Trail Blazer Camps — Local services in New York

TrailBlazers camp is like the highlight of my daughter's life. She loves going to camp and here and we have been so blessed for her to do that 3 years in a row now. The staff are so kind and helpful, and they really go above and beyond to give families an assign experience.

Last year in school, my daughter had an assignment for International Woman's Day to write about a woman who has been a role model in her life. She wrote about her camp counselor Sky from 2021 and how she wants to be as kind, smart, and successful as her!

The staff are very helpful to me with the different scholarship programs. I'm so excited to be wealthy so that I can donate even more to this incredible program in the future.

Christopher and Dahlia are superstar leaders!

At TrailBlazers, my daughter learned to ride a bike and she learned how to swim. She also learned tons of outdoors skills that come up randomly in our everyday life. Not to mention team building skills and confidence.

It's really an opportunity of a lifetime for which we are eternally...

Trailblazers is a good camp for your kid if your child is neurotypical and has significant physical stamina. If your child has any sort of different needs, or isn’t generally an easy going kid, they will not have a good time at this camp. The counselors are incredibly sweet, but are mostly young (teenagers) and don’t have the staffing levels or training to really help campers who aren’t already pretty independent.

It really sucks because Trailblazers has a great financial aid program and are one of the only places in the city that does that for summer camp. I wish my kid could have thrived here, but it’s not for us.

Upon speaking with several other ex-trailblazers families, this seems to be a common theme. Their mission is great, and they are truly financially inclusive in a way that most camps aren’t, but my kid unfortunately had a miserable time there due to their lack of ability to accommodate children with...

We have had such an incredible experience with Trail Blazers over the last two years. My daughter has done their Brooklyn day camp and we also enrolled in their Bubble option they offered during the last school year when kids were on a hybrid schedule at the public schools.

My daughter is thrilled to go to camp each day, has loved all of her counselors, learned a lot (surprised to know my 5 year old knows about invasive plant species that she learned at camp), and has made wonderful friends there. As a parent, I’ve been very impressed with how nimble they were during COVID times, putting in place great programming in a short amount of time to address the needs of families. The communication from Trailblazers has always been thoughtful and thorough.

We look forward to continuing to be part of Trailblazers in...