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Find-A-Camp

Find Your Child's Summer Home

You can search day and overnight camps by location, activity, session length and more. If at any point during your search you need assistance, reach out to our dedicated Camper Placement Specialist for free, one-on-one advice in finding a camp.

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Meet Renee Flaxx

For over 20 years, Renee Flax has been helping families find the right day, overnight, and travel program for their child/children.  Renee works closely with each family to provide them with camp programs that will work best for them based on the needs of the family and child.

Renee is considered an expert on summer camp and has been featured in various media stories including The Associated Press, The New York Times, Newsday, New York Family, New Jersey Family and more!

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Renee Flax

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Executive Director

Prior to joining the American Camp Association, NY and NJ, Alicia was with The Fresh Air Fund for14 years, serving as director of camping and year-round programs for 10 years. In this role, she oversaw six camp programs serving over 3,500 children annually and all year-round student/camper engagement programs. Alicia was involved with ACA, NY and NJ for many years before joining as Executive Director. She has served on the ACA, NY & NJ Board of Directors as a member and treasurer for nine years and volunteered as a standards visitor for 14 years. Alicia also served as an officer and president of the New York State Camp Directors Association, tirelessly advocating for issues that affected New York camps. Over the years, Alicia has been recognized by our organization as a leader and advocate in camping with the Thelma Hurwitz Leadership Award and the Tri-State CAMP Conference Award.