an all week, all night adventure
The setting of the sun continues the fun at After Hours. This program has been a youth camper favorite for 20 years and counting. Explore the night at Gretna Glen, where we will stay up gradually later each night playing glow-in-the-dark games, exploring the climbing tower, experiencing the quiet embrace of nature, and learning that Jesus is the light of the world.
To culminate this After Hours experience after adjusting to the night hours, we will be headed to Paramount Sports Complex in Palmyra, PA to jump, bounce, and climb the night away! This trip departs in the evening and returns early the next morning to watch the sunrise at Gretna Glen. Then, campers eat a hearty breakfast and have plenty of time to catch up on sleep.
After Hours 2 campers will spend most of their time doing activities among their own age group, but the schedule will also include some large-group times and experiences with all three “After Hours” programs together. No matter which age range you fall in, all After Hours campers get to see Gretna Glen in a “different light” whether that is by headlamp, or tiki torches to light up all the clamp classics. From late-night challenge courses to swimming and games, no camp activity is called off on account of darkness!
Camp, Rewired for the Night
The classics you know, re-staged under starlight, headlamps, and torchlight.
Glow-in-the-Dark Games
Capture the flag, kickball, tag, and group games you have played a hundred times, now running on glow sticks and black light. It sounds small until you are in it, and then it is the highlight of the week.
The Climbing Tower at Night
Harness up and take on the Gretna Glen climbing tower after dark. Trained staff, full lighting, and a view from the top that hits different when the rest of camp is a sea of cabin lights.
Late-Night Challenge Course
Team-building challenges that push you and your cabin to work together in ways daytime programs never quite get to. Headlamps on, problem-solving mode engaged.
Paramount Sports Trip
One night, the whole program loads up for an evening trip to Paramount Sports Complex in Palmyra. Jumping, bouncing, climbing, and a sunrise return to camp with a hearty breakfast waiting.
Why After Hours Has Lasted This Long
After Hours works because it respects where teens actually are. The schedule lets campers sleep in. The programming runs when their energy peaks. The community is built around shared experiences most of the world never gets to have, because most of the world is asleep for the best parts.
After Hours 2 adds the layer of being the middle group. Old enough to have done overnight camp before. Young enough that the older After Hours 3 teens still set the tone for the week. It is the right step for 14 and 15 year olds who are ready for the full After Hours experience and want to share it with teens their age.
WHERE YOU'LL STAY
Campers stay in cabins on Gretna Glen's main campus. Cabins feature bunk beds, a changing area, and a modern shower house built in 2018. A counselor is assigned to every cabin. After Hours 2 is a mainsite program, so meals are in the Dining Hall alongside the other After Hours groups.
WHAT PARENTS SHOULD KNOW
After Hours 2 runs primarily at night. Campers sleep in during the morning and ramp up through the afternoon and evening. Staff are specifically trained for nighttime programming, and lighting, supervision, and safety protocols all reflect that.
Gretna Glen is ACA-accredited, meeting over 300 health, safety, and quality standards. Staff are Ministry Safe and UMC Risk Management trained. The Paramount Sports trip is fully supervised, with return transportation and breakfast back at camp included in the program cost.
WHO THIS PROGRAM IS FOR
- Teens 14 to 15 who thrive after dark and want a week built for that
- Returning Gretna Glen campers ready to step into the After Hours community
- Night owls looking for a program that matches their actual energy rhythm
- Youth group members who want to share the experience with peers their age