Camp Fatima
Camp Fatima is located in New Hampshire
Camp Fatima
Camp Fatima
Coordinates43°23′51.9720″N 71°17′48.4080″W / 43.397770000°N 71.296780000°W / 43.397770000; -71.296780000
CampsitesCamp Fatima
Facilities
  • Arts & Crafts Shed
  • Catholic Church
  • Horse Stable
  • Tennis Court
  • Riflery Range
  • Archery Range
  • Boating and Swimming Facilities
  • High and Low Ropes Courses
  • Tetherball Courts
  • Field House
  • Basketball Courts
  • Baseball Fields
Fee$1950 (Regular)
OwnerDarren Van Dzura (Resident Director)
Established1949
Websitebfcamp.com

Camp Fatima is a Catholic overnight summer camp located in Gilmanton Iron Works, NH.[1][2] The camp has a waterfront on the northern shore of Upper Suncook Lake.

History

The camp was founded in 1949 by Richard Boner, after the previous establishment, a Jewish camp named Camp Wingo, closed and relocated to Maine.[3] The camp is named after Our Lady of Fátima, a Marian apparition observed in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu attended Camp Fatima from 1984 to 1989.[4]

Program

Camp Fatima has four normal sessions during the summer. Each session is two weeks long.[2] Along with the normal sessions, the camp also offers a special needs week.[5] The camp programs are as follows:

  • Juniors: Ages 6–10
  • Intermediates: Ages 11–12
  • Seniors: Ages 13–14
  • Club 15: Age 15

For those who wish to attend the camp over the age of 15, they can apply for the CIT (Counselor in Training) program.[1][2] For the campers, the camp has cabins, with each cabin having approximately eight bunk beds.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Home". Camps Bernadette & Fatima. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Camp Fatima for Boys". TeenLife. Boston, MA.
  3. ↑ "History". Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29.
  4. ↑ Garnick, Darren (May 17, 2018). "New Hampshire Summer Camp Memories". New Hampshire Magazine. Yankee Publishing. ISSN 1532-0219. Archived from the original on 2022-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Special Needs and Exceptional Citizens Week". Camps Bernadette & Fatima.
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