Camplify NC

Camplify NC Camplify builds community leaders through a camp-based youth development journey. We now have two weekend camps along with a weeklong summer camp each year.

Camplify nurtures youth from under-resourced and under-served segments of our community over the course of nine years, starting in the 4th grade and continuing through high school graduation. During this time, we provide our youth with high-quality experiential-learning programming focused on developing leadership skills along with 21st century skills such as problem-solving, resourcefulness, and

collaboration. Through this journey, Camplify changes the lives of the children in our program who would not have these opportunities otherwise. Camplify was founded in 1994 to help close the tremendous opportunity gap faced by many children in Henderson County, North Carolina. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Henderson County is home to some of the best summer camps in the country. These camps provide kids from all over the United States and beyond with transformative experiences that help them grow as leaders and develop the skills they need to thrive. Though surrounded by camps, these valuable experiences are completely unattainable for many area children. Our founder, George Howell, began Camplify (then known as Henderson County Young Leaders Program) in partnership with Camp Kanuga with the belief that all children deserve to have these life-changing experiences regardless of their family's resources. Our first year, Camplify served 55 kids with one weekend camp; since then, we have grown into a year-round program that serves nearly 200 kids annually. In addition, we work in partnership with 23 area camps to offer camp scholarships to our youth each summer. In 2009, we also added Saturday programs throughout the school year to increase the positive impact we have on our youth. Camplify is dedicated to continuously growing in order to maximize the life-changing power of our programs. In 2021, we are building on our existing programming to add life skills training to better prepare our youth for successful, fulfilling lives beyond Camplify.

Wishing you all a safe and wonderful holiday season!
12/24/2025

Wishing you all a safe and wonderful holiday season!

There is still time for you to help us reach our donor goal before the end of day! With out our incredible supporters, t...
12/03/2025

There is still time for you to help us reach our donor goal before the end of day! With out our incredible supporters, these students would not be able to have these incredible leadership opportunities through camp! 🧡💚

Camplify is joining the celebration! A day dedicated to giving – when charities, families, businesses, students, and more will come together for – a movement to harness the collective power of philanthropy.

Occurring the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, kicks off the holiday giving season and inspires people to give back to their communities in impactful ways.

Help us resch our goal of 12 donors in honor of the 12 days of Christmas! Visit our page for more information about what we do or to donate! https://www.camplifync.org

Camplify is joining the celebration! A day dedicated to giving – when charities, families, businesses, students, and mor...
11/30/2025

Camplify is joining the celebration! A day dedicated to giving – when charities, families, businesses, students, and more will come together for – a movement to harness the collective power of philanthropy.

Occurring the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, kicks off the holiday giving season and inspires people to give back to their communities in impactful ways.

Help us resch our goal of 12 donors in honor of the 12 days of Christmas! Visit our page for more information about what we do or to donate! https://www.camplifync.org

We are thankful for all of Camplify families today and every day! Happy Thanksgiving to you all! 💚🧡
11/27/2025

We are thankful for all of Camplify families today and every day!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! 💚🧡

Our hearts are so full after this weekend! Saturday we started with our welcome back parent meeting and this afternoon w...
09/15/2025

Our hearts are so full after this weekend!

Saturday we started with our welcome back parent meeting and this afternoon we celebrated with some of our Camplify partners and donors who make everything possible!

Families, be on the lookout for a recap and save the dates email coming out by the end of this week! 💚🧡

One of our very own young leaders is a quarter finalist for Youth Athlete of the year! Mason was chosen by his school as...
09/13/2025

One of our very own young leaders is a quarter finalist for Youth Athlete of the year!

Mason was chosen by his school as a 4th grader and has been with our program the past couple of years! Help us support Mason, one of our new Pathmaker students!

Mason Is A Dedicated Athlete. His Passion Is Baseball And Made The All Star Team This Year. He Is A Mentor To His Peers And Fellow Teammates

08/26/2025

Our bear, Petunia has been launched! Thanks to McFarlan Bakery, Camplify crafted their bear that will be up for auction soon!

All proceeds go to help support our incredible students who are nominated while they are in 4th grade for our 9-year leadership development program for our Hendersonville, NC students! 🧡

Petunia is as unique as our students as every color is their own hand print. Huge shout out to M Rathsack with M's School of Art!

We’ve been busy working on programming and strategic planning for the future this summer and we realized it’s time for a...
08/01/2025

We’ve been busy working on programming and strategic planning for the future this summer and we realized it’s time for a refresh!

Thanks to camptonawandah who sent a group of highly motivated and efficient workers, we were able to take everything out of the office, sort, renew, and refresh in less than 2 hours!

Check out this throwback newspaper article when weeklong camp was hosted there!

It’s bear season!! Not that kind of bear 🐻, but Petunia, our bear that was donated by mcfarlanbakery & in partnership wi...
05/08/2025

It’s bear season!!

Not that kind of bear 🐻, but Petunia, our bear that was donated by mcfarlanbakery & in partnership with M’s School of Art is out! Our Camplify Pathmakers and Lead Students’ lended a few hands to make this bear come to life and created Petunia’s story!

"They collectively weaved the origin tale for her in which she broke into the dining hall at Camp Kanuga and ate last year’s grape jelly, which turned her purple.”

This bear is part of the Henderson County Auction that raises funds for organizations in Henderson County. This fundraiser is one of the many ways we are able to provide leadership and development opportunities through camp to our students throughout the year!

Tomorrow morning our new 4th graders begin their journey at Basecamp and we welcome back our 5th graders for their next ...
04/25/2025

Tomorrow morning our new 4th graders begin their journey at Basecamp and we welcome back our 5th graders for their next experience! 💚🧡

Address

204 Kanuga Road
Hendersonville, NC
28739

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(828) 697-2000

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