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There are myths about Overnight Summer Camp that may scare parents from sending their child. They think that the typical camp is way too expensive, too exclusive, or too time consuming. Camp has more to offer than just games. Ask your self why you are not sending your child to camp?

However, these days there is no such thing as a typical camp. The more than 8,500 camps across the country offer something for every budget, interest, personal schedule, and ability.

These are a few summer camp facts:

* The activities at camp are diverse. Among the most common activities that camp directors added to their program last year are mountain biking, performing arts, travel camp, and all types of water-craft activities, such as canoeing and boating.*

* Last summer, 65 percent of camps surveyed gave out camperships. Total amounts given per camp ranged from small contributions to $1,000,000.*

* Approximately 500,000 jobs are filled each summer by college students, teachers, doctors, nurses, food service directors, and may others who wish to make a positive difference in the lives of almost nine million children and youth.

* Today many summer camps are no longer out in nature but are held at a university or even at the local shopping mall. Regardless of the facility the benefits of summer camp can be felt.

*The above facts may dispel some camp myths , bit the biggest myth is that summer camp is all about fun. The benefits to young people of a summer at camp have long been discussed and more recently evaluated. What are they? Simply put, they are opportunities. Opportunities not exclusive to camps but rather concentrated at camp, where under the direction, supervision, and influence of caring counselors, young adults can learn to become more independent, more confident, more self-aware, and more giving toward others. These are just some of the life lessons learned at camp says Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed.

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