Camp: Destination

More fun from Tuesday of Palooza Week, the best week of summer as always - featuring lots of Sumo Wrestling, but still, some other fun in STEM & our favorite All-Camp Dance: Hips Don't Lie!

Well, do you want to see how the fun REALLY went down?

We don't just have photos of Camp: D Sumo Squad, we have live footage from the ring! Campers today, again, practiced the art of Sumo in this brand-new Camp: Destination Spectacular, using all of their Sumo Might to score points for their Karate Helmet Teams - Red and Blue alike!

Did your camper make it into the ring? Check it out here!

Well, do we know about fun, or what!? Today, we officially kicked off a brand-new choice - Camp: D Sumo Squad!

Campers were wrapped with pillows, ties, and oversized hoodies, and officially saw themselves within the ring of Camp: Destination - Sumo Style! Practicing the art of Sumo - using only bodyweight (in our case, stuffed bodyweight) to push a competitor out of the "octagon," we became Sumo Masters in this epic new choice!

Check out some footage from our first day of Sumo Squad here - it's going to be an awesome week ahead!

We want to wish a Happy Father's Day to all the Fathers, Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, Male Role Models, & Male Caregivers in our Camp: Destination Community - all of whom do so much to support our campers in so many ways!

We hope you have a restful, enjoyable, relaxing, & fulfilling day - and that you know we at Camp: Destination are celebrating you all year long.

WEEK 5 | PALOOZA: DID YA CATCH THAT?

It's our favorite week of the summer! That's right - the Palooza is here, and we cannot wait to film the TWELFTH Installment of everyone's favorite Reality TV Spectacular! In this annual tradition - campers will be working to create & edit their very own Music Videos, each of which will be compiled alongside interviews & footage of camp life to create the Palooza!

All registered families should check their emails for more information related to Week 5 at Camp: Destination, including the Programs, Announcements, & other pieces of relevant information to support a successful week for your camper. If you have any questions or concerns - or wish to add Week 5 to your camper's registration, please reach out to [email protected] or (602)-456-0161 for more information.

Costuming information for the Palooza has been sent out in the Weekly Email. Please note that costumes are encouraged, but by no means required - and families should not purchase costumes or costuming items if they do not have them at home. All campers should wear their 2026 Camp: Destination T-Shirt on Friday, June 26th, for the filming of the all-camp dance!

We'll see you tomorrow for Palooza: Did Ya Catch That?

Overall, despite it being a 4-Day Week, it felt like we accomplished four MONTHS of fun during this fourth week of camp! Check out some footage from one of our best weeks ever - the Level Up Arcade!

Yesterday, as a part of our Post Lock-In Programming, we participated in a Special Art Project! Each camper got to choose between a Picture Frame, a Blank Canvas, or a Door Hanger, and use specialty paints & techniques to personalize them into their own!

It was an awesome morning, with some special, calming creations - and some magical art pieces which we know will be kept for a long time to come. Be sure to ask your camper about their project - because let's just say, they turned out AWESOME!

On Wednesday night, we had our first Lock-In of the summer - and wow, we cannot believe it took 12 YEARS to determine an Arcade-Themed Lock-In, because this was one of the BEST in Camp: Destination History!

The Lock-In started off with our 3rd - 5th Grade Campers participating in Immersive Pac-Man & Immersive Streetfighter, whilst our 6th - 9th Grade Campers & L.I.T.'s joined together for The People's Explosion. From there, we played Glow-In-The-Dark, Plants vs. Zombies Dodgeball, Temple Run, and ended the night with our favorite camp game - that only attendees will know how to play (as it was created by Bears in the Neolithic Age...) - concluding with "A Minecraft Movie," featuring Jack Black, we all were certainly glad that we came to such a special event!

While we only snapped a few photos with all the fun we had, the memories certainly prove - this was a Lock-In to remember!