Camp Hale Alumni Association

Empowering the Next Generation

The Camp Hale Alumni Association, Inc. (CHAA) works to support Camp Hale for all future generations to enjoy.

Celebrating 100 Years of Service to Camp Hale.

A century of camp.
Keeping it alive for the next one.

Established in 1925, and in celebration our 100th year, we have set a goal of raising "$100,000 for 100 years". Please consider making a donation toward this goal for the benefit of Camp Hale.

Donate to the 100-Year Campaign →

Why we exist

To preserve and protect Camp Hale as a place where young people may obtain a refreshing, enlightening and meaningful camping experience. Every young person in Boston deserves time on Squam.

Camp Hale has been sending kids from Boston's neighborhoods to Squam Lake in New Hampshire since 1900. For generations of families — many of them from the South End, from working-class Boston, from communities that didn't always have options — camp was the thing that changed the summer. That changed everything.

We're the alumni. We went to camp. And now we're the ones making sure it stays open, stays funded, and stays true to what it's always been: a place where kids from the city can swim in a lake, climb a mountain, and figure out what they're made of.

About Us

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The Camp Hale Alumni Association is a not for profit corporation, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, to acquire by gift, devise or otherwise money and property of every kind, nature and description and to administer and use the same and any income or proceeds thereof solely for such charitable purposes, and more particularly to preserve, protect, and to enhance Camp Hale (hereinafter also referred to as “Camp”), established in the year 1900 and located inthe Township of Center Sandwich, in the State of New Hampshire, and currently owned and operated by the United South End Settlements, as a place where young people may obtain a nurturing, safe, joyful, and educational experience. To visit USES.org click here.

The people who went to camp — and came back.
CHAA is a 501(c)(3) alumni organization supporting Camp Hale, a nature sanctuary on Squam Lake in New Hampshire. We're not the camp. We're the community that sustains it.

Volunteering

Building a Better Future

Since 1925, we have been a volunteer organization.

We help provide opportunities for kids to escape the city during the summer and experience the amazing programming Camp Hale offers.

CHAA is entirely volunteer-run. Our board members, committee members, and Work Weekend crews give their
time, skills, and labor because they believe in what Camp Hale does. There is no paid staff. Every person who
shows up makes a difference.

W A Y S T O V O L U N T E E R
- Work Weekend (spring and fall) — skilled labor and maintenance at Camp Hale
- Event support — Alumni Weekend, Old Homes Day, and Boston-area fundraisers

- Board membership — CHAA holds board elections and welcomes new members
- Committee work — Finance, Communications, Fundraising, and Work Weekend committees all need
support

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Fundraising

Filling the bunks, keeping the house.

Every dollar raised by CHAA goes to Camp Hale in one form or another: camperships for kids who couldn't afford tuition, facility maintenance and repairs, programming support, and long-term sustainability.

You can make a one-time gift or set up a recurring donation. All contributions are tax-deductible.

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