Hive
girls' program for 3rd-6th graders
Camp Overview
Since 1915, Hive has offered campers a summer experience full of fun and friendship. At camp, we intentionally leave behind some of the distractions of our daily worlds. We talk to each other face to face and make our own music. We explore the creek and woods. We laugh together, choose our own adventures, and have fun in a simple setting, tucked between the lake and the hills.
Hivers learn the true value each and every camper brings to the community. With the help of outstanding mentors, Hivers have joyful, activity-filled days while gaining independence, strengthening their problem-solving skills, and living harmoniously with others.
Hive welcomes 3rd-6th grade girls and gender nonbinary youth. Our youngest campers are both 3rd grade graduates and 8 years, 10 months by July 1, 2022. We invite families to learn more about us and discover if our camps are a good fit for you and your child.
The Aloha Foundation offers financial support to more than 100 children at our overnight camps each year. Interested families can apply for campership aid within their camp application. Please contact us with any questions.
2022 Dates & Rates














































2022 Dates & Rates

Welcome to Hive!
Sailing, swimming, archery, tennis, hiking, and more against the backdrop of Vermont’s green mountains set the scene for a playful and fun summer adventure. What sets Hive apart is its dynamic community where there’s a deep sense of belonging and lifelong friendships are made. Around the campfire, under the stars, in the lake, atop the hills, and through the tunnel (it’s a Hive thing), children can be their truest selves while becoming their best selves. Contact me to learn more about what a summer at Hive has to offer; I’m looking forward to talking with you.
– Ellie Thompson Pennell, Hive Director
“Hive provides a fun, safe and healthy environment where our daughter has made new friends, grown socially and emotionally, and had just a fantastic experience.”
Hive Parent
“Hive has to be one of the most supportive, happiest places on earth where children are guided to learn about themselves, be challenged, support one another, make new friends, and be a part of a community and something bigger than themselves while having a unique voice and not being lost in the crowd.”
Hive Parent
“We appreciate the people who run the camps, the campers themselves, the friendships our girls have made, and the experiences they would never have had if they not attended camp. We are grateful.”
Hive Parent
Activities

Archery
Archery is set in a beautiful spot in the woods. Campers learn and practice skills on both beginning targets and regulation distance targets. Experienced counselors provide individual and group instruction, including all safety procedures. Campers quickly progress to enjoy informal tournaments with each other and fun activities. Hivers can choose to shoot for fun or work on ranks.

Arts & Crafts
The Arts and Crafts building provides campers with a wide variety of activities. From sitting on the dock weaving a basket to painting on the back porch, campers develop skills they already know as well as learn new ones. Each summer the talented arts counselors bring enthusiasm and new ideas. With jewelry making, weaving, beading, painting and sketching, pottery and so much more, a camper’s imagination is the only limitation in this very creative department!

Canoeing
In Canoeing, beginners learn basic strokes while paddling around Lake Fairlee. Intermediate and advanced canoers learn and practice skills like portaging boats solo, distance paddling, and trip planning with an emphasis on safety and fun. These skills are practiced at Hive and out on trips. There are many different day trips for campers of all skill levels to choose from and two-day canoe trips that go out to local lakes and the Connecticut River. Campers and their counselors also take advantage of cool camp mornings to have breakfast in a canoe out on the lake.

Camper's Kitchen
The Camper’s Kitchen is a favorite spot for many campers who get great joy out of trying their hand at cooking and baking yummy treats. Talented counselors set up ingredients for a different recipe each day and guide small groups of campers through the cooking process. Whenever possible, ingredients are sourced from our own farm and garden. A sampling of past dishes have included pesto, bread, cookies, salsa, brownies, and animal crackers.

Exploring
At Exploring, campers learn to stop, look, and listen to the world around them. Learning the names of trees and ferns, birds, and bugs, they begin to see the environment around Hive differently. Whether going on an exploration of the woods, making tea with edible plants, or creating art with natural materials, campers gain knowledge that can foster curiosity for, excitement about, and understanding of the natural world.

Farm & Garden
Farm and Garden offers Hivers the opportunity to practice caregiving and problem solving in a safe and structured environment. For many campers, visits to the barn or to the garden are their first introductions to being responsible for plants and farm animals, and we work to create a loving environment with guidelines that reinforce thoughtful treatment of all living organisms, including each other. Through handling animals, learning to use a range of hand tools to perform chores, growing vegetables and herbs, campers have the opportunity to practice these skills.

Gymnastics
Hive has a beautiful building called the Green House which houses our Gymnastics Department. The variety of equipment (high and low beams, vaults, mini tramps, floor mats and more) meet the needs of campers at many different skill levels. Hivers can work toward individual goals as well as work together to do a performance for the entire camp. The thrill of soaring over a vault for the first time can be just the confidence booster some children need to take other measured risks in and outside the gymnastics realm.

