Welcome to Camp Alexander, I am Damon Leiss, the camp director. Our mission "is to empower children with wisdom, life skills, positive character traits, self confidence and provide a safe place for growth and enrichment in the great outdoors." This was the wish of our name sake, Mr. Alexander. In 1886, a former slave E.J. (Jones) Alexander purchased nine acres of land in Lyon County.In 1923, Mr. Alexander passed away leaving all his savings and property to the orphaned and needy children of Emporia and Lyon County. Today, Camp Alexander has grown to an 80+ acre tract of land dedicated to the outdoor education and recreation of youth of Lyon County and surrounding area. My passion is to create a camp that will teach life-lasting lessons like the appreciation and respect of nature, improved social skills, increased self-esteem and self-confidence, team-work, problem solving, friendship, decision making, risk taking, all in an environment that is never dull and always exciting. I thank you for taking the time to visit our web-site. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and if you have any ideas please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

 Damon Leiss