Future Families

Camp is divided into 2 sessions: 4 weeks and 3 weeks for a total of 7 weeks. Children can attend  7, 4 or 3 weeks. We function as a 7 week camp, so the schedule is not redundant for those who stay for the full summer (1 Carnival, 1 Banquet, 1 Visiting Day, 1 Olympics, etc).

Yes. Groups travel together to activities, which are scheduled by our head-counselors and tailored toward specific age groups. There are 3 activity periods per day as well as a general swim for the entire camp. After dinner we have free play that allows a child to choose any activity he/she wants.

The children live in a variety of houses (depending on their age). All houses have large porches, screened windows, electricity and have their own bathrooms with sinks, stall toilets, stall showers with hot and cold running water. Counselors live in separate rooms (without doors) attached to the campers rooms.

We have a 2 pools. A deep pool and a shallow pool for non-swimmers and swim instruction. Weather permitting, we swim at least once per day. We have American Red Cross certified lifeguards and Water Safety Swim Instructors. We also have a lake just for fishing and boating.

Brothers, sisters and friends have numerous opportunities to see each other. 3 times daily we gather prior to meals as an entire camp. During free play, children can be with whomever they choose. We have many camp-wide activities: dances, Carnival, Olympics, Thursday and Sunday BBQ/picnics, etc.)

We do not take trips out of camp. We have over 1000 acres of land and plenty of activities to keep the children occupied in a safe and happy controlled environment.

Private tours of camp can be scheduled at your convenience throughout the year. We have several “Open Houses” in the New York area as well as Florida during the year to meet interested campers and parents. We also conduct private interviews in your home.

An average group has 10 children the same age. Each group has 3 or 4 staff members.

The majority of our staff is home grown. Our counselors are former campers who have graduated through our CIT (Counselor-in-Training) program. We are able to choose and groom those who we feel will best take care of your children. All staff participate in several pre-season orientations as well as a 5 day pre-camp orientation.

Yes. As long as they are the same age (we don’t differentiate between someone born before or after the summer)

Groups are balanced to include both new and returning campers to avoid any disadvantage to newly arriving campers.

We have an air-conditioned infirmary overseen by our Health Director who is a registered nurse. A local pediatrician’s office as well as an urgent-care facility are located 6 miles from camp. Albany Medical Center is 22 miles away. If your child needs to be seen by one of the above or needs to spend the night in the infirmary, you will be contacted.

Not only is the food at Tranquillity nutritious and plentiful, but children actually love our food! Meals are prepared from scratch by our kitchen staff, led by our culinary trained Chef in our modern state-of-the-art kitchen. Campers sit with their group and counselors in our beautiful dining room. Food is served family style and is unlimited. There are always baskets of bread (white & wheat) on the table and pitchers of ice water. Lunch and dinner are always full course meals: juice or soup, a protein, rice, pasta or potato, vegetable, as well as salad. Fruit juice for meat meals, milk (2%) and chocolate milk for dairy meals. We only use kosher meat. There is always peanut butter & jelly on the tables, but we are careful not to cook with any nut products and we are sensitive to those with nut allergies. We also offer gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan options, as well as other dietary needs. Of course there’s always dessert; ice cream sundaes, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, chocolate or vanilla pudding, jello, lots of fresh fruit. Breakfast? – orange juice, bananas, yogurt, cereal, hot chocolate and either pancakes, french toast, waffles, bagels, muffins, and more.