News Releases
Day camps offer summer camp experience close to home
Families looking for a summer camp experience close to home, without requiring an overnight stay, may now be able to send their children to a SpringHill Camps day camp in their local communities. Read more about how day camps can be a great summer camp alternative in Michigan and Indiana.

Summer camping season is here, SpringHill offers great visuals
The summer camping season is here and SpringHill offers great visuals with creative housing, “Crud Wars”, high adventure and more. Read our media advisory for some photo and video ideas SpringHill offers in Indiana and Michigan.

Special needs children find a place at
SpringHill Camps
This summer, thousands of kids of all ages will head out for a week or more of camp around the nation. Increasingly, families with special needs children find a place at SpringHilll Camps, where the camps have committed to integrate students of all abilities in all activities. This rare program receives positive reviews from the families involved, read about one family’s experience here.

Winter retreats to more than triple town's population
Evart, Michigan,--approximate population 1,800--is expecting to more than triple in size each weekend the first three months of this year. On these weekends, SpringHill Camps hosts its annual winter retreats for teens and tweens, expecting about 1,000 people to pack the camp each weekend.

SpringHill campers gather in a new kitchen
Campers at SpringHill Camps' Michigan facility can now enjoy eating meals prepared in a newly renovated and expanded kitchen and dining room. There are now more seats in the dining hall, too. Read more about the New Frontiers renovation.

SpringHill certified by camping association
The American Camp Association has once again accredited SpringHill Camps as a member of the association. Read more about what that means to the camp and its campers.

 

 

 

Media Coverage
Economy may force some summer campers to retreat from their plans
According to the Grand Rapids Press, many camps are facing lower registration numbers this summer. But, the camping season hasn’t started yet, and parents are registering campers later, so final numbers cannot be predicted according to SpringHill’s Mike Krick.

Teen has time of her life at camp
This Daily Herald article explores how SpringHill integrates special needs children into each aspect of its camping programs by sharing this camper’s story.

SpringHill Michigan hosts first annual music festival
September brought SpringHill's first annual music festival to Evart, Michigan. With 30 bands performing throughout two days and thousands of people expected to attend, the Cadillac News reported on the preparations the Camps' staff were making in anticipation of the event.

God and the Water Slide
This article, found in Christianity Today's online archive gives a personal glimpse into the history and tremendous growth of SpringHill Camps. Written by the son of the Camps' discoverer, the article shows how SpringHill continues to stay on the cutting edge of Christian camping.