Sun-Sentinel - Summer 2003
2003 summer camp guide

CAMP LINKS

Here are some other Web sites that may help:
Tips on Trips and camps: Free placement service helps find overnight camps for children ages 8-18. Florida consultant screens camps in U.S. and abroad.

KidsCamps.com: Internet service based in Boca Raton includes directory of 15,000 summer camp programs and summer camp jobs.

ACA GUIDE

To order a copy of the American Camping Association's 2003 Guide to Accredited Camps, call 765-342-8456 or visit www.ACAcamps.org.

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Explore and inquire prior to choosing summer camp
Choose carefully when trying to pick the right summer camp for your child to ensure safety, quality of programs and suitability for your child's personality.

How to choose a summer camp
When it comes to summer vacation from school, the camp experience is tough to beat.

Questions to ask when choosing a summer camp
Before enrolling your child in summer camp, here are some questions you may want to ask.

Academic camps are an increasingly popular summer alternative
Ah, the long, lazy days of summer. The idea of kids and teens on vacation from school and at camp evokes images of swimming, canoe rides, sports, arts and crafts and sing-a-longs.

How to choose a day camp

How to choose a sleep-away camp

Camps offer intense friendships, memorable experiences
After spending two summers as a counselor at Camp Tyler Hill in Pennsylvania, Melissa Romero was unsure whether she wanted to return. She was 19, a student at the University of Maryland and ready, she thought, for the work world. But after spending a few weeks working in a dry-cleaning store in Queens, N.Y., she decided she preferred the mountains and went back for a third summer at camp.