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michele
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I've never gone to summer camp, but I've sent my 7 year old daughter to summer camp for the past two summers, and she absolutely loves it!
The one she goes to is a Christian based camp, although it doesn't seem to be really religious. They do have a short prayer in the morning, along with the pledge of allegiance to the flag ... but that's the only relgious activity that they do.
At camp, the children go on group hikes... they have certain activities that they do on different days... like on Wednesday, they horseback ride... and on Tuesday and Thursday - they go canoeing for an hour (with a camp leader in their canoe)... They swim in the lake every day for two hours - (the children's swimming area is kind of roped in by some docks, so the children can't venture out into deep water), and they have a beach/sand play area for them. They have a basketball court, and a tennis court there, but my daughter has never mentioned playing there.
On rainy days, they do crafts and sing songs and play games inside.
They also have craft time, and they roasted marshmallows on a bonfire... and I think once a week they have a "special guest" come to the camp for an assembly - like a "exotic animal specialist" that brings lizards and snakes... or someone from the art musuem comes in and shows them some kind of art exhibit.
It's all about learning and having fun with the other kids... and for me, I'm happy because she gets to do things that I don't usually take her to do.. (like the horse riding)
For food - it's easy stuff, like hamburgers and chicken sandwiches - and chips and juice.. It seems to be things that are easy to make for 200 people - nothing really gormet... but maybe if you go to a more expensive camp, they have better meals??
I bet you'll have a great time, and you will make a lot of friends iwth the other counselors.. I think they all get to be like "family" away from home. |
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PraiseBob
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Yes, I went to the same YMCA summer camp every summer from the time I was about 8 until I was 16 and then became a Junior councilor for a couple of years after that. I very much enjoyed it.
This camp was on a lake so many of the activities were waterfront related such as skiing, sailing, swimming, and canoes. However, we also had horses, crafts, field sports, day hikes, etc...
The day was generally divided into "activity sessions" (a couple in the morning and a couple in the evening). You would pick whatever activity you wanted to do and simply show up at the start of the session. Each day we also had a "free swim" period where your cabin would enjoy the swimming area with a couple of other cabins.
Food was served family cafeteria style and each cabin had their own table in the dining hall. Kids would rotate through KP duty.
Each camping session lasted about 10 days to 2 weeks. I often stayed for 2 back to back camp sessions.
Here is a link to their website.
http://www.campgradyspruce.org/Index.cfm?FuseAction=Page&PageID=1001099
I was also a Boy Scout and went to a Boy Scout camp for a couple of years as well. That was definately fun, but not nearly as fun as Camp Grady Spruce. |
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sand_illusions
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yes, very recently too.
Camp during the day is nothing but excitement, smiles, and acting crazy for the fun of it, getting excercise, meeting new friends, and trying new things.
The night time is for staying up past the time that the leaders say to go to bed and telling secrets!
The food is decent, though be careful when it comes to things like meats just incase they are undercooked. The dessert is amazing tho!
i wish that i could be a leader at a camp this year, but too busy. Hope that I helped, and have a great time! |
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Led*Zep*Babe
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I went to camp once. Let see....we stand in cabins and were divided up by age and gender. It was a church camp, so during the mornings and early afternoons we had "lessons". They were fun though...it was a lot of churches merging together and the preachers of the churches were the teachers. Then, in the afternoons there were games to play, swimming, fishing, hiking, and "cantene"..which is when you buy all the snacks. There was a camp fire every night and a movie. There is always something going on it seemed. I remember the food being okay, but not great.
I hope this helped some. I only ever went to camp once and I remember that when I got back I was exhausted...so, I imagine you'll have your work cut out for you. Good luck! |
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Actually summer camp is about merging cultures so feel free to bring your own culture to camp and show the kids how you eat and live.
PS. first answer....LOL.. good one |
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ticklemeblue
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I went to a YMCA camp (35 years ago)....during the day...we swam...did crafts...and would play games like baseball and capture the flag....in the evenings we would congregate around a large fire....sing songs and stuff...Good luck. |
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Chris C
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During the day, we did things like swim, play sports, shoot bows/bb guns/rifles, capture the flag, canoeing, etc. At night, we usually had a bonfire, and told ghost stories. The food is about average American cuisine. Not too good, but not that bad. |
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There was usually games, crafts, hiking, swimming,skits (little plays kids made up and performed),singing around the campfire ect...I had fun at most of my camps. I met some very cool people from all over. I hope you have fun! |
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birdie
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My children have gone to summer camp. The camp they go to is on a lake & there is canoing, kayaking, swimming, fishing, archery, arts & crafts, group sing-a-longs, hiking, ...other stuff too. They seemed to like the food. American kids foods like hamburgers, hot dogs, mac & cheese. BTW my town (& others) host a week of UK soccer camp with young men (& a few women) who come over from UK. Very nice people & great with the kids. Have a great time! |
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Midoria
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I went to summer camp ever summer from the age of 9 to the age of 14. I loved it!
