Camp Micah takes campers aged 7 to 17. They are grouped into bunks by grade — the youngest group is for the lower primary grades and the oldest for the senior high-school years — and each bunk has its own counsellors living in it.
Campers come for the full season or for a single session. There is also a shorter two-week option, open only to first-time campers in the youngest grades.
The camp is in Bridgton, Maine, on a secluded lake with full waterfront and 2,000 feet of frontage. The campus holds seven tennis courts, a heated half-Olympic pool, an indoor dome with a basketball court and turf field, a gymnastics and fitness complex, an art studio, a performing arts centre, a ropes course, a Ninja Warrior course and a skate park.
A bunk holds eight or nine campers with two or three counsellors. Each bunk has two hot-water showers, two sinks and two toilets, so washing happens inside the bunk. Boys and girls live in separate areas of the campus.
The camp is not kosher, but pork and shellfish are never served and kosher options are available. The kitchen is nut-free, with individual peanut butter packets kept in the dining hall, and a dedicated chef cooks for celiac, dairy-free, sesame, vegetarian and vegan campers and staff. Salad bars run at lunch and dinner.
No. Campers do not access the internet at camp. A music player without internet access is allowed and books are encouraged. Families keep in touch by letters and one-way emails, and each family can schedule one phone call with their camper per session.
The camp has a full health centre staffed through the summer by five full-time registered nurses and an assistant nurse, with a doctor on site. Bridgton Hospital is about a ten-minute drive away.
Six activity periods — three in the morning and three in the afternoon, with a rest hour after lunch. Campers rank their activity preferences online before camp and get a personal schedule they can adjust once they arrive. Wednesdays and Saturdays are special programme days for trips, events and Shabbat.
Clothing is deliberately not a focus. Campers buy a short list of Micah items — three t-shirts and a sweatshirt — plus a white Micah shirt for Shabbat dinner and services. The rest of the time they wear whatever is comfortable and suits the activity.
The stay, all meals, the activity programme, camp trips, laundry and ground transportation to and from the pick-up areas in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Portland, Maine. An outing and personal fee is added to the bill, and baggage transportation, the required Micah clothing, optional linen rental, optional private tennis lessons and medication packaging are billed separately.
