facilities

• 8 rustic cabins with six bunk beds - total of 12 per cabin (not air conditioned)
• dining hall - serves 200
• rec hall with pool, ping-pong, games, sound system, tv - and air conditioning!
• bath house
• sailing and fishing deck
• boats

the history of our camp

The Alexandria Police Youth Camp has a long and pround history. In 1936, the idea of a camp was born when Lt. Henry Grimm and Lt. Robert Brenner, both with the Alexandria Police Department, along with Jack Tullock, a sports reporter for the Alexandria Gazette, decided to find a place for the children of Alexandria in the summer time.  Due to War World II, no immediate action was taken.

After the war, Lts. Grimm and Brenner 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 purchasea site for the camp. 

In June 1946, the current 97-Acre site was purchased with a mortgage of $10,500 to be prepaid 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.

1954 Board of Directors; pictured left to right:   Sgt. Robert A. Brenner, Capt. James W. Baber, Lt. Henry F. Grimm, Cpl. Thomas J. McGowan, Sgt. William Bayliss, and Pvt. Marshall S. Snyder.

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.

2005 began a new tradition at Camp 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.