SUMMER ART CAMPS NOW ENROLLING:

June 9, 2008 - August 22, 2008. Grades K-12.

Camps run weekly, Monday-Friday, for 2 hours per day.

Each weekly art camp is themed and explores painting, drawing and sculpture.

$150/week, includes supplies.

Location: The Jacey Gallery, 4802 Gunn Hwy Ste 114, Tampa, Fl 33624/ (813) 960-5400. Email nancy@nancyjacey.com to request a camp schedule.

BASKETBALL

Ten Star All Star basketball summer camp: For boys and girls ages 6-18. Information: 704-373-0873 or www.tenstarcamp.com.

Gregg Polinsky’s Future Star basketball camps: Session 1: July 14-18 at Riverchase United Methodist Church in Hoover; Session 2: July 21-25 at Green Valley Baptist Church in Hoover for boys and girls ages 7-14. Camp will be directed by NBA scout and former college coach, Gregg Polinsky. Cost is $220. Information: 988-8289 or www.futurestarbasketball.com.

Chris Giles Miles College boys & girls basketball camps: Day Camp I: June 2-4; Day Camp II: June 9-13; Day Camp III: June 16-20; Day Camp IV: July 7-11; Day Camp V: July 14-18 and Team Camps: June 23-24, 26-27, July 21-22 and 24-25. Cost is $150 per camper for day camps and $1050 per team (10 per team) for team camps. Information: Miles College Men’s Basketball office at 929-1617 or 929-1612.

SOCCER

BSC soccer camps: June 9-13, 16-20 and 23-27 for boys and girls. Costs for residential campers are $475 for one week, $920 for two and $1,365 for three weeks and for day campers are $375 for one week, $720 for two and $1,065 for three weeks. Information: Preston Goldfarb at Birmingham-Southern College at 226-4895, 602-3505 or www.bscsports.net/soccercamps.

Paul Harbin’s girls soccer camps at UAB: Day Camp: July 7-11, ages 5-10; Advanced Residential/ Commuter Camp: July 13-17, ages 10-18; Elite Residential Camp: July 13-17, ages 10-18; Goalkeeper Residential Camp: July 13-17, ages 10-18; Team Camp: July 17-20, ages 14-18. Information: www.uabsoccer.com or e-mail uabsoccer@mac.com.

Here’s a detailed listing of the 2008 Summer Camp programs available in the Greensboro South Carolina area as pulished in the Greensboro News and Record:

A summer of fun lies ahead at area camps Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2008 3:24 pm
It’s that time of year when parents begin to plan fun and educational activities for their children’s summer vacations. Take a look at the dozens of camps offered in the Triad, and enjoy these scenes from 2007 summer camps.

Academic

Baby Sitter’s Boot Camp. Red Cross Office, 1501 Yanceyville St., Greensboro 27405. All day. Sessions: June 23-25, register by June 23; July 9-11, register by July 11; July 14-16, register by July 14. Baby Sitters Boot Camp consists of Baby Sitters Training, Adult Infant Child CPR/First Aid and Disaster Training. A three-day intensive camp. Ages: 11-15. Cost: $120. 332-6902. bradenp@usa.redcross.org.

Service Learning Impacting Citizenship Camp. 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro 27401. All day. Session: Aug. 4-8, register by June 30. Focus: to unite youths of different social groups to empower them to change their generation, understand the government and make an impact on the community. Ages: 14-18. Cost: free. 373-1633. info@volunteergso.org. http://www.volunteergso.org.

St. James Baptist Church Academic Camp. 536 W. Florida St., Greensboro 27406. All day. Session: June 16-Aug. 8, register by June 6. The eight-week camp will offer art, computer, academic studies, reading, field trips. Parent furnishes breakfast and lunch. Camp furnishes afternoon snack. Ages: 6-10. Cost: $60 weekly. hudgens917@bellsouth.net. Jeanne H. Smith. 887-1913.

SuperCamp Junior Forum. 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem 27106. Overnight. Session: July 13-22. Summer camps for teens and preteens. An academic summer camp and life skills camp. Ages: 11-14. Cost: $2,495. (800) 285-3276. jhartley@qln.com. http://www.supercamp.com/teen_summer_camps.html.

SuperCamp Parent Weekend. 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem 27106. Overnight. Session: Aug. 1-3. Parents can experience SuperCamp in a three-day weekend. Ages: 0-99. Cost: $495-$695. (800) 285-3276. jhartley@qln.com. http://www.supercamp.com/teen_summer_camps.html.

SuperCamp Senior Forum & Leadership Training Team. 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem 27106. Overnight. Sessions: July 1-10; July 25-Aug. 3. Teen summer camps. An academic summer camp and life skills camp. Ages: 14-18. Cost: $2,495. jhartley@qln.com. (800) 285-3276. http://www.supercamp.com/teen_summer_camps.html.

