There are overnight summer camps with a focus on self-improvement, weight loss and grief counseling. Choosing an overnight summer camp for your child, teen or other children deserves a great deal of consideration and attention to even the smallest details. Special needs camps meet the needs of a wide range of children with disabilities; these camps provide an outdoor summer camp experience along with a therapeutic environment.
Camps often focus on specialties that include: adventure, art, computer, dance, music, religion, horse riding, sports, theatre, and many others. There are camps with activities as traditional as model rocketry and riflery, to those nontraditional as aviation, computers, language studies, golf, martial arts or community service. Planning early is important; you should be diligent in your efforts to visit camps during the peak season to make plans in advance of the next camping year.
Many kid campers are enrolled in summer camp by their parents early in the year, thus camps fill up quickly. There are four basic types of camps to choose from for your child: day programs, sleepaway or overnight summer camp, day programs with trips, and special needs camps. Beyond the traditional sports - baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, tennis, football, and more - there are camps for outdoor enthusiasts that can offer horseback riding, hiking, camping, fishing, and even rappelling.
Four weeks at a good private overnight summer camp or sleepaway camp will cost anywhere from $3500 to $6500, and eight weeks will range from $4000 to $7000. Although camp counselor jobs don't usually pay very well, usually minimum wage or less, counselors receive free room and board; many take the job primarily for the camping experience. College credit courses are very popular at overnight summer camps that typically offer students the opportunity to explore a pre-college experience;
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usually, students entering grades 10 through 12 stay in college dormitories and attend summer classes run by the college faculty.
The reputation of an overnight summer camp can also be determined by asking what percentage of counselors returned from the previous year. Some camps are often called adventure camps - having a very specific theme or interest; many of these programs emphasize skill development and personal growth through the adventures the offer. Specialty overnight camps can range from $500 to $1000 per week depending on the program.
Most camp counselors are in their late teens or early twenties and are high school and college students on their summer break. Non-profit camps often range from $1200 to $3000 for four weeks and $2500 to $5000 for eight weeks. Consider these industry-recommended guidelines - for smaller children ages 7 and 8, there should be one counselor for every six campers; by age 15, there should be one counselor for every 10 campers.
The best overnight summer sports camps do much more than just improve a camper's soccer, tennis, lacrosse, or wrestling skills - they help each child become a more skillful athlete, a more gracious competitor, a more committed team player, and a more confident person. Visit the camp; you can view campers and counselors in their element, witness activities as they occur, and just obtain an overall feel of the camp, something that cannot be accurately experienced when the camp is closed. Check the camper-counselor ratio to determine the number of campers for each counselor.
Overnight summer camp is often the first time that most children spend a long period of time away from home. The camp experience will have a lasting impression on a child or teen, so there are a number of issues that should be seriously considered when choosing an overnight summer camp or sleepaway camp. Homesickness is a frequent problem, but with a caring camp counselor most campers adjust easily. Choosing a camp close to home will save a lot of money on airfare and possible hotel or motel overnight stays for a parent, or other transportation costs; this is especially true if your child might get a case of homesickness and want to come home early from the overnight summer camp.
