What are the benefits of sleep-away camp?
Camp is a very powerful experience for all children and adolescents. It is often the first, and sometimes the only, place where they can act independently in a world which is manageable for them. Camp means learning to live around others, being part of a community, and feeling how that is rewarding and challenging at the same time. Camp offers children and adolescents a chance to make friends, gain self- confidence, and learn how to solve problems on their own. Camp is also the place to reinvent oneself. When campers come to camp, they leave their emotional baggage at home. It’s a place that does not judge, a place where one is accepted, and where idiosyncrasies are seen as part of everyone’s character, rather than being a major obstacle.