UNCG All-Arts & Sciences Camp. 1100 W. Market St., Greensboro 27403. All day. Overnight. Sessions: June 22-27, register by June 9; June 29-July 4, register by June 16; July 6-11, register by June 23; July 13-18, register by June 30; July 20-25, register by July 7; July 27-Aug. 1, register by July 14. Weeklong academic camp is designed to give quality instruction in a fun-filled environment. Campers experience life on a college campus, attend classes and participate in activities that explore values and good citizenship. Locations: N.C. State, William & Mary, UNCG, Virginia Tech, George Mason Ages: 7-15. Cost: $599-$749. 334-5414. allarts@uncg.edu. allarts.uncg.edu.

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Interesting article by Jeff Tamarkin in JazzTimes:

The trio Medeski Martin & Wood will host a camp for musicians of varying levels and ages from August 5-10 at Full Moon Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York. At Camp MMW, campers will gather together for intensive workshops and seminars, deep listening, musical exploration and improvisation.
“Our camp environment should be the perfect setting for self-discovery, improvisation and interplay,” says drummer Billy Martin. “Hopefully, we’ll get students to focus and develop their own vocabulary and sound on their instruments.”

“Being a part of MMW for the past 17 years has taught me things you can’t learn in school,” says bassist Chris Wood. “I hope to pass some of that experience on to the students who come to our camp.”

At Camp MMW, a guitarist might, for example, be able to study melody with keyboardist John Medeski, or a horn player can work on mastering rhythm with drummer Billy Martin. A pianist may develop his or her groove with bassist Chris Wood. There will be special guests, group collaborations and exclusive performances by MMW.

Camp MMW runs from Tuesday, August 5th, to Sunday, August 10th, and is for musicians ages 16 and up. Space is limited to 80 students. Applicants must provide a recording of one’s work. All instruments are welcome. Applications, along with pricing and detailed instructions, are available at MMW’s website. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2008.

In my opinion this would be an outstanding opportunity to learn from some absolute giants in the jazz field.

Kids and teens with ADHD will, almost by definition, have a surfeit or energy. They are, after all, prone to hyperactivity!

Thus, to allow them to go to a specialized ADHD summer camp is to allow them to go to a place where the need to use that energy in the most constructive manner possible is recognized.

There are now quite a few centers running an ADHD summer camp throughout the USA and in Canada, and just a quick look at a few of them will indicate that all of the better ADHD summer camp centers bear many similarities to one another.

Set out below are a few of the most common key features of most of the leading ADHD summer camp centers that we looked at for this article:

Almost all place great emphasis on spending a much time as possible outdoors, in as natural an environment as possible. This tallies with the school of thought that children and teenagers with ADHD can often benefit from being in close proximity to the calm and peace of a restful natural environment.

All of the available ADHD summer camps clearly recognize that youngsters with ADHD need to have an outlet, or a range of varied and challenging outlets. for their excess energy. Thus, many ADHD summer camp centers will offer such activities as hiking, horse riding, mountain climbing and rafting, all designed to expend excess energy, whilst offering adventure and a chance for each individual participants to hone their personal team-building abilities.

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Summer camps are organized to provide children with a chance to develop new skills and to socialize. Most of the institutions provide a variety of summer camps that cater to the needs of children. Special summer camps are categorized according to the skills to be taught. Residential summer camps for children help them learn to interact with a group and improve interpersonal relationships. There are camps that are held just for a day and there are some that continue for days. Some of the camps offer transport facilities to the place where they are conducted.

Some special needs summer camps specifically cater to children with special needs. The needs could differ according to the disability of the child, whether physical or mental. They also offer speech therapy and occupational therapy if required. Most of such special needs summer camps have a counselor attached to them. The counselor also helps in counseling parents whenever necessary.

Camps sometimes integrate normal and special children to enable them to interact with each other.

Certain special need camps are held for various needs such as those for people suffering with diabetes. The advantage for a diabetic to go for such a camp would be that such a person would relate well with a fellow diabetic. By sharing their problems they would feel mentally content to know that there are others with similar difficulties.

Camps are arranged for normal children of different age groups too. The activities often include things like hiking or mastering some special arts such as pottery.

There are special needs summer camps of therapeutic value for families too. They are a respite for the whole family from the stress brought on by routine life.

The cost incurred for a camp could vary depending upon the kind of camp opted for. The residential camps are more expensive than the day camps as food and lodging arrangements are also included. The list of rates and choices provided by various camps can help in deciding which camp to join.

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Just What is a Commercial Gymnastics Camp?

There are two types of Commercial gymnastics camps. There are the large commercial camps that only operate in the summer and are designed to attract large numbers of gymnasts for huge profits. There are also other gym programs, ranging from YMCA programs to regular gyms to college programs, that use this as an additional profit center.

Large Commercial Camps

Charging the highest prices, these camps offer a wide-ranging array of normal camp activities (even a variety of different types of camps) in addition to their version of gymnastics training. Coaching quality varies from college gymnasts to college coaches free for the summer to coaches who just happened to bring their team along to the camp. The best-known name coaches at these camps are usually either the camp directors and do little actual coaching or are merely visiting. It is not uncommon for name coaches to trade the use of their name in the advertising for the right to use the camp facilities to train their own gymnasts.

