Located on the shores of Geneva Lake, Holiday Home Camp (HHC) offers a fun and supportive environment in which many of our campers and teens experience true safety and the natural world for the first time. Thus, our purpose is to provide underprivileged children and teens with a respite from often unhealthy, difficult and unsafe home circumstances. We offer these children an alternative and positive lifestyle to which they can aspire – one of respect, responsibility and positive relationships. Our organization delivers a healthy, safe, positive, educational, and recreational camp experience to children who otherwise would not be able to afford it. HHC leverages typical “camp activities” into learning opportunities. Campfires, group games, aquatics, nature hikes, and crafts are infused with outcome-based exercises and challenges designed to develop life skills: responsibility, accountability, trust, communication, teamwork, conflict resolution, problem solving and goal setting. As campers return for multiple seasons, they have the opportunity to build on these life skills and increase their sense of self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance. Many choose to apply for the ELITE Teen program – a leadership camp program that meets monthly, throughout the whole year. HHC does not turn away campers for the inability to pay. Our trained staff work closely with parents to make sure camp is affordable for everyone! History: HHC is a 26-acre facility located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin on the shores of Geneva Lake. The camp was established in 1887 by Chicago industrialists and remains one of the oldest accredited camps in the country still operating in its original location. In fact, the American Camp Association has recognized HHC as a pioneer in the field. HHC was founded during the Fresh Air Movement of the late 1800’s. The objective was to provide an opportunity for fresh air and relaxation for the less fortunate, working poor of urban communities.
