a thon — Walk-A-Thon 5K

swim instructor teaching kids how to swim — Swim Events - Water Day

Camp it Forward

Camp it Forward is a chance for your camp to offer your camp families the opportunity to win FREE tuition (including winning their paid tuition back) for camp this summer! All proceeds go to SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education), to help pave the path to camp and beyond for children from under-resourced communities. SCOPE campership recipients attend nonprofit, ACA-Accredited, overnight, SCOPE partner camps.

Camp it Forward with SCOPE

SCOPE Philanthropic Camp of the Year

This prestigious annual recognition is given to one summer camp in celebration of their generous commitment to SCOPE. The SCOPE Board of Directors nominates and votes on a camp whose contributions to SCOPE throughout the year are influential beyond the borders of summer.

More clearly than ever, our SCOPE community is creating pathways to potential because, through a camp experience, children will learn, discover, and grow into their full potential, furthering their success in the classroom, furthering their success in college, and furthering their success and in their careers and in their lives. At Coleman Country, SCOPE is a big part of our culture. We’ve worked hard and we’ve done a lot of great events. Everything from TikTok challenges, our annual SCOPE Fun Run, to an alumni gaga tournament. If you have not yet done a Stride for SCOPE event at your camp, this is your summer.

– Adam Baker, Owner/Director of Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge

The SCOPE Philanthropic Camp of the Year Award demonstrates meaningful progress toward fundraising and community involvement in support of SCOPE.

Philanthropic Camp of the Year Recipients

2025 Camps Equinunk & Blue Ridge

Keeping Youth Engaged

Young SCOPE philanthropists can create fun and impactful service projects throughout the year to give back to the camp community (and receive community service credit)!

The JLC gives teens opportunities to raise funds and awareness for SCOPE individually and in a group.

Thank You

Thank you to the following camps for supporting SCOPE’s mission, sharing the value of giving back through SCOPE, and creating meaningful and engaging initiatives in their camp communities throughout the year. The list includes camps who have participated in any of our give-back initiatives and/or made contributions in our 2022, 2023, and 2024 fiscal years.