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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the first year my kindergarten son has attended camps. He has attended a series of 1 week camps throughout the summer. Most of the camps are 3 hours per day for 1 week each. 6yo DS has had a fun experience and I want to send my gratitude. Problem is that he has had so many teachers. There are several weeks where he went to an AM camp and PM camp. He probably no less than 10 lead camp counselors and who knows how many younger college/high school counselors.

How would you go about tipping?

I do not know the names of the main or jr counselors.

Should I just send in a bunch of $10 Starbucks cards with DS and let DS distribute them? Is $10 an appropriate amount?

In the past, I have gifted his preschool summer camp teachers $25 each but these teachers were with him for the entire 6-8 weeks. I gifted his kindergarten teacher and assistant $50 at year end.[/quote]

No, you do not tip camp counselors.  You really think that it is appropriate for your kindergarten age son to distribute gift cards to the staff??  Are you kidding me?  Why in the world would you think that it is appropriate to let your child take control of this.  He is a child.  [/quote]

This.  Please don't put your 6 YO in charge of choosing who does and does not get gifts.  At best, you can envision him brattily telling those who aren't getting one that they're not.  At worst, it could cause him a lot of anxiety about which counselors to choose and causing hurt feelings.[/quote]

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