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Introducing Next Gen: A One-Week Mini Camp Just for 12-Year-Olds

By Odyssey Teen Camp | September 24, 2025 | Comments Off on Introducing Next Gen: A One-Week Mini Camp Just for 12-Year-Olds
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We’re thrilled to announce a brand-new addition to Odyssey Teen Camp: Next Gen, a special one-week session created just for 12-year-olds. From July 26 to August 1, 2026, this program provides younger campers with the perfect introduction to OTC. Think of it as a first step into the Odyssey experience. Campers will get a real taste…

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Touch Grass: How Summer Camp Reconnects Us to Our Authentic Self

By Chloe Fitzpatrick | February 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Touch Grass: How Summer Camp Reconnects Us to Our Authentic Self
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Last month, I wrote a blog post about the importance of honoring one’s authentic self. We talk a lot about that at camp – about being exactly who you are. But how a teenager, or anyone, gets to “know” that authentic self in order to “be” that, is a whole other topic. Emotions live in…

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Honoring The Needs of Our Teenagers

By Chloe Fitzpatrick | December 17, 2024 | Comments Off on Honoring The Needs of Our Teenagers
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“Every human being has a true, genuine, authentic self. Trauma is the disconnection from it, and healing is the return to it.” – Gabor Mate We are in a moment in which every single young person who identifies as LGBTQAI+ is hearing messages that they are unworthy of love. Either explicitly through hateful rhetoric, or…

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The World’s Most Therapeutic, Non-Therapeutic Summer Camp

By Adam Simon | October 31, 2024 | Comments Off on The World’s Most Therapeutic, Non-Therapeutic Summer Camp
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I started Odyssey Teen camp twenty-three years ago because I wanted to create a place to help teenagers who might be struggling. We didn’t advertise ourselves that way, but I believe most teenagers struggle to feel good about themselves and that many suffer in silence. I know I did when I was a teenager. I…

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Navigating Pronouns: Supporting Your Gender-Nonconforming Teen with Love and Acceptance

By Odyssey Teen Camp | March 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Navigating Pronouns: Supporting Your Gender-Nonconforming Teen with Love and Acceptance
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For parents of gender non-conforming teens, understanding and using new preferred pronouns can be an incredibly important gesture of love and acceptance. For some parents, this can be quite challenging. Making the switch from “he” to “she” or “she” to “they” may bring up feelings of grief, confusion, or even inadequacy. We want to provide…

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A Non-Profit Overnight Summer Camp For Teens Ages 13-18
Located in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.

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