High School
Programs
For Youth Entering Grades 9-12
NEW: TRAILBLAZERS
(ENTERING GRADES 8-10)
Hit the trails with this new mountain biking adventure! Your camper will build their mountain biking knowledge from local experts with sessions on biking skills, bike maintenance, and trail care. Trailblazers will enjoy putting that new knowledge to the test and they explore Sugar Creek’s extensive bike trails.
We provide camping gear, food, youth ministry staff, and activities. Please bring your helmet and a mountain bike in good working order. (Contact the camp office in advance if you do not own a bicycle; we can possibly help to find a working bike that fits you, if we know ahead of time.)Campers entering this program should be able to ride at least 10 miles a day at a steady pace.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: July 14-19, July 21-26
PEDAL & PADDLE (ENTERING GRADES 8-10)
Would you like to try an exciting outdoor adventure? Do you like biking, canoeing, camping and more? Then this “do it all” trip is for you! You’ll bike the scenic Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail, canoe on the breathtakingly beautiful Kickapoo River, and camp out with your friends along the way. Your travel adventures will also include fun camp activities such as games, campfires, Bible study, team building and more! Come with your youth group, a friend, or by yourself and make friends along the way!
This program is also great for Confirmation groups who want to bond in a new way. If the weeks offered on the schedule don’t work for your Confirmation group, please call. We can possibly find another week—or a custom program—for your community/youth group.
We provide camping gear, food, youth ministry staff, and activities. Please bring your helmet and a bike in good working order. (Contact the camp office in advance if you do not own a bicycle; we can possibly help to find a working bike that fits you, if we know ahead of time.) Campers entering this program should be able to ride at least 10 miles a day at a steady pace.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: July 14-19
RaNGERS (ENTERING GRADES 8-10)
Venture in the wild beyond and discover the diverse wildlife and geography found at Sugar Creek! Rangers will spend a week, in a supportive team, learning and practicing essential survival skills such as fire building, foraging, and creating shelter. Practice your leadership skills for real life, in this unique outdoor adventure.
Of course, these campers will enjoy classic camp activities, too, like swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, and archery… Campers will also have faith and life talks, and world-class campfires deeply immersed in God’s creation.
Rangers stay in cabins most nights but also get the chance to camp overnight in the woods! Sign up for this new program today for a Sugar Creek experience you will not want to miss.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: June 9-14, July 21-26
NEW: VALLEY OLYMPICS
(ENTERING GRADES 7-10)
Go for the gold at Sugar Creek’s Valley Olympics! Campers will also explore themes of teamwork and finding strength in our shared faith through special games and activities. All athletic levels are welcome to this sport-themed camp!
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: June 9-14
CONFIRMATION (ENTERING GRADES 7-10)
Sugar Creek offers two exciting weeks of Confirmation Camp! Youth will enjoy all the great activities of camp, meet new friends, and spend memorable time with their Confirmation class in one of our lodges or outdoors in God’s glorious creation! Enjoy adventures with your counselors and cabin group canoeing, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, and more!
Clergy or youth leaders come free of charge and lead 90 minutes of daily confirmation time. At Sugar Creek, Confirmation Camp leaders are housed together with other adults for the week but are encouraged to participate in all the fun camp activities throughout the day!
Church leaders: please call or e-mail to pre-register your group.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: June 16-21, July 28-August 2
NEW: ELEVATED (ENTERING GRADES 9-12)
Strap up your boots and grab your hammocks for this epic camp adventure! Journey to special campsites each day. You’ll visit remote and serene corners of camp, pausing for devotions, Bible studies, worships, and fun along the way. Aside from all the new places campers will discover deep in our 660 acres, returners will find familiar places as well like the pool, challenge course, and Art Barn! Campers will sleep at multiple campsites in their hammocks throughout the week!
There will be rooms in a lodge reserved for you in case of bad weather.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: July 28-August 2
Riverboaters (ENTERING GRADES 9-12)
Join friends (new and old) on a memory-making journey on the Mississippi River!
You can explore the dunes, swim, slide, boat, laugh, and play in the beauty of God’s amazing creation! Enjoy campfires by the water and Bible study on the sandbars as well as intentional community-building activities.
Each boat sleeps 6-10 campers onboard plus 2 counselors. This is a fantastic experience for high school youth – and church youth groups! Note: RSVP soon, as Riverboats fills quickly.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1) or $575 (Tier 2)
Dates: June 9-14, June 16-21, June 23-28, July 7-12, July 14-19, July 21-26, and July 28-August 2
JR. WRANGLERS LEVEL 1 (ENTERING GRADES 9-12)
“Saddle up” for a week of hands-on experience with the camp wranglers! Help with the horse program at Sugar Creek, assist on trail rides, and learn about tack care, horsemanship, safety strategies, and general horse care.
A maximum of four people per session ensures that you will get a lot of time in the saddle as well as working directly with and around all the horses at camp.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: July 14-19, July 28-Aug 2
NEW: JR. WRANGLERS LEVEL 2 (ENTERING GRADES 9-12)
For previous Jr. Wranglers or those with similar horse experience. Come for this 2 week experience for a deeper dive into working as a wrangler at Sugar Creek. (Weekend not included)
A maximum of four people per session ensures that you will get a lot of time in the saddle as well as working directly with and around all the horses at camp. A great “resume builder” for our future summer camp Wranglers!
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), or $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: June 16-21, 23-28
Back for 2024: WYLDE (Entering Grades 9-12)
WISCONSIN YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVENT
The Wisconsin Youth Leadership Development Event is back! Youth Groups will be led through a week of community, service, and fun with youth ministry experts and Sugar Creek’s Summer Staff. WYLDE is a great alternative or precursor experience to mission trips or other experiences. Church Leaders, please call or email to pre-register your group.
Cost: $795 (Tier 1), $575 (Tier 2), $445 (Tier 3)
Dates: June 23-28
L.E.A.D. (ENTERING GRADES 11-12)
Leaders engaged as disciples
Our Staff-in-Training / Leaders-in-Training program is now L.E.A.D.! Step up to an action-packed 4-week program of real leadership training from experienced presenters, with more responsibilities, greater resume builders, and even more chances to play and pray with the trained youth ministry staff and energetic younger campers of Sugar Creek.
Make an impact on peers and younger youth, right now. Grow in real-life leadership, personal confidence, and life-changing peer ministry skills for school, church, work, and beyond.
Applications are available starting Dec. 15, 2023. Full tuition scholarship of $2,780 for 4-week program is awarded to participants whose applications are accepted. Participants also receive a small weekly stipend for spending money.
Dates: June 11–July 5 or July 9–Aug. 4