Kayaking
The Kayaking department offers campers the chance to learn beginner to advanced kayaking skills. There are lake kayaks that provide the stability needed for beginner kayakers to learn paddle strokes and other skills needed to have fun around the Lake Fairlee. After mastering skills such as how to roll an overturned kayak, campers may venture out on flat and white water trips throughout New England.

Landsports
Our large playfield and basketball courts offer the perfect spot for campers to get involved in many different Landsports. From Ultimate Frisbee to Yoga to Dodgeball, campers head to the activity of their choice for maximum fun! Soccer, Softball, Lacrosse, Basketball and Rugby are just a few of the sports talented counselors come to camp ready to teach Hivers. Landsports strikes the perfect balance for campers with goofy group games and spirited athletic competition with each other and other camps.

Music
Music and singing are at the heart of the Hive experience for every camper and counselor. We sing in the dining room, during morning assembly and you never know when you might be serenaded by a group of canoers. From loud, big times to quiet reflective times, music and song find their way into all our hearts at Hive.

Performing Arts
The Comb is home to Performing Arts. Each summer during the first half of camp, all campers have the opportunity to try out for and be a part of a full scale musical performance. From being on stage to helping with sets and stage management, there is something for everyone if they want to be a part of the show. During both sessions, Performing Arts offers music and acting activities as well as opportunities to learn new dance moves and American Sign Language.

Ropes
Set deep in the woods at the top of camp property, Hive has a low ropes course that emphasizes physical and emotional safety, positive support, and decision-making. Our trained staff helps campers learn all the skills necessary to take on the individual and group challenges a ropes course can provide. Older campers can journey to our high ropes course at Lanakila or the climb tower at Aloha for even more adventure and challenge!

Sailing
In Sailing, Hivers enjoy navigating Lake Fairlee’s waters in Hive’s fleet of sailboats including sunfish, JYs, and a Hobie. These boats are used by novice sailors under the supervision of counselors and soloed by experienced camper skippers. Campers acquire basic to advanced skills and confidence with each new voyage from the Hive boathouse. Whether out for an afternoon free-sail or competing in a regatta, sailing is a great way to spend time on our beautiful lakes.

Swimming
From the beginner to the advanced swimmer, counselors are trained to help campers develop and advance their swimming skills during regular swim lessons. Campers have many opportunities to put their skills to work by training for long distance swims, like the "Rainbow Trout", and to participate in swim meets with other local camps. On the weekends, Swimming offers fun water games, free swim, and water polo!

Tennis
Tennis is played on two beautiful hard surfaced tennis courts. Through fun games and 1:1 to small group instruction, campers have the chance to learn beginning to advanced skills in Tennis. Each summer campers participate in a fun Camper / Counselor tennis tournament! There are also opportunities for campers to compete in a tennis tournament with one of our other camps.

Tripping
Hive is tucked in the middle of New Hampshire and Vermont and our Tripping department takes campers out of camp to explore the beautiful mountains of our region. On camping, hiking, and backpacking trips, campers learn to cook over a fire, set up tents, read maps, and enjoy the natural world around us. In camp, Tripping offers activities to practice fire building, knot tying, and first aid so that campers have all the skills they need to feel confident and comfortable when they go out on trips.
Daily Schedule
Days at Hive are packed with fun activities – and also time for rest and relaxation. Our daily schedule is based on choice. Within this choice is a mixture of structure and freedom. Campers look at the schedule/activities for the day and decide how they want to spend their day.
Morning
- Time to get up! (7:15 am – Hivers are ready for the day!)
- “KP” (kitchen patrol – when an assigned group of campers and counselors help set tables for breakfast)
- Down the hill (campers and counselors leave their tents and shacks on the hillside to go “down the hill” to breakfast)
- Breakfast
- Tent clean-up
- Assembly (singing, stories, sharing, performances, announcements)
- First activity period (campers choose from a wide variety of activities)
- Second activity period (campers choose from a wide variety of activities)
Afternoon
- Hiver free time on the hillside
- Lunch (1:00 pm)
- Rest hour (campers read, write letters, rest, nap in their tents or shacks )
- Third activity period (campers choose from a wide variety of activities)
- Fourth activity period (campers choose from a wide variety of activities)
- Hiver free time on the hillside before dinner
Evening
- Dinner (6:00 pm)
- Camp capers (camp clean-up)
- Evening program (Monday is always Rainbow’s End)
- Friendship circle
- On the hillside (“flush and brush” time)
- Tattoo bugle (time to settle in to tents/shacks)
- TAPS – Goodnight all! (8:40 pm)
Meals
At Hive, we understand that eating together is essential to creating community and encouraging authentic interactions. The chef knows what kinds of food keep active campers fueled and happy. Weekly menus include cereals, eggs, breads, pasta, pizza, chicken, turkey, roast beef, burgers, sandwiches, soups, tacos, and plenty of salads, vegetables, and fruits. We provide vegetarian alternatives, and we take pride in the supplier relationships we have established with local growers and farm stands nearby in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Our dining program not only feeds campers but also involves them as table helpers, recyclers, and composters. Our kitchen can accommodate many medically-dictated dietary requirements. We do our best to accommodate dietary needs by not serving nuts, and by making vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free options. However, we cannot guarantee there will be no cross-contamination from food ingredients from facilities that also process nuts, dairy, or gluten products.

