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07.18.08, 19:52 PM General Topics
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anyone have experience with sleepaway camp for older kids? we're looking at camps for next summer (registration starts this sept for some!) - really great ones are $5,000 for 3 1/2 weeks and the YMCA ones not on lakes work out to be about $2,000 for the same period (traditional single sex ones in Maine with cabins, YMCA ones in tents). Is it really worth the $ difference to do the traditional/lakeside/cabin ones?? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.18.08, 07:52 PM Flag

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General Topics 07.18.08, 07:53 PM Flag

You should go onto the Am Camping Assn web-site, you can select options and search for camps by cost, location, activities etc. You should VISIT this summer with your dc while camp is in session. This is essential with an older kid. You will see there are vast differences which are not apparent in the web-sites. (Kids aimlessly wandering around, filthy bathrooms, and you name it.) Signed mom of teens who have both been to several camps. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 07:56 PM Flag

thanks, awesome. We did visit Camp Manitou last weekend and really like it -- I personally went to Y Camps on Cape Cod, but don't remember having the deep, longer term friendships that these more $$, traditional camps seem to foster [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 07:58 PM Flag

^ plus emphasis on sports (some boys camps track kids' sports rankings, prizes, etc) and have boys from 25+ states, counselors from other countries. I was impressed. Not even TT Manhattan schools can boast that [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 07:59 PM Flag

Camps don't have to be $$ to foster the lt relationships. DD went to Jewish themed camp for 7 years, it was not $$. Pembroke in MA. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.18.08, 08:06 PM Flag