Our Community
Our Community
Person-Focused
At Camp Nicolet, we’re a close-knit summer home with a capacity of 95 campers, ensuring a truly personalized experience. We know every camper by name, fostering a friendly, person-focused environment where each child feels valued. Counselors create a supportive atmosphere, allowing campers to be themselves and build lasting friendships. We believe in the power of camp and participation in our activities to provide a formative experience, shaping character and building confidence. Camp Nicolet is a global community, welcoming campers from the United States and around the world, enriching the experience with diverse perspectives and friendships. Camp is a place where children thrive and create lifetime memories.
Safety Equals Fun
Safety is foundational to a truly fun and enriching summer. We prioritize an emotionally and physically safe environment, ensuring your child fully enjoys every moment. Our dedicated staff, all 18 and older, are trained in CPR and First Aid, with most waterfront Staff holding lifeguard certifications. During extensive pre-camp training, Staff participate in workshops like Risk Management, Abuse Prevention, and Coaching Behaviors, preparing them to handle any situation with care. You can rest assured knowing your child is in capable and caring hands, allowing them to explore, learn, and create unforgettable memories.
Technology Free
We believe in the benefit of disconnecting from electronic devices, and reconnecting with ourselves and others face-to-face. Electronic devices connected to cellular signal or the Internet should be left at home. Digital cameras without connectivity are allowed.
In effort to lead by example, Staff are asked to keep electronic devices out of earshot or sight of Campers.
We allow the use of digital music players for Campers who would like to use such while falling asleep. Contact us for approval.
Testimonials
Testimonials
Camp Nicolet is a tremendous gift, not just for our daughter, but for our whole family. It’s always nice to remind our daughter that her favorite time of year is the one month she doesn’t have a phone in her hands. Camp is a huge part of who our daughter is – for that we are thankful.
Everyone was so kind and attentive. I enjoyed getting the letters and seeing the excitement in our daughters handwriting. She survived without her phone! We have camp as a reference now, as we remind her of how much she accomplished without devices or streaming media
My 9 years at Camp Nicolet are some of the highlights of my life. I think of my time on Lake Franklin, laughing, singing, learning new skills, and making lifelong friends. The memories are a source of pure joy and happiness buffering the inevitable challenges of life!
The fact that you are able to slow these girls down, detach them from their electronics, and show them all that Nicolet has to offer is amazing to me and very lucky for them. You have not only kept the very special legacy of Nicolet going, but you have added to and changed camp in such a way that you have kept it relevant to this next generation. Thank you for that.
As a preteen who struggled to find her place in school— I absolutely flourished at camp and was forever changed. Camp Nicolet helped me discover who I was and how powerful one girl could become.
Our daughter would not be the strong, confident person she is today without the experiences she had at Camp Nicolet. Thank you a thousand times over!
Camp means more to me that you will ever know. My best friends/sisters are the most important people in my life. I am forever grateful to you for providing me (and my mom!) with nine wonderful summers. I would not be who I am today without Nicolet.
Cannot begin to thank you enough for giving my daughter a chance to have the most amazing summer of her young life. she thoroughly enjoyed her time at camp, made so many nice friends, and had so many wonderful experiences (including the backpacking trip along Lake Superior) that she can’t stop talking about it.
One day, I will return to gather Nicolet up into my arms. One does not forget, ever, being so very lucky to have grown up with such a friend as Nicolet. I treasure it always.
Because of camp, I have been able to meet so many different people with all different backgrounds. Camp is just a magical place where girls from all over come to be girls, and I can honestly say there has not been a day at camp out of all my years that I did not feel like I had best friends who really cared for me.
