Camp Harbor View

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American City & County® magazine named Boston one of eight “America’s Crown Communities" in 2007 for its Camp Harbor View project. Click here to read more.

Now hiring counselors for Summer 2008. Click here for job opportunities.

Cara Gould

Camp Harbor View Executive Director

New Camp Features for Summer of 2008

The number one rule at Camp Harbor View is to have fun! In order to make the number one rule easier to follow, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is working every day to make 2008 a bigger and better summer for the campers.

An aquatics program will be added that includes a new swimming pool, Courageous Sailing and kayaking.

BGCB will begin a Counselor In Training (CIT) program with both summer and year-round components. The program will accept 25 15-year-olds, and the CITs will receive a weekly stipend and be eligable for bonuses and raises based on performance reviews.

Enrollment for returning campers has begun and will be open to the general public soon. Please check back in March for more information about registration for the general public, and exciting additions to Camp Harbor View in 2008.

Camp Harbor View, a summer day camp created by the Camp Harbor View Foundation, Inc., located on Long Island in Boston Harbor, hosted its first campers beginning on July 2, 2007. The campers, boys and girls ages 11 to 14 from across the City of Boston come from every neighborhood in the city and have been selected based on outreach to community organizations and city agencies. Campers are charged $5 for a four-week session ($1.25 per week). A wide range of camp activities are offered through the engagement of program partners.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston was selected by philanthropist and BGCB Senior Advisory Board member Jack Connors and Mayor Thomas M. Menino — whose shared vision created Camp Harbor View —  to operate the camp, providing skilled staff and working with program partners. Camp Harbor View’s Director, Carolyn (Cara) Gould, manages a full-time staff of 45 and 24 junior counselors recruited through the Boston Youth Fund. The camp has an experienced, licensed social worker on staff and healthcare professionals at the on-site health facility donated and staffed by Partners Health Care.

The camp’s hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Campers are transported to and from the camp each day from one of 14 transportation hubs located across the city.

For more information, visit the Camp Harbor View Foundation web site.