About Us

Mission

The mission of Camp Summit is to provide barrier-free outdoor experiences that promote personal growth and foster independence for children and adults with disabilities.

Vision

Camp Summit is the premier camp for children and adults with disabilities. We change lives by expanding actual and perceived boundaries, and we teach others to value individuals regardless of their abilities.

Values

• Believe all persons have value, rights and abilities and treat them with respect.
• Advocate for the rights of the mentally and physically challenged at all times.
• Encourage camper participation, independence and creativity in all activities at an appropriate but challenging level.
• Provide a barrier –free, safe environment for outdoor experiences.
• Support families by offering respite opportunities.
• Accept all ages, disabilities and income levels.

Providing a residential camping experience for people with disabilities for over 63 years

Camp Summit offers weeklong camp sessions during the summer and fall months and spring break and weekend sessions and respite days in the fall and spring seasons. Campers are offered a wide variety of traditional camp activities in our barrier-free environment which includes

• a specially-designed swimming pool,
• adapted tree house,
• horseback riding,
• adapted ropes challenge course,
• sensory garden,
• adapted playground,
• covered outdoor gymnasium,
• lodge with fireplace,
• fishing pond,
• camp sites
• outdoor chapel

As our name implies, our goal is to help children and adults with disabilities reach their own personal peak by providing recreational, therapeutic and social activities in an authentically natural camp setting. The benefits of our camping program are endless! Campers are encouraged to try new experiences in order to gain self-confidence, increase personal independence and learn cooperation.

Camp Summit's program goal is to provide a fun camping experience for the camper regardless of the severity of their disability.

Camp Summit's campers may range in age from six to ninety-nine years old. We have experienced a unique longevity in our client base due to the fact that we have no upper age limits. Our campers may be developmentally delayed (Down syndrome, Autism, mental retardation, etc.), physically challenged (Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, paralysis, etc.), deaf blind multi-handicapped or have multiple disabilities ranging from mild to severe. At Camp Summit we never deny a campers' participation due to their inability to pay or the severity of their disability. As long as we can medically handle their needs they are welcome at camp.

Our programming not only benefits the camper, but also provides families with a much needed period of respite.

Camp Summit is located in Argyle, Texas, just north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex on 117 acres of land. We are a United Way partner agency, accredited by the American Camp Association and licensed as a Youth Camp in the State of Texas.

Agencies and organizations can book special programs year-round through our A.C.O.R.N. (Agency Cooperative Outdoor Recreational Network) program.

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