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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes- it's one of those fancy NE camps with obscene costs.  Which is also off putting because we aren't fancy or northern.

DD isn't special needs at all and is extremely outgoing/social who would do just fine at a 2 week overnight YMCA camp for $2500[/quote]

If your concern is partly that the kids and families will be fancy, don't worry about that. There might be some, but there are a lot of families that prioritize camp to an extreme degree and/or the grandparents pay. Plus it's hard to really swan around fancily when you are living out of a trunk in a cabin.[/quote]

+1.  I sent my DC to Camp Expensive Sleepaway (a Y camp) in the South.  His uncles went and loved it.  The first thing my brothers asked when I gave birth was whether we should put DC’s name on Camp’s waiting list. By the time DC started at age 7, my circumstances had changed substantially, and I was a poor, single mom counting every penny. DC only went to camp through the grace of family help.

Some kids come from foreign countries. One kid arrived by helicopter to the camp lawn. In the long string of cars at camp, there are plenty of high end Range Rovers or SUVs.  We arrive in a 10 yo sedan. We are not the only ones by any means.

I have never had one person - staffer or counselor other camper or camper’s family - treat us with any less respect.  And, as PP says, when every boy is running around in a swim suit and tshirt and eating together at a camp dining table, it’s hard to use any wealth privilege (beyond the privilege of being there in the first place). [/quote]

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