Each year Arlington Special Education PTA (SEPTA) hosts a FREE Summer Activities Fair open to the Arlington community to help you plan your family’s summer! Come learn about options for summer learning and adventure. SEPTA invites vendors from near and far– day camps and sleep-away camps, social skills, or outdoor adventure. There is something for every child.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
12:00 PM –3:00 PM
Walter Reed Recreation Center
2909 16th Street South, Arlington, VA
RSVP Here
Activities for the kids and refreshments will be provided.
Vendors can register here.
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We hope this is a good starting place for your family to find summer camp options. This is in no way a comprehensive list and welcome suggested additions. Email info@arlingtonsepta.org.
If you would like to narrow your search you can enter keywords in the search box below to search within each section. You can reach for mention of a specific diagnosis or activity, but keep in mind some entry descriptions may not be as detailed as others. The information within each entry either comes from the provider’s website or has been supplied by the provider.
Day Camps
Adventure Amputee Camp
Biography
AAC’S Summer Camp is held in the mountains of North Carolina (Bryson City) for 5 days during the 2nd week in July – lodging is at the beautiful Nantahala Outdoor Center.
Campers range in age from 8-17 and the camper to counselor ratio is 2:1. Campers and volunteers have come from the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast area. Summer Camp can support up to 38 campers. Each year over 50% of the participants return to camp.
The mission of the Adventure Amputee Camp is to encourage children with amputations or limb differences to stretch their potential and imagination, and explore all that is possible.
Depending on the season, camp activities may include river rafting, high ropes, water skiing or snow skiing, and snow boarding. All activities are modified as necessary to meet the ability and interest level of each camper. Other activities (which can include bowling, crafts, games, swimming, horseback riding, biking, and winter tubing) may be less physically stressful, yet provide many campers an experience that was previously untried, unobtainable, or unimaginable.
Adult volunteers, with and without amputations, are role-models of adults who are living productive and fulfilled lives. The Adventure Amputee Camp provides children with amputations or limb differences the opportunity to nurture the beliefs and behaviors that many things are possible.
WHAT DOES A WEEK OF AAC SUMMER CAMP TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE?
It is held at Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in Bryson City, NC (where we’ve held camp for 25 years now).
Wednesday, July 8 – Campers arrive and the activities begin with white water rafting down the Nantahala River. All rapids are very minimal and each raft has an experienced rafting guide directing us.
Tuesday, July 9 – Go to Waynesville Recreation Center, where we swim, scuba-dive, play disc golf, ride adaptive bikes, play basketball, do yoga, and we end the day with a dodgeball game – campers vs counselors.
Friday, July 10 – Stay at NOC and rotate between zip-lining, 20 foot/40 foot ropes courses, scavenger hunts, cooking demonstrations, etc.
Saturday, July 11 – Go to Lake Fontana for the day where campers enjoy adaptive skiing, tubing, wake-boarding, paddle boards, etc. and we finish our last full day with a cookout/talent show.
Sunday, July 12 – After a few activities, we say our goodbyes.
Overnight Camps
Adventure Amputee Camp
Biography
AAC’S Summer Camp is held in the mountains of North Carolina (Bryson City) for 5 days during the 2nd week in July – lodging is at the beautiful Nantahala Outdoor Center.
Campers range in age from 8-17 and the camper to counselor ratio is 2:1. Campers and volunteers have come from the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast area. Summer Camp can support up to 38 campers. Each year over 50% of the participants return to camp.
The mission of the Adventure Amputee Camp is to encourage children with amputations or limb differences to stretch their potential and imagination, and explore all that is possible.
Depending on the season, camp activities may include river rafting, high ropes, water skiing or snow skiing, and snow boarding. All activities are modified as necessary to meet the ability and interest level of each camper. Other activities (which can include bowling, crafts, games, swimming, horseback riding, biking, and winter tubing) may be less physically stressful, yet provide many campers an experience that was previously untried, unobtainable, or unimaginable.
Adult volunteers, with and without amputations, are role-models of adults who are living productive and fulfilled lives. The Adventure Amputee Camp provides children with amputations or limb differences the opportunity to nurture the beliefs and behaviors that many things are possible.
WHAT DOES A WEEK OF AAC SUMMER CAMP TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE?
It is held at Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in Bryson City, NC (where we’ve held camp for 25 years now).
Wednesday, July 8 – Campers arrive and the activities begin with white water rafting down the Nantahala River. All rapids are very minimal and each raft has an experienced rafting guide directing us.
Tuesday, July 9 – Go to Waynesville Recreation Center, where we swim, scuba-dive, play disc golf, ride adaptive bikes, play basketball, do yoga, and we end the day with a dodgeball game – campers vs counselors.
Friday, July 10 – Stay at NOC and rotate between zip-lining, 20 foot/40 foot ropes courses, scavenger hunts, cooking demonstrations, etc.
Saturday, July 11 – Go to Lake Fontana for the day where campers enjoy adaptive skiing, tubing, wake-boarding, paddle boards, etc. and we finish our last full day with a cookout/talent show.
Sunday, July 12 – After a few activities, we say our goodbyes.
