ANGOLA, N.Y. -- Their voices echo through the woods, the arts and crafts room, the outdoor pool. It’s a cavalry of youth, enjoying nature and each other at a place where so many others before them have done the exact same thing.

St. Vincent de Paul summer camp is in full swing in Angola, but this season will be its last.

"It wasn't a happy day, it was a somber day when the board called for that vote,” said Mark Zarnheld, CEO and executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

The nearly 90-year-old camp first opened as a way to bring urban kids to the outdoors while providing them with healthy food. While the property can easily handle up to 600 kids a season, numbers dwindled in the late 90s. By 2015, attendance was just over 250. Seeing this, St. Vincent de Paul's board of directors voted to end the camp this year.

"They have different needs now. They need academic enrichment, families aren't really comfortable, or it's not in their background where they have overnight camping,” Zarnheld said.

The news is bittersweet for Cathy Jagodzinski, head lifeguard and a former camper.

"I still have all my ribbons from doing the wheelbarrow race or whatever race we were in,” Jagodzinski said, reminiscing. “Sad to think about all the campers that won't get to experience all those things I did growing up."

"Very shocking, did not know they were going to close the camp. Kind of sad,” said former camper and now camper helper Julia Dunn.

While the camp property will not be going up for sale, Zarnheld explained the Society looks to collaborate with other groups to bring kids to the camp in a different capacity, as well as take their outreach directly to city streets.

"Everyone wants children to enjoy their summer, have those special memories. To have to come to this decision we had to realize that what would come of it would be something even better."

"We have a saying that this is where camp spirit begins but never ends. Even if camp is going to go away, I hope that spirit stays."

The final day of camp will be August 13, but the Society says spots are still available for the last few weeks. For more information, visit the camp's website.