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About the Emmaus House Summer Camps

Camp Mikell

Day Camp - each summer, Emmaus House hosts a free 7 week day camp for 125 – 150 elementary students and ends with a four night visit to Camp Mikell in the North Georgia mountains.  We also offer an arts based camp for a small group of middle schoolers.  Registration occurs in early May for both programs.




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Emmaus House hosts a summer day camp at D.H. Stanton Elementary school for 150 neighborhood children in kindergarten through fifth grade.  Our goal is to provide memorable camp experiences that are safe, help to reduce summer learning loss, connect kids to nature, expose kids to cultural institutions, offer physical activities, and include healthy nutritious food.  Since our earliest days, Emmaus House has been providing safe and enriching summer experiences at no cost to children in Peoplestown who otherwise would be left at home unsupervised.  Children comprise a third of the neighborhood and the majority of those under six live below the poverty line in single parent households.  Fulton County’s Division of Family and Children Services also reports that our zip code has the highest rates of child neglect in the county.  The camp operates June to July and concludes with a three night stay at Camp Mikell.  For most of our campers this is their only opportunity to travel outside of the city.