[Camps Two Camps from page 31 A camper gets to eye level with counselor Billy Hancock. SOMETHING FOR VERYONE! CAMP MA INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR PARENTS AND CAMPERS ASK ABOUT OUR NEW CAMPER DISCOUNTS—Sti 0 3500! g TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST AT 5:30 PM Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Road. Suite 380. Bloomfield Hills WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND AT 3:00 PM Hillel Day School 32200 Middlebelt Road. Farmington Hills Tr4 PROGRAMS SPACE STILL AVAILABLE! AGREE - 1ST SESSION AND TSS/HADRACHA. Camp Kennedy. Western Trip and Alaska Trip are sold out` Customized educational programming for class trips youth group retreats and more. Corporate team building and leadership programs available, LIVE THE EXPERIENCE! BUTZEL CONFERENCE CENTER This recently-renovated facility is the perfect setting to host a family milestone or corporate event. Day and overnight options available. Kosher food served . SAVE THESE DATES! SEND A KID TO TAMARACK PATRON EVENT - APRIL 17, 2011 Featuring Tamarack alumnus ERIC LEFKOFSKY Co-founder of Groupon TAMARACK FAMILY FUN DAY-JUNE 26. 2011 Check out our new web-based newsletter wwwitamaracknewssorg 248-647.1100 www.tamarackcamps.com 32 February 10 - 2011 years ago, and they continue to add new adventures and new programs every year. This year's itinerary, for example, includes a canoeing camp, a mountain biking camp and Outdoor Adventure, where children will create their own shelter and study trees and animal tracks. Another first: older campers will have the chance to go whitewater rafting as part of the Travel Camp. Also new this year is theater camp at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts. The theater is more than 15,000 square feet and features 400 seats, an extensive sound system and a state-of-the-art computerized lighting system. Music and theater professor Debbie Tedrick, along with professional actors and coaches, will lead the camp, which will include improv, games and auditions. Center Day Camps includes free door-to-door transportation from most areas in Metro Detroit. Programs also are available for chil- dren with special needs, including the new SNAP (Special Needs Adventure Program). Created for boys and girls entering grades 1-10, SNAP is for children with developmental, physical, neurological, learning and/or mental impairments and will include all the activities of regular camp, includ- ing swimming, music and art, plus a weekly field trip. Double The Fun Camps are a bit like chocolate bars. Having one in your pocket is good — but two is even better. Last year, the JCC in Oak Park began Camp Discovery, with its own deli- cious collection of camps for children ages 6-15. This year, Camp Discovery will begin an early childhood camp for ages 2-5 and has expanded its offer- ings to include Percussion Camp, Love Our Earth-Green Camp for all the little recyclers in your family, Animals and Nature, Future Leaders, Hot-Shot Movie Makers, Circus Camp and Home Sweet Home. The key to Camp Discovery is "flex- ibility for parents and variety for kids, with week-long camps from June 20 through Sept. 2," says Camp Discovery Director Judy Front. Last year, Front taught "Lizards, Snakes and More," a week-long adven- ture at Camp Discovery, and all her campers went home with a fish and many happy memories of holding and caring for exotic pets — and having an extraordinary amount of fun. This year, "I'm very excited about new our Love Our Earth-Green Camp:' Front said. "My basement is filled with containers that I've been recycling over the past six months, and we'll use all of these for art projects. The kids also will create a community recycling project and see it to fruition the last week of camp." Another first at Camp Discovery is the program's affiliation with the for- mer Camp Akiva. The Akiva Hebrew Day School summer day camp has now been incorporated into Camp Discovery and will provide rabbinic guidance and parental support, thanks to Akiva mom and JCC member Elana Lofman. "I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of this partnership:' Lofman said. "Two Jewish agencies coming together to help each other succeed. What a great lesson to teach our children of how much we can accomplish when we join forces." Two Camps on page 34