Talk:Summer camp
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[edit] Why?
This article says what a summer camp is, but why do they exist? Why do parents send their children to camp? Having never been to summer camp, I'd love to know. Also, do camps last the whole summer? Or just a few days or weeks? The article doesn't say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.97.110.142 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 10 May 2006
- What's more, it says that is is principally a "New World" phenomenon yet I could've sworn that the exact same thing is present in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Except it's called a "Lagyer'". Esn 04:25, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ACA statistics
I've added a 'citation needed' to the section on the United States, which quotes 'recent statistics from the American Camp Association.' I've searched the AMA website but couldn't find the source of this statistic (though maybe i just didn't look hard enough). They did have some interesting stats, though-
More than 11 million children and adults benefit from a camp experience at approximately 12,000 camps throughout the United States.
Of the more than 2,400 ACA-accredited camps, approximately 14 percent are dedicated to meeting the special needs of campers with physical, emotional, or mental challenges...
Nonprofit organizations, including the YMCA, YWCA, Camp Fire USA, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of the USA, Woodmen of the World, churches, and synagogues operate 78 percent of all summer camps. The other 22 percent are privately owned and operated, primarily by multiple generations of individual families.
(from http://www.acacamps.org/media_center/about_aca/facts.php)
The first two points suggest that only a minority of camps are ACA accredited (2400 out of 12000 total in the US), so maybe statistics relating only to ACA members are not so relevant.
The third suggests that there are a good number of 'special needs' camps, which suggest that they deserve a sub- title.
the fourth might be a relevant substitute for the existing comment, if sources can't be found.
Being an Australian, I know nothing about Summer Camps in the US, other than what I learn from unreliable US movies like American Pie and Porkies, and would appreciate any guidance.
Any thoughts, any one? WotherspoonSmith 12:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Residential Camps" subheading
With the category "day camps" present, there should be a subheading on "residential" camp(s).
Other terms for this include: "sleepaway camp" and "overnight camp"
Tunjic 03:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Gender as an important distinction
Another important way of distinguishing summer camps, of classifying them, is by gender.
Note the difference between:
1. Co-ed camps (male and female campers) 2. Girls camps (female campers only) 3. Boys camps (male campers only)
Each provides a different social setting for camp activities.
Tunjic 03:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A lot of work is needed on the geographical balance
The problem with this article is that while it has an "around the world" section that attempts to give global coverage, most of the general material is still written from a U.S. perspective. Now it isn't actually wrong to have far more material about the U.S. than other countries, because not only is the U.S. a big English-speaking country, but it is probably the country with the strongest summer camp movement. Perhaps there should be a separate article about summer camps in the U.S. (and if this was extended to other countries, it would make it clearer that local detail should be left out). This article could then be pruned back to the main theoretical points. But that wouldn't be easy, and not would it be easy to stop more U.S. material being added all the time. AshbyJnr 00:14, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Advertising
Check the India section please. It is blatant advertising... either that, or careless copy and pasting from such a source. 65.93.29.44 01:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I deleted the section, I didn't know what to put in place of it, so I just deletd it for the time being. I'll try to put something for the India section ASAP. I also deleted parts of other sections, and rewrote some parts, that were dead-on advertisment. GoldenLiquid 02:07, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Canada
the canada section, is incorrect in saying that camping mostly happens in ontario. There are active camping movements across the country. It is correct that ontario has the largest population, however per capita the rest of the country has the same number of camping activities going on. and the current tone of the article dismisses the other activities going on. I would sudgest simply removing the (mostly in ontario) notes. Comments before I edit? -Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.205.164.212 (talk) 19:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