Accommodations
Campers live in spacious tents on wooden platforms or rustic cabins, with three to five campmates and one or two counselors. The Director and senior counselors devote great care to arranging campers in groups that will enjoy great times together. Camp “units” composed of ten tents and cabins, on average, share a washhouse with hot water showers and flush toilets.

Communication & Visits
Keep in touch and stay informed! In this section, you’ll find our package policy, camp contact information, and details about Visiting Weekend 2022 (register by June 1). This section will be updated with summer photos during the camp season!
Visiting Weekend – Saturday, July 16 and Sunday, July 17: Families of 1st and full session campers are invited to join us for a variety of camp activities (swimming, archery, boating, tennis, arts, etc.), a meeting with the camp director, an assembly and a show put on by campers.
Schedule: A final schedule will be posted here in June. Please plan to arrive by 9:30 am on Saturday and depart before lunch on Sunday. (There are no visitors on campus on Friday evening, except those attending the Friday show – please see note below.)
Guest limit: This year, attendance is limited to immediate family members of currently enrolled 1st and full session campers, (parents, guardians, siblings). We hope to be able to accommodate extended family members and other guests in the future, but for 2022, we need your help in minimizing the number of visitors on our campus. If no one in a camper’s immediate family can attend Visiting Weekend and you’d like another guest to attend in their place, please email us at enrollment@alohafoundation.org to inquire about an exception.
COVID-19 vaccine requirement: All guests must adhere to the same COVID-19 Vaccine Policy as our campers and counselors.
Advance registration: All guests are required to register in advance. Log into your camp account to register and upload your COVID cards. Alternatively, you may email us with a list of guests (full name and date of birth) and photos of everyone’s COVID cards and we’ll register you.
The Show: We will be asking families to RSVP in early July if you would like to attend a performance. At that time, we will have a list of campers performing in the show.
- Attendance at Saturday’s show is limited to the families of children in the show. If your camper is not in the show, you may join your child for other activities during this time.
- Attendance at Friday’s show is open to families who have children performing in different shows, for example, one camper at Hive and one at Lanakila. Other families who wish to see the show, but do not have a child performing, may also choose to attend on Friday. There will be no other visitors on campus on Friday.
Visiting Weekend attendance is optional—many families join us, but it’s not possible for everyone and that is okay. Each year, we create special fun activities and treats for campers who do not have visitors that year. They have a blast! (Some admit they prefer it over a more traditional Visiting Weekend with family. Hmph!)
Looking for ways to stay in touch with your camper?
Camp Mail and Package Policy
Visiting your Camper
Phone Calls
In the summer, the camp office staff is available by phone or email to answer questions about your camper’s transition to camp, schedule phone calls and visits, or help with anything that comes up during your camper’s session. (Please direct any billing or travel questions to Karen Danforth at the Foundation Office.)
Hive Camp Office: 802-333-3420 or camphiveoffice@alohafoundation.org (Please note this phone number and email address are not monitored outside of the camp season.)
Health & Safety
The safety of our campers, counselors, participants, and staff is our top priority. Our practices have been developed to meet or exceed guidelines put forth by the American Camp Association (ACA), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and Vermont’s Department of Health.
Staff Training
Health Staff
Health House Communication
Our Health Staff will contact parents and guardians in the following situations:
- If your child goes to Upper Valley Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, urgent care, dentist, orthodontist, or any other medical visit.
- When an illness or injury necessitates a stay in the health house of more than 24 hours.
- When prescription medication is prescribed.
- When an at-home prescription medication supply is running low.
- When there is a condition that might impact the family at home.
- If your child misses scheduled doses of medication or refuses a dose of a prescription medication.
- When the camp director, nursing supervisor, camp physician, or camp nurse feels a phone call is in order.
Vaccination Policies
Health Forms
Travel & Luggage Shipping
Learn more about transportation options, drop-off/pick-up procedures, and luggage shipping.
Hive is located at 3295 VT Route 244 in Fairlee, Vermont. Driving directions are available here.
Arrival on June 24 and July 19
Drop-off procedures: Camp check-in is from 9am – 3pm. Each camper will be assigned a specific arrival time and check-in tent. Each check-in tent will be staffed by a member of our health house team and camp staff. When you arrive at camp, everyone in your vehicle should be masked. A member of our health house team will administer a rapid antigen test for each camper. Once we receive negative test results, families can unload luggage and say a quick goodbye. We anticipate the check-in process to take about 15 minutes and parents/guardians will leave their campers and luggage at the check-in point.
Camp Tours for new families! New families (and those who have not seen their child’s camp before) are invited to attend a brief tour after dropping off their camper. Tours will include all the main buildings on campus but will not include the units where campers and counselors live. To minimize group size, we ask that you sign up for a tour ahead of time by emailing enrollment@alohafoundation.org. Everyone participating in a tour must adhere to the same COVID-19 Vaccine Policy as our campers and staff and will be asked to provide proof of vaccination in advance.
Departure on July 17
Most 1st session campers will depart by car after Visiting Weekend ends on July 17. Learn more about Visiting Weekend in the Communication and Visits section on this web page. If you will not be joining us for Visiting Weekend, please email Karen Danforth to coordinate your camper’s departure plans.
Departure on August 10
Camp pick-up is from 8am – 2pm. Each camper will be assigned a specific departure time and pick-up tent. To indicate your preferred departure time, please complete the Travel Plans section of your camper’s paperwork, or email enrollment@alohafoundation.org. When you arrive at camp, everyone in your vehicle should be masked. Your camper and their luggage will be ready and waiting for you. We anticipate quick goodbyes!
NYC Bus on June 24 and August 10
The Aloha Foundation provides chartered bus service through Premier Coach bus company from/to New York City on Friday, June 24 and Wednesday, August 10. This service is not available for 1st session departures or 2nd session arrivals.
Sign Up & Fees
At the Bus Stop
Luggage
Things to Bring
The Aloha Foundation provides chaperones to assist campers with travel to/from local airports and bus stations. Please contact Karen Danforth before booking flights or purchasing bus tickets. All independent travel needs to be coordinated in advance so we can ensure we have enough staff to escort all campers.
Dartmouth Coach Bus – Lebanon, NH
Lebanon, NH Airport
Manchester, NH Airport
Burlington, VT Airport
Logan Airport – Boston, MA
- Families may ship luggage to camp at 3295 VT Route 244, Fairlee, VT 05045. Plan to have it arrive after June 15.
- Looking to ship your camper’s luggage home after camp? Sign up for our UPS shipping form provided by Hanover True Value Hardware.
Packing & Uniforms
From packing lists and rental options to uniform and trunk purchases, we've got all the details you need to outfit your camper this summer!

