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2 Locations in Livonia
31888 FIVE MILE ROAD
27420 JOY ROAD

(In the Merri 5 Plaza)

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(313) 762-0893

(Just West of Inkster)

(313) 513-5855

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Ages 81/2 - 17 Co-Ed

Kosher Kitchen

Swimming & Canoeing

Sports & Arts
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Israeli Song & Dance

Hebrew & Games

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59884 A.L. JONES RD., (R-3) • THREE RIVERS, MI 49093

For more information call:

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Sara Canning, Shalicha at 248.353-4228
or Ron Sussman, Registrar 313-971-1147

kids are in a kinder, gender camp than
the one I grew up in."
At Camp Arowhon, staffers learn
everything from craft skills to conflict
mediation. "We have a strong anti-
bully program and important conflict
mediation training. Who talked about
that 20 years ago? If someone were to
MEGAN SWOYER
say those things to me then, I'd think
Special to The Jewish News
they were talking about a shrink, not
summer camp," she says. Kates also
hen 48-year-old Joanne
has seen changes in activity offerings.
Kates reminisces about
"We provide rope climbing, kayaking,
her camp days, she cher-
a strong environmental program,
ishes fun and heartfelt
windsurfing. There was none of that
memories. But she also recalls that
decades ago," she says.
some kids were left out, bulleyed or
When Lew and Regene Schulman
not having as good a time
started Camp Sea-Gull for
as she was.
boys and girls on Lake
You won't see any of that
Charlevoix in 1955, they
Summ er camp
outcast activity or dejection
offered all the wonderful
is an old tradition
at most of today's camps,
camp type projects that
for the
says Kates, director of
folks have come to trea-
Pagoda family.
Camp Arowhon in
sure. The activities that
Algonquin Park, a three-
make camps special, such
hour drive north of
as horseback riding, crafts, sailing, ten-
Toronto.
nis and more, have drawn hundreds of
Kates and other camp attendees
boys and girls over the years to the
and administrators say there's now a
northwest Michigan outdoor gem.
conscientious effort to make camp a
But if Lew and Regene had to pre-
mentally safer environment for chil-
dict 40 years into the future, would
dren. "Internally, we pay attention to
they have seen all the same activities?
the social being of the group. Who's
Probably not, says the original
being bulleyed, who's being left out,
founders' son, Jack Schulman, who
who has the power, group dynamics.
today runs the camp with his brother
There was none of this when I was a
Bill. "We offer all the classic options
kid," says Kates, who oversees a camp
plus some new things, like sea kayak-
that costs about $2,000 (U.S.) for a
ing and wind surfing," says Jack
four-week session and is located in
Schulman.
part of a 3,000-square-mile wilderness
Susie Pappas of Student, Camp and
refuge.
Trip Advisors in Bloomfield Hills
Kates' children love camp and share
believes kids want more outdoor activ-
many of the same feelings about it as
ities these days. "There are a lot of
their mother. "But," says Kates, "my
rope courses offered now at camps,"

Overnight summer
programs are no longer
just campfires and
sofiball.