Hiram House Today

"What Still Works after One Hundred Years?"
Hiram House Camp!

Jeff Maynor, Channel 3 TV News Anchor, canoes with summer campers while filming a segment of WKYC's "What Works" about Hiram House

Media Spotlight Shows Needs of Youth Still Being Filled by Camp

All too often few things that were created over a century ago are still in good working order today.

Yet Hiram House Camp has proven to be the exception, according to recent coverage by some well known Northeast Ohio news media.

For more than one hundred years, since it was established in 1896, Hiram House, has adhered to its founder's vision and mission to open new horizons for youth, build character and promote family values in an atmosphere that is racially, socially, ethnically and economically diverse.

While the times and circumstances may have changed, the needs of children have not. The twenty first century presents many of the same challenges for our youth as in the past, as well as new ones for today and tomorrow.

This summer Cleveland's WKYC-TV Channel 3 News team visited the camp for its weekly "What Works" segment. They interviewed our staff and campers, joined in hands on camp activities, and concluded Hiram House is still filling those needs.

Similarly, the Chagrin Valley Times Magazine 2009-2010 featured an article about Hiram House, also showing that children still flock to the camp, year after year, as they have done since it began.

Article about Hiram House Camp in the Chagrin Valley Times Magazine 2009-2010

You can view the video online at WKYC.com or see links to them on our website video gallery.

You can read the article here.

Register Now for Summer Camp 2010!

NEW! Survival Camp for Boys & Girls
Plus Summer Day, Resident & Riding Camps

Summer Camp registration is now open at Hiram House for boys and girls for the 2010 season. Sessions are available for the following camps during June, July and August as follows:

• Summer Day Camp - June 14 to July 30, for ages 6 to 11 years (one or two week sessions).
• Summer Junior Day Camp - June 14 to July 30, for ages 5 & 6 years (one or two week sessions).
• Summer Resident Camp - June 13 to July 16, for ages 6 to 13 years, (one week sessions, overnight camp).
• Survival Camp - July 18 to 20 & July 21 to 23, for ages 8 to 14 years, (each session is three days, two nights).
• Horseback Riding & Adventure Camp - August 2 to 6 & August 9 to 13, for ages 7 to 14 years. (one week sessions)

The new Survival Camp program, first offered last season, was so popular, it has returned for summer 2010 Registration is on a first come basis and sessions fill quickly. For the best selection, please sign up today! For information, please call us at: (216) 831-5045 or visit our Summer Camp page.

Pumpkin Festival Keeps the Fun Times
Rolling for All!

The 38th annual Pumpkin Festival at Hiram House Camp was a crisp fall day full of pumpkins galore and lots of happy faces! Some 4,000 childen and families attended and the festival raised over $40,000 for the Campership Fund for children in need. Visitors enjoyed the Haunted Hay Maze, Food, Rides, Animals, Crafts, Games, Entertainment and more. Thanks to our generous sponsors, hundreds of volunteers, dedicated staff and trustees who help make this event possible each year! See more Pumpkin Festival photos at: www.hiramhousecamp.org/PumpkinFestival2009.htm

(Photos, top to bottom) Children decorate their own pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch; Alpha Phi Sorority volunteers at Duck Pond; Big Bad Wolf Sara Freeman & Friends at Haunted Hay Maze; Lead Sponsor University Hospitals/Rainbow Babies & Children's Ambulance with Shannon Markowski, RN, Justin Thompson, Paramedic & Verespe family; Gaynon family; World Champion Gary Broadbent of Broadbent Boomerangs & Feiner family, Namasta Miller holds pumpkin; Amata family decorate Cookies by Design

Horse Around Links Past and Present Campers

"Horse Around at Hiram House", the camp's annual Benefit and first summer Alumni Reunion, was a great time for all ages! Current campers and their families, supporters and camp alumni from different eras, gathered for an afternoon of their favorite camp activities and an evening of food, entertainment and fun.

Proceeds from the event benefited the Horseback Riding Program and the annual Campership Fund. Several hundred guests came from near and far to attend. As Ohio's oldest camp and one of the oldest camps in the nation, Hiram House has continuously served generations of campers since it was founded in 1896.

See the photo slide show

(Photos, top to bottom) Rosenblatt family Canoeing; Gamble family at Farmstead; Executive Director Russ Grundke presents camp tee shirt to Angene Wilson of Kentucky, Alum who came the farthest; Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Historical Society display with President Dick Philpott, volunteers & visitors; Bonsell & Jones families; Sunny Jones & family at Climbing Wall; Ungrady & Zambory family in Pioneer Cirlce; McDonald family at Archery Range.

(Photos, top to bottom) Rosenblatt family Canoeing; Gamble family at Farmstead; Executive Director Russ Grundke presents camp tee shirt to Angene Wilson of Kentucky, Alum who came the farthest; Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Historical Society display with President Dick Philpott, volunteers & visitors; Bonsell & Jones families; Sunny Jones & family at Climbing Wall; Ungrady & Zambory family in Pioneer Cirlce; McDonald family at Archery Range.

Horse Around Supporters 2009