Camp Exclamation Point

CAMP! was founded in 1991, after the University Affiliated Program at UVM re-prioritized services and discontinued a Vermont Migrant Education Program summer camp. Several staff members from this camp were committed to providing continuity for the children with whom they had been working, and created Camp Exclamation Point, Inc. as a way to meet that need.

Camp Exclamation Point, Inc. (CAMP!) provides continuity and community to underserved rural Vermont kids through a weeklong residential summer camp. Our 100+ campers have limited opportunities for such an experience because of a lack of financial resources, rural isolation, and disruption of life and education.

Our program empowers campers to make choices that directly affect their experience both at CAMP! and back home, while putting a particular emphasis on kindness and cooperation. From the experience, campers become aware of an expanded set of possibilities and are better able to make good choices in their lives, and to have a positive impact back in their home communities.

CAMP! provides traditional residential camp programming with a broad range of activities to meet a variety of camper interests and skills. Our program empowers campers to make choices that directly affect their experience. By expanding campers understanding of the impact of their choices, we hope they will be better able to make good choices in their own lives outside of camp to have a positive impact for themselves and communities around them.

Scott Moore (Managing Director) found the CAMP! community through the volunteer network of the United Way in 2002 and joined the Board in 2005 as Treasurer. A Senior Financial Analyst at Secure Financial Services, Scott is also the senior analyst of the end-of-week CAMP! slideshow. He loves using his creativity to help create an opportunity for these kids to be kids for a week.