{"id":34615,"date":"2023-08-03T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=34615"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:52:09","slug":"the-one-week-merrowvista-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/the-one-week-merrowvista-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The One-Week Merrowvista Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week at Merrowvista provides an opportunity for young people to embark on a summer of adventures and memory-making. Along with this excitement, campers also experience nervousness and fear, especially if they are leaving home for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34617 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1925-copy-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/427;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Merrowvista offers residential camp programming for children ages 8 to17 that ranges from 1 to 3 weeks. For campers leaving home for the first time, the one-week option (available to campers entering grades 3 and 4) provides a great chance to see what camp is all about.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34618 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1391-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/426;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During this week, campers participate in a variety of activities, from swims at the waterfront to friendship bracelet-making. Being away from home lays the foundation for a camper to begin to develop who they are as a person and introduces them to how they interact with new people and new environments. Feeling freedom and autonomy helps shape a positive camp experience.<\/p>\n<p>After a week, families reunite with their campers, who are eager to share all that has happened in just a few days. Like every session of camp, the one-weekers mark the end of their time at Merrowvista with a Closing Circle. This allows campers, caregivers, and staff to celebrate the progress that these individuals have made during their time at camp.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34619 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_2763-640x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"610\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/610;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week at Merrowvista provides an opportunity for young people to embark on a summer of adventures and memory-making. Along with this excitement, campers also experience nervousness and fear, especially if they are leaving home for the first time. &nbsp; Merrowvista offers residential camp programming for children ages 8 to17 that ranges from 1 to 3 weeks. For campers leaving &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/the-one-week-merrowvista-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":34616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[70,173,165],"class_list":["post-34615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-merrowvista","tag-merrowvista","tag-summer-2023","tag-summer-camp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The One-Week Merrowvista Experience - American Youth Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/the-one-week-merrowvista-experience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The One-Week Merrowvista Experience - American Youth Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A week at Merrowvista provides an opportunity for young people to embark on a summer of adventures and memory-making. 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