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Feb 2010  |  By Mibs  |  Comments

Make It Better Guide: Choosing a Summer Camp

Starting to make your summer plans? Make It Better offers up a great selection of articles that will help you make the best decision on camps for your kids:

Make It Better Articles:

Overnight Success: Find the Right Camp for Your Child

Alternatives to Sports Camps

Camps for the Younger Set

A Camp for Kids with Cancer

Top 10 Benefits of Sending Your Kid to Camp

"P.S. I Hate It Here!" - a book excerpt

Going Away to Overnight Camp

Caring Camps

Away Camp Isn't the Answer? Stay Home and Camp This Summer

Get Campy–How To Find the Right Camp for your Kids

Summer Thrills–Camps for Your Teens

Love from Home—What to Send (and NOT to send!) to Camp

The Camp Goat Ate my Sneakers ...and other Letters from Camp

Local websites:

American Camp Association, Illinois Chapter

National websites:

American Camp Association

Children's Association for Maximum Potential (special needs camps)

National Camp Association

Make It Better Resources:

Overnight Camps:

Cheley Colorado Camps (Also mentioned in Outside Magazine)

Camp Anokijig

McGaw YMCA/Camp Echo

Towering Pines/Camp Woodland

Sports Camps:

Illinois Baseball Academy

Northwestern Soccer Camps

North Suburban YMCA

Cultural Arts Camps:

Piven Theatre Workshop

Actors Training Center

Harand Theatre Camp

Academy @ Citadel Theatre

North Suburban YMCA

Day Camps:

Banner Day Camp

Camp CBG at the Chicago Botanic Garden

North Suburban YMCA

Books:

The Summer Camp Handbook : Everything You Need to Find, Choose and Get Ready for Overnight Camp -- and Skip the Homesickness
Christopher Thurber and Jon C. Malinowski
Perspective Publishing

 

 

Make Summer Count: Programs & Camps for Teens & Kids 2008 (Peterson's Make Summer Count: Enrichment Programs for Kids & Teenage)
Peterson's

 

 

 

The Family Manager's Guide To Summer Survival: Make the Most of Summer Vacation with Fun Family Activities, Games, and More!
Kathy Peel
Fair Winds Press