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counselors "grew up" at the camp, and
how many return from year to year?
• Ask how many campers return from
one summer to the next.
• If your child has any health con-
cerns, including allergies, asthma, or
the use of medication, be sure the
camp can handle them.
• Camp can be costly. Ask if uniforms
or special equipment are required, and
if transportation is included. Realize
that most camps, even some private
camps, offer scholarships. Some con-
gregations offer support for members'
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modate the family's kosher food
requirements. Garver brought a
package of kosher hot dogs and
parve (neither milk nor meat) buns
so Dan could participate in the
cookout, and prepared detailed lists
of what he could and could not eat.
"I told them he couldn't eat meat
and milk in the same meal, but they
misunderstood and thought he
couldn't eat any dairy foods!" she
laughs, remembering. "The poor kid
had to eat dry cereal and unbuttered
toast for breakfast."
In recent years, Dan, a freshman at
Andover High School, has gone to
Camp Rotary in Clare, Mich., for a
week with his Boy Scout troop,
sometimes accompanied by his
father. The camp tries to meet their
dietary needs, but Dan, now a vege-
tarian, often makes do with salad
and peanut butter sandwiches.

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Daily chapel services are mandatory
at Boy Scout camp, said Allen Wolf,
and the camp has been very good
about making them non-denomina-
tional and inclusive. "But I was
appalled when I saw the symbol
hanging in the chapel," he said. "It
was a cross overlaid with a yellow
Star of David. I found it very offen-
sive because the mingling of the
cross and the star made me think of
Jews for Jesus, and the yellow star
made me think of Nazis." He also
felt the symbol excluded campers
who weren't Christian or Jewish.
Wolf talked to Dan's scoutmaster
and his troop's committee chair
about his concerns and wrote to the
camp director and the area Boy
Scout council. About six months
later, he learned the symbol had
been removed.
"I feel very positive about the
experience," he said. "They were
responsive. If we had not gone to
that camp, that symbol would still
be hanging there."
Dan also attends Jewish camps
every summer. He's been to Camp
Tamarack and Habonim-Dror Camp
Tavor, both in Michigan, and last
year went to Camp Young Judaea in
Wisconsin.
While Dan enjoys the activities at
Boy Scout camp and being with his
troopmates, he admits he sometimes
feels out of place there as a Jew. "At.
the Jewish camps, I feel like I'm at
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Huntington Woods, a seventh-grader
at Roeper School, will be returning
to Interlochen Arts Camp in north-
ern Michigan for the fourth year.
Interlochen campers come from all
over the United States and other
countries, and about 12 percent are
Jewish.
A talented violinist, Sarah likes to
attend the regular Friday night
Shabbat services at the camp.
Campers run the services, which
attract as many as 50. Vegetarian
fare is available in the cafeteria for
those who keep kosher.
Other camps are willing to make
special arrangements to accommo-
date the needs of Jewish campers.
Mandy Garver and Allen Wolf of
Bloomfield Township sent their son,
Daniel Wolf, 15, to Camp Fire's
Camp Wathana in Ortonville when
he was 6. "It was his first overnight
camp, and the main reason we
picked it was because it was a very
short program — just three or four
nights — for the youngest campers,"
said Garver.
She liked the fact that her son,
even at such a young age, would
meet children he wouldn't meet oth-
erwise. "When the enrollment ques-
tionnaire had questions about
whether the family was getting Aid
to Families With Dependent
Children or food stamps, I knew this
camp would be different," she said.
Dan's camp friends included one
boy who shared a bedroom at home
with six siblings. "Daniel didn't
know any black kids then, and there
were a lot of them at this camp. He
found out they weren't so different
from him. It was a very positive
experience," said Garver.
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