During our school break programs campers will bundle up and spend time outdoors connecting with nature. Each day offers a new adventure where we’ll learn about our environment, connect with friends – both new and old, learn through hands-on activities and games, and of course – PLAY!
Our Brooklyn day programs are based largely out of Prospect Park. Our overnight camp programs are held at our spacious campsite in Northern NJ. Transportation to overnight programs is provided from our Brooklyn office, but you can also choose to provide your own transportation.
Single Day Options:
All Trail Blazers programs are offered on a tiered basis, loosely linked to family income, with additional scholarship opportunities available. Your tier is self-selected during the enrollment process. All Break Camp programs are offered with single day options.
We encourage you to select the tier that makes the most sense for your family. Additional scholarships are available on a limited basis for families to further reduce cost. Contact info@trailblazers.org for more information.
Aftercare (extended care from 4 – 6 pm) is available for a flat fee of $15 per day.
Aftercare pick up is available anytime between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. Aftercare is held indoors at the Trail Blazers Office: 495a Flatbush Avenue.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens (PLG) – Lefferts Carousel Lawn:
We’ll start and end each day outdoors, with drop off and pick up directly in Prospect Park. We are located at the Prospect Park Carousel lawn – use the park entrance at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard.
Drop off is between 8:30 and 9 am daily. The regular camp day ends at 4 pm, with pick up available between 3:30 and 4 pm each day.
Park Slope (PS) – Prospect Park West and 9th St.:
We’ll start and end each day outdoors, with drop off and pick up directly in Prospect Park. We are located on the lawn between the Lafayette Memorial and Harmony Playground – use the park entrance at Prospect Park West and 9th St.
Drop off is between 8:30 and 9 am daily. The regular camp day ends at 4 pm, with normal day pick up available between 3:30 and 4 pm each day.
Trail Blazers Office – 495A Flatbush Ave.:
We’ll start and end each day indoors, with drop off and pick up directly at our office. We are located at 495A Flatbush Ave. Campers will walk into Prospect Park for a few hours each day.
Drop off is between 8:30 and 9 am daily. The regular camp day ends at 4 pm, with normal day pick up available between 3:30 and 4 pm each day.
Aftercare (extended care from 4 – 6 pm) is available for a flat fee of $15 per day. Aftercare pick up is available anytime between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. Aftercare for all drop-off locations is held indoors at the Trail Blazers Office: 495a Flatbush Avenue.
Inclement Weather Location:
Trail Blazers does not shy away from a little rain or cold weather and will stay outdoors whenever possible; If weather conditions do not allow us to remain outdoors, all locations will utilize our office at 495A Flatbush Avenue.
Rosh Hashanah: Being my Best me!
We are kicking off our school break camps with a day focused on the best part of Trail Blazers: our campers! Your child will engage in a full day centered around establishing a strong sense of self and creating healthy habits for a fulfilling school year. Activities will include grounding and self care practices, exploration of healthy habits, and engaging with the benefits of engaging with the outdoors.
Yom Kippur: Weather Wonders of Fall
As we transition into Fall, we begin to experience a lot of changes in weather. At this break camp, campers will learn all about the changing of the seasons and the natural processes that start to happen. Your child will have the opportunity to ask questions as we explore outside, create art about the processes occurring in Fall, and more!
Diwali: Sprout & Sparkle
During this break camp, campers will sprout new ideas and add some sparkle to the nature around them! We will focus on making found, natural materials into new sparkly treasure. As it is Diwali, the festival of lights, campers will also take home light up nature creations of their own! Campers will appreciate the beauty of nature while learning how to take something old and make it into something new.
Election Day: Youth Voice and Impact!
Local and national elections are an opportunity for our voices to be heard! On Election Day campers will explore what topics and projects are meaningful to them, and engage in activities emphasizing the strength and impact of the youth voice.
Veterans Day: Community stewardship and engagement is a pillar of Trail Blazers philosophy. On this day honoring the service of community members, campers will explore ways to serve, engage with, and appreciate our local community. Activities will focus around the power and potential of youth stewardship, establishing meaningful connections, and exploring what it means to be a good neighbor.
