Recommend sleep away camps where there are many kids without buddies from home.

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Anonymous wrote:Well my DD did not sit around brushing her hair at CRR. Too busy swimming, playing soccer, riding a horse, running around in circles.

+1. My daughter just got back from a great 2 week session at Rim Rock and said she did not sit around brushing their hair. Lots of sports, riding and water activities.

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Seems like any place where the kids are in a different geography is good, so for DC area kids, going to NC or New England rather than VA, MD.

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I suggested Burgundy Center, but if you want dorms try the Zoo's camp in Front Royal. There are loads of others too, but I don't have first hand info.

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Anonymous wrote:DD just got back from camp and although she had fun, she thought all of the girls in her unit had buddies (i.e. came to camp with a friend). She did not have a buddy.

Can you recommend a camp for girls and boys (would plan to send DS in the future) where there are a lot of kids who come to camp without a friend? I'd want a camp where the counselors are really atuned to bringing everyone into the fold (including introverted kids) and not just letting kids stick in cliques.

How does Hidden Meadows or Twin Creeks rate on creating a community?

Both of these camps do a very good job of creating community. You can also try Camp Tall Timbers. If you want toget away from lots of Maryland Kids you can try Poconos camps like Cayuga, Greeley, Independant Lake, Chestnut Lake or Weequahic.

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Netimus!

http://www.campnetimus.com/index.php

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http://campcelo.com/

I plan to send my kid here when he is old enough to Camp Celo, in western North Carolina. It is a small camp around 75 kids. I was a counselor in college. Lots of fun. Lots of caring counselors.

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Funny, I went to Camp Rim Rock in the 80s. My main memories include avoiding horse poop floating downstream while swimming in the river and a lot of religious stuff (I was not religious, so things like Chapel confused me). Also climbing to the "rim rock" and lots of horseback riding in a hot field.

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I went to Burgundy in the 80s and still remember it as a great time. Best sleep away camp I attended, mostly because the counselors were so wonderful and caring. Not too rustic for me, and I was a pretty nature-averse kid.

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+1 for Camp Tall Timbers as an all-around camp. For budding actors, French Woods in New York State is terrific.

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Camp Aloha Hive in Vermont is fabulous (ages 7-12), with kids from all over the US, and many international counselors. (The older girls camp is Aloha, starting at age 13.) Most people attending do not know anyone their first year, and they work hard to make everyone feel immediately included. The tent families are 3 campers to 1 counselor, and they become a close unit. Counselors receive great training.

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Anonymous wrote:Camp Aloha Hive in Vermont is fabulous (ages 7-12), with kids from all over the US, and many international counselors. (The older girls camp is Aloha, starting at age 13.) Most people attending do not know anyone their first year, and they work hard to make everyone feel immediately included. The tent families are 3 campers to 1 counselor, and they become a close unit. Counselors receive great training.

Why would you post on a 6 year old thread in a year when the camp isn't even opening? Weird.

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Our son has gone to Twin Creeks for three years and was signed up for a fourth when it canceled. He's never had a buddy from home and he's always had a great time and made friends with whomever is in his cabin. He'll be going back again next summer if they can open!

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I think camps that are far away from where most kids who attend live (like camps in Maine) and camps that run for 4+ weeks tend to have fewer issues with kids coming with a lot of friends.

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FruminousBandersnatch wrote:Seagull and Seafarer

Excellent camps, however during Pandemic would not trust them. My kids loved those camps, but we did many over the years and these were not the most organized/follow through lacking.

Any other time I would highly recommend.

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Anonymous wrote:I think camps that are far away from where most kids who attend live (like camps in Maine) and camps that run for 4+ weeks tend to have fewer issues with kids coming with a lot of friends.

Nope same as any others. Now a days much more common to go with a friend. Which in my mind kind of defeats the purpose of sleep away. My kids attended quite a few camps in Maine (we have six kids). Some were excellent one was horrible. We also did Blue Star in NC not a fan at all.