Camp Walt Whitman | |
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Location | Piermont, New Hampshire |
Type | Summer camp |
Water | Lake Armington |
Established | 1948 |
Website |
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Camp Walt Whitman (abbreviated CWW) is a traditional, overnight, and co-educational summer camp located in Piermont, New Hampshire along the shore of Lake Armington. [1] It was founded in 1948 by Arnie and Chick Soloway and has remained in the family; it is today run by Carolyn and Jed Dorfman. [2] It is named after poet Walt Whitman.
The camp's activities include tennis, golf, archery, gymnastics, pottery, hiking, sailing, and others. [3] As of 2018 [update], the cost of the camp's full seven-week session is US$12,950. [4] The majority of campers are Jewish children from the New York metropolitan area, but the camp has no official religious or geographic affiliation.[ citation needed] The camp has a return rate between 85% and 90%. [3]