Skiing, knee boarding, tubing, kayaking, sailing, paddle boats – you name it and we get crazy with it! Deep Sea fishing? We got it! Swimming pool, recreation hall, archery, campfires? We got it! What are you waiting for? Come and get it!
The Alexandria Police Youth Camp has a long and proud history. In 1946 Lt. Henry Grimm and Lt. Robert Brenner, both with the Alexandria Police Department, came up with the idea of starting a summer camp for boys in Alexandria.
They went to the Alexandria Police Association (APA) and told them of their plans to start a camp. The APA endorsed the plan, appropriated $2,000, selected a Board of Directors, and authorized them to borrow $10,000 more to purchase a site for the camp.
In June 1946, the current 97-acre site was purchased with a mortgage of $10,500 to be repaid in 11 years. Mr. Ashby Redmon, President of the Old Mutual Ice Company in Alexandria, agreed to back the loan. A campaign was started by the APA to raise $35,000 for the overall construction and operation of the camp.
In June 1947, the camp was incorporated under the name of Alexandria Police Boy's Camp, Inc.
The name Camp Charles Herbert Grimm was selected at a membership meeting. Charles Herbert Grimm was the son of Lt. Grimm, who was killed fighting with the Fourth Marines on Iwo Jima on D-Day. The well known athlete was 19 years old at the time of his death.
Later the name was changed to the Alexandria Police Youth Camp when girls were invited to attend.
2005 began a new tradition at Camp Charles Herbert Grimm when the Alexandria Police Department formed a partnership with the Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA.
The YMCA invented camping, so who could run a better camp? In 2006, the Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA began running the camp under a new name, Camp Kekoka (Kee-koh-kah). The YMCA brings to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay years of experience running camps for children.
Skiing, knee boarding, tubing, kayaking, sailing, paddle boats – you name it and we get crazy with it! Deep Sea fishing? We got it! Swimming pool, recreation hall, archery, campfires? We got it! What are you waiting for? Come and get it!
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The Alexandria Police Youth Camp has a long and proud history. In 1946 Lt. Henry Grimm and Lt. Robert Brenner, both with the Alexandria Police Department, came up with the idea of starting a summer camp for boys in Alexandria. 
The name Camp Charles Herbert Grimm was selected at a membership meeting. Charles Herbert Grimm was the son of Lt. Grimm, who was killed fighting with the Fourth Marines on Iwo Jima on D-Day. The well known athlete was 19 years old at the time of his death.