Commercial Camps

Other programs that run their own versions of commercial gymnastics summer camps do so to boost their summer income, traditionally a down time in the gymnastics business. They count on drawing customers from other programs that have less talented coaching and poorer facilities than they themselves have.

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Everyone’s heard of weight loss camps for kids — “fat camp” as they’re often called. But would you ever consider sending your child to one? Many parents don’t, because they’re afraid their child will take it as a criticism: “You’re fat, and we’re embarrassed, so we’re sending you away.” But the children who go to weight-loss camps usually love it, and the parents are glad they went.

A weight-loss camp isn’t all about losing weight. It’s not a “boot camp” full of rigorous exercise and physical punishment. It’s a regular summer camp, with all the traditional summer-camp activities. The difference is that the food served in the dining hall is healthy and nutritious, and there are some additional classes on nutrition and self-esteem.

So, why not send your child to a regular summer camp? After all, there’s lots of hiking, swimming and other physical activities at camp. Your kid is bound to lose a few pounds, and without the stigma of going to a “fat camp.”

The crucial difference is that a regular camp would have the same mix of kids who might be teasing your overweight child already. At a weight-loss camp, there’s no teasing or making fun. Everyone’s in the same boat, so no one points fingers. Your overweight son might refuse to go swimming at a regular camp because he’s embarrassed to take his shirt off. At a weight-loss camp, he’ll feel more comfortable and accepted. Thus, he’s more likely to exercise and enjoy himself.

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At a regular summer camp, the camp counselors might single out overweight children too. They’ll be dragging up in the rear on the hikes, unable to perform some of the physical tasks that the other kids do. At a weight-loss camp, the playing field is leveled.

Many overweight kids often don’t have a lot of friends among their peers. They can become shy and withdrawn — or, the opposite, overly goofy and attention seeking, desperate to earn praise. Weight-loss camps introduce them to children who can relate to their specific problems, children who suffer the same taunts and cruelties back in the “real world.” It can work as a sort of support group, and everyone knows moral support is one of the most crucial things in losing weight and getting in shape.

It is important to note that weight loss camps for kids won’t solve your child’s weight problem all by itself. It took a lifetime to develop his or her eating habits, so it will take more than a few weeks at summer camp to change them. And while weight loss might be rapid in the active, healthy environment of camp, it may not be possible or indeed healthy to lose ALL the excess weight in just one summer. It can be a good start, though!

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If you are interested in sending your children to summer camp, you may be wondering about themes and ideas for summer camps, you may be wondering what themes and ideas for summer camps are popular — hot — in this day and age. Through this article, you are provided with helpful and essential information about the themes and ideas for summer camps that are very popular with parents and children alike in this day and age.

At this point in time, there are four types of themes and ideas for summer camps that are proving to be extremely popular with children and parents alike. Of course, there are many different themes and ideas for summer camps. However, time and time again, these four specific themes and ideas for summer camps end up topping the list:

- Educational Summer Camps

- Recreational Summer Camps

- Summer Camps for the Arts

- Computer Summer Camps

Educational Summer Camps

A growing number of themes and ideas for summer camps are set around educational opportunities for young people. These types of camps come in many different “shapes and sizes” and offer to children many different learning options.

Recreational Summer Camps

Of course, when it comes to themes and ideas for summer camps, the more traditional summer camps that center on recreational pursuits are still flourishing. In many ways, one of the childhood rites of passage remains going to a recreational summer camp at least one time.

Summer Camps for the Arts

In recent years, the number of themes and ideas for summer camps that are centered on the different arts has grown dramatically. In today’s world one can find everything from summer camps for the performing arts, summer camps for various visual arts, musical summer camps and nearly anything else imaginable.

Computer Summer Camps

Finally, in this high-tech age, themes and ideas for summer camps that focus on computers and computing are becoming very, very prevalent. An ever growing number of children can be found at these types of summer camps each and every year.

Truly, in the final analysis, when it comes to themes and ideas for summer camps, there really is likely to be found something that meets the needs and interests of any child. With all of the different opportunities available, a parent should have no problem finding the right summer camp for his or her child or children.

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Summer Camp for Weight Loss … by Rica

If you have a teenaged daughter that is concerned about her fitness and dietary habits, there is a summer camp for weight loss designed specifically for developing new attitudes toward food, fitness, self-confidence, and self-esteem. Listed in the camp directory as “weight loss camps,” the professional staff at Camp California Fitness offers more than a summer camp weight loss program. What is offered at the summer camp is a new life style and attitude towards living a healthy fit life that leads to the desired weight loss. This article will review Camp California Fitness one of the top summer camps geared towards weight loss.

Camp California Fitness is a girl’s summer camp for weight loss and fitness that identifies their goal as helping girls achieve a healthy weight by making lifestyle changes. Girls participate in a number of programs and activities to begin to change the psychology of how they think about themselves upon arrival at camp, and how they will have new attitudes when it is time to return home. At Camp California Fitness, summer camp for weight loss sessions last anywhere from 2 to 8 weeks in length, offering programs the girls will be able to use their entire life.

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