I started out at a Girl Scout Camp and then started going to an all girls camp in West Virginia. It was a more upscale camp with lots of prominently families sending their girls there. The parents were snobbish, but the girls were nice!
During the day we would take riding lessons (all of our teachers were from the UK), swim, hike, trail ride, play tennis, volleyball, or soccer. We also did dance, arts and crafts, archery, and drama. Each area had a specific counselor that taught that subject.
At night we had dances (all girls, but we were all so young we didn't notice), campfires, performances, or overnights on the mountains or in the Field. There were 3 night activities at my camp.
Very good memories, and you'll get to see a bit of America as well! Let me know if you have any more questions. My email is MissMidoria@hotmail.com.
The link for the camp is: http://www.camprimrock.com
Cheers! |
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Kutekymmee
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i went to Girl Scout camp every summer, for a week at a time.
during the day, we would hike, boat, swim, do all kinds of physical activities, arts and crafts, etc.
at night, we would sleep in tents, try to stay up late, get scared to death by spiders, and avoid sleeping as much as possible.
food was OK. nothing spectacular, kind of like school food. |
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betterlife_travel
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I went to summer camp when I was a kid. It was an overnight camp for a week. We were able to choose a program for the morning (Horseback riding, outdoor adventure, arts and crafts or swimming) and go to pick 3 shorter activities in the afternoon (archery, swimming, horseback riding, arts and crafts, sports and games, biking etc). We had many different types of foods... hotdogs, hamburgers, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, pizza etc. At night we had a different program and had freetime. We had bonfires at night and made s'mores (toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker with a piece of chocolate). We sang songs and got to spend time with other campers. I loved it. I think I went 8 years in a row. |
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hockeyhockey
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When I was 12, a religious friend of mine scammed me into going to her church camp with her. She showed me the brochure. It mentioned wind surfing, a petting zoo, arts and crafts, and overnight hiking trips. It did not mention the church 3 times a day, prayer groups twice a day, and the constant talk of hell. (Later, I found out that the religious kids were all told to bring as many non-religious friends as they could so that they could convert us or something. The brocure we non-religious kids were given had purposely left out almost all mention of religion.)
I was only 12 and they told me anyone who wasn't part of their religion would go to hell! When I mentioned that my dad hasn't gone to church in decades, they told me very explicitly what would happen to him when he went to hell. They even showed us a video of these kids who died and went to hell because they weren't religious!
On the other hand, the petting zoo was pretty great, except for the chickens. No one liked to pet the chickens.
Here are my pointers: Just make sure to get all of the kids involved. Make sure none are left out of any activities, and some might get home sick so try to be understanding of those kids. Also, be ready for sudden changes in plans, like if you are planning on canoeing but instead there is a storm. Come up with some good rainy day activities. When I went to girl scout camp, it rained so we decided to re-enact the entire Wizard of Oz movie. We had to be creative when it came to costuming. We also played a scavenger hunt where all of the camp counselors hid in various places in camp and we had to find as many as we could. Whichever cabin found the most counselors was allowed to skip their chores that evening. That was pretty fun. One more pointer, don't trick kids into changing their religious beliefs and don't tell them their beloved family members will be gutted and burned in hell. |
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Kim C
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No. I didn't go to a summer camp. |
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steve m
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i went to one and nearly drowned ......got chased by a bear and killed a dog it was amazing recommended it to anyone ......do you like hamburgers ? |
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at night you light a campfire ( i am in the uk aswell but i went to a kind of summer camp , well lets face it were i went they did alsorts of summer camp activitys ) and we did a campfire at night we did awesome all nighter sleepovers and during the day we went swimming in the lake and we did orrientiering round the castle grounds were we stayed! its alot of fun i tell you |
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jezterfezter
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Have a listen to a song called "Camp Granada" by Alan Sherman
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