Overnight Camps: Mentoring & Leadership Development

Camp Launch provides eligible students in grades 7-10 with unique academic and enrichment opportunities. Campers are recruited from school districts throughout Virginia to participate in this two-week residential program with courses in STEM, Writing, and Personal Development.

Camp Orbit is a two-week extension of Camp Launch and is designed to provide 5-6 Camp Launch alums with an opportunity to participate in hands-on research and mentorship with a W&M or VIMS professor.

Located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, YMCA Camp Silver Beach is an overnight summer camp for ages 8 to 16, set on 151 amazing acres filled with forests, trees and wetlands and surrounded by the beautiful Chesapeake Bay. Campers enjoy beachfront and land activities like swimming, Alpine Tower, tubing, sailing, sports, games, performing arts, and more. This is true paradise—and best of all, it’s just for kids and teens (and, okay, some pretty awesome counselors, lifeguards and instructors too).

One-week and two-week sessions are available.
All inclusive overnight camp experience