verythin for Camp! Alyssa Patt and Caren Barkin relax at Tamarack. s BERKLEY 3144 W. 12 Mile (810) 548-5052 WESTLAND 1900 N. Wayne Rd. (313) 721-2262 • Layaway • Gift Certificates liVALDENcAmp FOR BO YS AND GIRLS 5607 South River Road • Cheboygan, Michigan 49721 Walden is a distinctive co-ed camp for youngsters, set on the quiet shores of Long Lake in beautiful Northern Michigan. Its picturesque setting, extensive program, excellent facilities and professional staff offer boys and girls the perfect combination of summer and adventure! Accents on Riding, Sailing, Kayaking, Waterskiing, Windsurfing, Theater, Tennis, Soccer, Gymnastics, Photography, Fine Arts and Crafts, Computers, Wilderness Camping, Canoeing, and Mountain Bike Trips. Two, four and eight week sessions. Est. 1959 For additional information, color brochure or video, call or write: S 31070 Applewood Lane Farmington Hills, MI 48331 (810) 661-1890 ity of taking care of the campers, Mr. Bassin says. "They're yours 24 hours a day. When they eat, when they sleep, it's up to you. It takes incredible energy." To find energetic counselors like Mr. Bassin, Tamarack's Mr. Finkelberg is turning to Camp Counselors U.S.A., Camp Amer- ica and Bunacamp. These com- panies work with the U.S. government to obtain visas for foreign staff and interview and screen candidates. Beginning this year, Tama- rack also has sent its own re- cruiter to attend college fairs in Australia and Europe. Foreign counselors usually are older, and see the summer camp job as a travel opportunity. Once camp is over, many tour the United States until the visa ex- pires. Mr. Finkelberg seeks foreign counselors to work as waterfront or horseback riding specialists. Tamarack's parent agency, the Fresh Air Society, has a policy that bunk counselors must be Jewish, but specialists don't have to be. "If I can find one Jewish horseback riding specialist out of 10," Mr. Finkelberg says, "I'm lucky." Foreign counselors are given additional training, beyond their U.S. counterparts, in how to deal with American campers. Tama- rack also tries to match them with host families. In recent years, Mr. Finkel- berg has drawn heavily on Cana- dian counselors. A former camp director in Montreal, he says the Canadians share the same val- ues and culture as the United States and require less training than other foreign counselors. Another source of staff for all camps are former campers. They usually work one year in a train- ing program before becoming regular counselors. Tamarack hires 56 17-year- olds each summer to serve on its Teen Service Staff training pro- gram. The following summer, 80 percent — about 40 — return as first-year counselors. Alison Rabinovitz of Hunting- ton Woods was a TSS in 1993 be- fore her senior year at Berkley High. She had "the best time, loved working with kids, met new people and made a lot of close friends." But she didn't return to camp in 1994 because she did not want to be away from home before attending the University of Michigan. Last summer, money got in the way: "I made four times as much working at the Huntington Woods Community Center." 0 Colleges Offer Summer Education PAUL L. GABA SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS "College catalogues and videos or some high school stu- dents, "summer school" will show you what the college means cram-studying to wants you to see," said Susan improve grades or adding George, career center coordina- courses to their scholastic re- tor at Bloomfield Hills' Andover High School. "You wouldn't buy sumes. But a number of teen-agers a new car out of a catalogue, and are opting for "different" summer you shouldn't choose your college study programs: specialized out of a catalogue. You should get courses in arts, the media, engi- out there and see it, and these neering and other subjects, host- summer programs give students ed by universities across the the opportunity to get out, to get on campus and see how it fits." nation.