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specialize in camp care packages.
"Sealed With a Kiss" in Rockville,
Md., will send affordable, age- and
gender-appropriate packages to your
loved ones with a mere phone call,
fax or Internet message (phone
number: 1 800 888 7925). Owner
Julie Winston said, "We make from
60 to 80 packages per age, per gen-
der, and we never repeat a package
to the same camper."
If you're feeling creative and
want your package to have that per-
sonal touch, send a package your-
self. You know your children's tastes
and preferences better than anyone.
Again, depending on what your
camp permits, place some choice
items, like comic books, trading
cards, novelty stickers and self-
addressed envelopes or postcards (or
you may never hear from your chil-
dren), in a padded envelope or box
if necessary.
If you need extra padding, you
may want to wrap
some items in a
fun T-shirt or
throw in handfuls
of air-popped corn
— your kids snack
while they are
unwrapping.
In the universe
of camp, food gifts
become currency in
a cabin of hungry
kids. Individually
wrapped large
cookies are the eas-
iest to send. Tight plastic wrap
keeps even broken cookies intact,
fresh, and limits the amount of
pest-attracting crumbs.
Cookie- or cereal-filled "bars" are
not just simple to make, but stand
up to jostling better than other,
more fragile cookies. One good
packing tip is to freeze cookies
before you send them. It keeps
them fresh longer.
Other welcome food items
include individually wrapped can-
dies and gum. And with the advent
of the super warehouse food clubs,
you can send everything from 5-
pound bags of gummy bears to 48-
packs of individually wrapped fruit
rolls and snack packages. Your little
one will be the most popular kid at
camp with this kind of loot.
Use some of the recipes below to
create a tasty care package that trav-
els well. They're easy to make, pack
well and taste delicious. Freeze these
delights before you send them and
pack with an ice pack.

Check with
the camp first
to see what
they allow.

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tolerant. According to Nancy
Eggleston, from Interlochen's office
of education, "parents will usually
send personal items like stationery,
tapes, CDs, shampoo and maga-
zines."
Interlochen also permits food
items, said Eggleston. "We just let
the kids know if they keep food in
the camp they might have a prob-
lem with mice, bugs, squirrels and
chipmunks.
Other camps, like Camp
Maplehurst, a sports and arts camp
in Kewadin, north of Traverse City,
encourages the sending of care
packages. One time somebody sent
four paint-cans filled with gum,"
said Brenda Cohn, camp director.
"Another sent a box of whistles for
everybody in the camp — we didn't
pass them out. Once someone flew
over the camp and parachuted
down a package."
The kids love care packages,
absolutely," said
Cohn. "If you get
a package, it's a
big deal. It's very
cool to send pack-
ages — we
announce it at
dinner so the
whole camp
knows. We suggest
sharing with the
cabin — it's like a
present for every-
one!"
"We suggest
that foods are sent in air tight con-
tainers, like large tin cans or
T4pperware," said Cohn. "That way
animals aren't tempted."
Among the camps that discour-
age food packages is Camp Maas in
Ortonville. Marcia Robinson of
Tarriarack Camps, said, "For us, it's
more of a kosher issue. But we
always have candy available for the
kids. We don't confiscate gum when
it's sent, but we don't advertise it.
"We `do allow things like maga-
zines, stickers, comic books, games,
decks of cards, disposable cameras.
But people try to sneak in food all
the time," said Robinson. "They
put it in Kleenex boxes, stuffed ani-
mals — they get pretty creative."
Indeed, one mom said she put
candy into the pockets of her chil-
dren's clothing as she packed, so
that the kids would have little sur-
prises when they dressed.
For those camps which don't
allow food, vou may want to turn
to one of the many companies that

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