From Crisis to Confidence: Nature as a Catalyst for Healing Lake Nixon doesn’t tend to have a lot of visitors during the dead of winter. But this past January, youth from Immerse Arkansas started making regular visits to Lake Nixon...
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UPDATE: Registration is now open for EVERYONE! 2025 Camp Registration Opens – Monday, January 13! Dear Camp Friends, It may be below freezing outside with ice and snow on the ground, but it’s time to make plans for summer weeks at...
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We had a great turnout and a great time at this year’s Fall Fest! Thanks to several members of our summer camp staff and to the many, many volunteers from Second Baptist Church, Downtown for helping to make such a good time possible! See...
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Week 5 of this past summer was “Thanksgiving Week”! Throughout the week, we reflected on our reasons for gratitude, and we had an opportunity to experience how giving and receiving go together. In Arts and Crafts time, campers wrote...
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Honestly, I don’t know who gets more excited about camp – my daughter or myself. It’s a warm and fuzzy feeling when you can give your child experiences you were not afforded as a child. Thank you, Lake Nixon, for your kindness...
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We love sharing pictures of campers and staff having fun in the sun throughout the summer. Above all else, our priority is keeping everyone safe, so that they get the chance to come home at the end of each day “happy, dirty, and...
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Take a sneak peek at the planned theme weeks for Summer 2024! As we get closer to summer, we’ll share more about the various ways we’ll be incorporating our themes into each week’s activities. It’s going to be great!
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What will you remember most from your time at Lake Nixon? Checkout what some of last summer’s staff and campers had to say!
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This fall, we said goodbye and “thank you!” to Mike Simmons, who served for three years as Summer Day Camp director at Lake Nixon. We will miss Mike’s fun-loving spirit, hard work, and caring presence — and we wish him the very best in his new...
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First, here’s a map of the Lake Nixon Outdoor Center (for a larger version click here and rotate your phone): Please enter through Gate B. There will be a welcome/information table as soon as you enter to answer questions, give directions...
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We’ve been plenty busy getting ready for another year of campers. Who is ready to take the plunge into fun and friendship at Lake Nixon this year? Summer Day Camp 2023 Updates and Resources Camp Registration is open (apply here!). **Some...
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At Lake Nixon Outdoor Preschool, we don’t hibernate during the winter months . . . we make the most of them! From warm, sunny days to wet chilly ones–and everything in between–we’ve continued to learn and grow this year...
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