Winter Break:
As we brave the coldest months in New York City, mid-winter recess is the time to ignite new fires! Here at Trail Blazers, we know that sustainable futures must start with radical imagination and collaborative critical thinking. Campers will engage in activities that reimagine and explore architecture, urban design, environmental technology, and sustainable design. Groups will be challenged to work collaboratively to design, create, build, and model man-made environmental challenges and possible solutions.
Spring Break:
Spring has sprung in New York, and here at Trail Blazers we take it as a reminder of all the beautiful cycles that begin, end, and keep us rolling as the snow melts away and the city blooms. During this week-long camp, campers will explore the plant and animal life cycles triggered by warming weather. Participants will get their hands dirty investigating decomposition and germination, learn how things grow, and challenge themselves to reflect on their own cycles of growth and change this year.
We believe our program is the best but is it the best fit for your child?
At Trail Blazers, we are passionate about being outside and care deeply about providing high quality care and experiences for our campers and families. If you are new to Trail Blazers or new to our day camps, please watch our virtual info session.
Because we do things differently from most other camps, we hope that you will take time to consider the following in order to ensure that we are a good fit for you and your family:
LITTLE LEGS AND BATHROOMS: Being in the park means we may not be directly next to a bathroom at all times. Staff are trained to make regular visits to the restrooms and map the day’s activities around bathroom locations. Your camper should be able to recognize that they need to use the bathroom, tell their group leader, and then possibly walk a short distance to the closest restroom.
HEALTHY INDEPENDENCE: Throughout the day, our campers learn a lot about self-management: packing their own backpack, getting ready for lunch, hiking in the park, and telling their group leader what they need. Our caring staff are always there to help and support campers but campers should be ready to take on those challenges in increasingly more independent ways.
UNSTRUCTURED PLAY: We believe that children learn best through experiential play and that the creative process of figuring out an activity is of equal or greater value than the activity itself. Unstructured free play allows kids to learn more and learn differently than highly structured, instructor-led activities. Each day at camp has lots of play built in, during which we explicitly train staff to observe and facilitate as needed but allow our campers to take the lead.
OUTDOORS RAIN OR SHINE: As a nature-loving adventure program, we operate almost entirely outdoors, seeking shelter within the park if needed and moving indoors only if absolutely necessary.
LOUD SINGING: Your camper will come home singing camp songs incessantly, and will more than likely require you to sing along! Are you ready for that fun?
If you’re looking for an exciting program where your loved ones will develop valuable life skills, build meaningful relationships and have a ton of fun as they spend their days completely outdoors? Look no further than Trail Blazers.
Our camps are designed around a small group experience. We believe that challenges are essential to a child’s ability to grow and we include team building activities each day. Through these activities, campers learn how to work together, how to problem solve, and in turn build more meaningful relationships with one another.
Each program offers an environmentally focused theme, we’ll learn all about our planet, all the living things it is home to, and how best to take care of it! Campers will engage in hands-on activities focused on developing hard and valuable life skills. We’ll practice basic survival skills, knot-tying, plant and animal identification, and more!
At Trail Blazers we fully embrace the outdoors. Rain or shine, provided it is safe, we will opt outside. We spend our days exploring the beauty of the world around us.
We strive to make camp accessible to everyone! We serve a diverse community of campers and search for staff from all backgrounds that bring unique skills and experiences with them to camp. We believe there is tremendous value in learning to interact with those that are different from us.
“Our son is a 100% remote learner, so we can’t tell you how important it was for him to get out and be with other children. In addition to the planned program aspects, so much of what our son reported was the fun the kids made for themselves, and we are so grateful that Trail Blazers makes room for that!”
~ PARENT
“I felt so comfortable with the staff and confident that my child was in great hands with them during the day. My daughter couldn’t stop talking about her group leaders and all the friends she made. I’m very happy we found this program!”
~ PARENT
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