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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My girls go to a camp which you describe in VA. They are around here but just not mentioned much on DCUM. [/quote]

OP here--can I ask which camp your girls go to?[/quote]

Camp Carysbrook down by Roanoke. Most girls go for 3+ weeks plus they do things like swim lessons everyday regardless of level, shooting, tumbling, etc. next year will be their 100th year and the cabins look like what you would expect from Camp that old. We found it via a neighbor of ours in DC who is an alum. She Sends her daughter there too. Many of the counselors are precious campers too. Take a look and reach out to the director with questions though happy to answer here too. 
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OP here--Wow! I haven't heard of this camp and can't believe I didn't come across it in my search! It looks beautiful, but maybe a bit too rustic--not that I care, but I think my daughter might. I personally love the outdoorsy environment it seems to offer but my daughter has said she wants to go to a camp that's not too "old-fashioned" (I have no idea what that means in the words of kids nowadays--for all we know, they could consider things from a decade ago "old-fashioned"!).

Weird question, but do you know if there happen to be a decent number of Jewish campers at Carysbrook? I'm not married to the idea of sending her to a camp with a large Jewish population, but it would be somewhat of a bonus, and since you said many campers stay 3+ weeks, I'm wondering if many of them come from families where their parents did the same (which often, at least back in our day, was something Jewish children mostly did).[/quote]

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