"Grins" are "In" at

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2 YEARS — KINDERGARTEN BOUND

Session I: June 24 - July12
Session II: July 15 - August 2

Adat Shalom's warm, experienced staff

2 Morning Program
5 Morning Frograms with Supervised Lunch
3 Full-day Programs with complimentary lunches on Wednesday
Extended Hours Available
Weekly Themes • Water Flay with Wading 170015
Nature • Crafts & Cooking • Outdoor Adventures

"Special Visitors": animals, puppeteers,
musicians, naturalists and story tellers

Full-clay campers will be treated every afternoon to
specialists in music, sports, Hebrew or science
who will provide a variety of challenging activities

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Also: Parent-Toddler and 'Just For Me"

For applications,
call Eileen Weiner, Camp Director
051-5105

Campers
Ages 5-14

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Transportation
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PONTOONING • ARCHERY • POTTERY • POND AND LAKE
ARTS AND CRAFTS • DANCE • SOCCER • ATHLETICS • GYMNASTICS
PHOTOGRAPHY • NATURE PROGRAM • ANIMAL FARM
GO-KARTS • TENNIS • SWIMMING • FISHING • BOATING • CANOEING
SAILING • WATER SKIING • TUBING • COMPUTERS

CALL LORRAINE & ARNIE (248) 932-2123

Visit our website: www.willowaydaycamp.com

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do things they wouldn't ordinarily
do.
"Children should be able to broad-
en their horizons at summer camp,"
said Marla Moiseev of Huntington
Woods. "If they go to a camp where
they don't know everyone, it's good."
Moiseev's daughter, Hannah, 9, a
fourth-grader at Burton Elementary
School, went to Black River Farm
and Ranch in Crosswell, Mich., last
year and will be returning this sum-
mer. The all-girls camp specializes in
horseback riding
"Hannah loves animals, and after
we went horseback riding on vaca-
tion, she decided she wanted to con-
centrate on that," said Moiseev.
Hannah knew a couple of girls
from Huntington Woods at Black
River, but most of the other campers
were strangers. "I thought it was not
as difficult for her socially as it
would have been at some other
camps, where the kids are with
everyone they know," said her moth-
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Jewish Question

Being Jewish at a non-Jewish camp
can present some challenges. Vicki
Palmer of Farmington Hills sent her
14-year-old daughter, Jaclyn, to
Camp Timbers in West Branch,
Mich., last year for her first

overnight experience. She was
pleased that the camp offered one-
week sessions, shorter than most
other camps, and that fees were less
than $300 a week.
Jaclyn, a freshman at Harrison
High School, thinks she was the only
Jewish camper at Camp Timbers,
operated by the Saginaw YMCA.
Although the "C" in YMCA stands
for Christian, Palmer said her daugh-

ter didn't feel threatened by the reli-
gious programming. "They did some
prayers, but none of the kids had to
participate if they didn't want to. A
lot of it was based on the Old
Testament, and a lot was about ethi-
cal concepts like being kind to one
another and doing the right thing."
The Palmers learned about Camp
Timbers from a Jewish family friend,
Michigan State sophomore Sara
Armstrong, 20, who started as a
camper at age 9 and will be head life-

guard next summer.
"I liked the fact that I didn't know
anyone there, because it gave me the
opportunity to meet new people. I
met kids from Saginaw, Bay City and
Midland and kids from lots of differ-
ent socio-economic backgrounds,"
Armstrong said.
Armstrong, who grew up at the
Birmingham Temple, encountered
only one other Jewish camper during
her years at Camp Timbers, but that
didn't bother her.
"I met kids who had never met any-
one who was Jewish," she said. "I had
to explain to them not only what it
meant to be Jewish but what it meant
to be a Humanistic Jew."
Armstrong participated in the
camp's optional "Raggers" program,
where campers earned different col-
ored bandanas for setting and accom-
plishing personal goals. The require-
ments included elements of
Christianity, such as "devotion to
Christian values," but Armstrong's
counselors agreed to modify the pro-
gram to something she was more com-
fortable with.
Some secular camps have large
Jewish populations and provide limit-
ed Jewish services.
Sarah Goodman, 12, of

Choosing A Camp

• Take your child to visit some camps
while they are in session, if you can

ronment, look for a camp where com-
petitiveness is downplayed.

so the child can decide if he or she
will feel comfortable there.
• If you can't visit, talk with a camp
representative and some parents and
children who have had experience
with the camp.
• Consider your child's interests and
abilities. If your child is interested in
sports, look for a camp that offers a
lot of physical activities. If your child
does not thrive in a competitive envi-

• How much Jewish content, if any,
do you want? Camps sponsored by
Jewish organizations offer varying ,
degrees of Jewish programming. Most
private camps run by Jews for a largely
_Jewish clientele do not.
• Be sure you are comfortable with the
camp's approach to discipline.
• Find out the staff-camper ratio, the
age of the counselors, and what kind
of training they receive. How many