Hands In 4 Youth – Camp Vacamas & Afterschool Programs
Hands In 4 Youth / Camp Vacamas, 256 Macopin Rd, West Milford, NJ 7480
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Hands In 4 Youth – Camp Vacamas & Afterschool Programs includes sleepaway camp, day camp, and after school enrichment programs. Children take part in project-based, instructional, competitive, and free-play activities, along with school-year retreats that include outdoor and indoor social, recreational, learning, and team-building activities. Camp Vacamas introduces kids to new environments, people, and fun-learning activities, and campers live, play, and learn together under the supervision of trained youth workers.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
Hands In 4 Youth is a non-profit organization that has been lifting up at risk and underserved children for 100 years, since 1924. It builds on this 100-year history with a year-round calendar of programming that includes summer camp, school-year retreats, and daily after school enrichment programs. Vacamas Day Camp offers weekday theme-based adventures for children in kindergarten through eighth grade, and afterschool programs take place in students’ own schools and communities.
Hands In 4 Youth states a mission of inspiring young people from diverse backgrounds to be fully engaged in school and life so they have opportunity and choice to pursue their dreams. Its stated vision is a world where all children, regardless of their economic and cultural environment, have opportunities and choices to pursue their dreams.
Hands In 4 Youth’s Conference and Retreat Center also serves school, faith-based, corporate, and private groups with outdoor and indoor social, recreational, learning, and team-building activities in a naturally beautiful setting.
Parent and camper stories describe children who attend Camp Vacamas for the first time or over several years, including campers who are shy, eager to return for additional sessions, or have family members who are camp alumni. Testimonials mention campers from places such as West Milford, NJ; Brooklyn, NY; Harlem, NY; Staten Island, NY; Bayshore, NY; and Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, and describe experiences such as making friends, learning to swim in Lake Larriwien, and participating in multiple camp trips.
Last updated July 7, 2026.
• Ages: 5–14 years old
Hands In 4 Youth is a non-profit organization that has been lifting up at risk and underserved children for 100 years, since 1924. It builds on this 100-year history with a year-round calendar of programming that includes summer camp, school-year retreats, and daily after school enrichment programs. Vacamas Day Camp offers weekday theme-based adventures for children in kindergarten through eighth grade, and afterschool programs take place in students’ own schools and communities.
Hands In 4 Youth states a mission of inspiring young people from diverse backgrounds to be fully engaged in school and life so they have opportunity and choice to pursue their dreams. Its stated vision is a world where all children, regardless of their economic and cultural environment, have opportunities and choices to pursue their dreams.
Hands In 4 Youth’s Conference and Retreat Center also serves school, faith-based, corporate, and private groups with outdoor and indoor social, recreational, learning, and team-building activities in a naturally beautiful setting.
Parent and camper stories describe children who attend Camp Vacamas for the first time or over several years, including campers who are shy, eager to return for additional sessions, or have family members who are camp alumni. Testimonials mention campers from places such as West Milford, NJ; Brooklyn, NY; Harlem, NY; Staten Island, NY; Bayshore, NY; and Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, and describe experiences such as making friends, learning to swim in Lake Larriwien, and participating in multiple camp trips.
Last updated July 7, 2026.
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