Packing List
Items on the 2022 Hive Camper Packing List may be purchased from our camp vendors or other sources. The uniform store is the only place to buy logo items. The goal of our uniform is to eliminate any preoccupation with style and brand of clothing, especially as it plays a part in creating power and prestige. Within the camp community, we want to focus on what is really important and to minimize what is not.

Uniform Purchases & Rentals
The uniform store is now open! Our vendor, Bendinger, offers last-minute ordering (up to two days before camp), can ship items right to camp, and will be onsite on June 24 to assist with exchanges and deliver last-minute orders. Log into your account to sign up for a $40 Uniform Rental Package and the following items will be waiting on your camper's cot: 5 shirts (including 1 collared shirt), 3 pairs of shorts, and 1 warm layer (sweatshirt or fleece, depending on availability). **Campers receiving financial aid may sign up to rent a full uniform package at no cost.

Trunk Purchases & Rentals
All campers will need a hard-sided camp trunk at camp. Trunks are used to store personal belongings and can act as a surface for playing cards or writing letters home. Purchase a trunk (recommended size: 32” x 18” x 13.5”) from Everything Summer Camp and receive a discount. International campers and those flying solo to/from camp may sign up in your account for a $40 Trunk and Bedding Rental Package containing a trunk, 2 sets of sheets, 3 warm blankets, a pillow, and 2 bath towels. **Campers receiving financial aid may sign up for the trunk and bedding package at no cost.

Camp Store
Each camper's tuition includes a $50 Camp Store credit to be used as needed during the summer. The store is for essentials only (supplies that may run out during camp, like toiletries, stamps, paper/envelopes, etc.), and limited choices are available (e.g. two kinds of shampoo, one kind of toothbrush, etc.). The store also sells a few camp items like hats, water bottles, and stickers. On those rare occasions when campers exceed the $50 store credit, the balance due will be reflected in your online account. Campers will not require cash at any time.
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