Camp Tips

Is Summer Camp a Good Financial Choice for Your Family?

The current economic downturn has many people wondering about how to make ends meet. They are trying to find ways to cut costs and get the most for the money they do spend. While they may want to send their children to summer camp they’re wondering if summer camp is a good financial choice for [...]

Is Your Child Ready for Overnight Camp?

Summer camp can be such fun for children of all ages. Younger children normally start out going to day camps which are limited to a couple of hours away from home. As they get older, however, they may decide they want to go to an overnight camp. Is your child ready for overnight camp? How [...]

The Y Generation Goes to Summer Camp

Children who attended summer camp in the past did so knowing they would have a week or so full of fun activities. Generation Y children of all ages, however, may have difficulties if they are sent to summer camp. Many of these children are dependent upon technology and feel they simply can’t do without it. [...]

Shadow Ridge Equestrian Center

Camp memories last forever. We make sure they are unforgettable! Shadow Ridge Equestrian Center Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for you to do. Our emphasis is on Fun, Safety and Friendship. Unlike other camp programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge Equestrian Center…horses ARE the program! [...]

Why Go To A Film/Acting For Film Camp?

This summer, the New York Film Academy will be running its annual Film and Acting For Film camps for teens between the ages of 13 to 17. Students will get a hands-on experience from writing, shooting, directing to editing their own short films. Acting students will get the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with the film [...]

Why should I send my son or daughter to Art Camp?

I am asked this question often and some days its hard to reach a live person, much less sum up why they should send their son or daughter to an art camp in Detroit. But to be a part of a creative environment with 40-60 other students with a desire for a career in art, [...]

Many good reasons to send a child to camp

There are so many good reasons to send a child to camp and I will make this piece short since the most important reasons are summed up quite easily. by Mark Diamond, Camp Manitou When children go to camp, they are on their own, sometimes for the very first time in their lives. They have [...]

A Camp Chatuga Story

Dear Camp Chatuga Counselors & Staff, I never got to attend summer camp as a child. So when we had our family meeting last January about what we’d do this summer, I just couldn’t get why my kids would choose attending Camp Chatuga again over any kind of vacation package I dangled in front of [...]

Choosing a Golf Camp

Facility: Look to see where the school is held. Proximity to your home is a consideration but not always the #1 priority. If the school is out of town determine how far of a drive it is to the school and is it near a major city. Most camps will pick up campers that fly [...]