Did you go to Summer Camp?

18 years ago

The only Summer Camp I was allowed to go to was Church Camp. It lasted a whole week with 1 hour of church in the morning and 1 hour of church in the afternoon. Time out for one hour of Swimming and Arts and Crafts.

We also, had sing-a-longs at night. Then we retreated back to the Dorms and then the dreaded "lights out".

My kids always wanted to go to Camp, but as a single Mom, I couldn't afford it. They refused to go to Church Camp, which was a lot cheaper. They did go to Day Camp at the Y, which they loved.

Gayle

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angela_nor_calif
18 years ago
I never did but my DD loves to go to camp. She went to YMCA camp a couple of years and then there is another camp not too far from where we live that she really likes. I think she's old enough to be a counselor now but I don't know if she's interested in that.
lydia1959
18 years ago
No summer camp for me. I remember going to Girl Scout camp once, my Mom was a leader...but I honestly think we came home that night instead of staying in the cabins. My Mom was not much of a camper.

My DD has went to lots of week long Girl Scout camps. The last 2 years she has been a leader and helped with the younger girls. She loves it, so much in fact that she just became a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts.
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jannie
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We moved from the city to the suburbs the summer after I finished fifth grade. Our parents put me and one sister in Day Camp. I remember it was lots of fun-stories,crafts, some sports, lunch, swimming lessons. I made some good friends but when camp ended I no longer saw them. The Day Camp was for the entire town, four elementary schools. When school started, I didn't know anyone.
brenda_in_tx
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I went to church camp that sounds familiar to yours - I loved it. I don't think I would have ever wanted to go to any other kind because I wouldn't have known anyone there.
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ronm80
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As children we were sent to a Catholic camp, Camp Villa Marie in Savannah, Ga. on the river. My mother thought we needed this because there were no Catholic schools in south Georgia. Gayle, we also had mass at the crack of dawn and again at night. Also, religious classes twice a day. No, it wasn't fun. We stayed in cabins with huge screen windows, no air. The nuns would walk around at night to make sure we were all in beds. Seeing them in those black and white habits late at night looking through those screens, still gives me nightmares. DD2 begged to go to a camp with horse back riding. So we gave in and sent her to Merry Mac in Black Mountain, NC. It was not cheap! She wrote letters begging to come home after 3 days. After talking to the camp owners, we drove the 7 hours and got her. That was her first and last camp experience.
evatx
18 years ago
I didn't go to camp until I was a Girl Scout leader, and I had more fun than the girls!
grammahony
18 years ago
I went to church camp too. Sounds like yours Gayle. I went twice I think it was. I sent my daughters too, at least for 1 year (that I remember). This past summer, I helped my DGD go. Hopefully she'll want to go this summer again.
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