Article: BIRTHDAY SUITS REQUIRED; At Avatan Nude Recreation Camp in rural East Bethel, everybody knows your name -- and a lot more.(VARIETY)

Byline: PAUL LEVY; STAFF WRITER

As the Twin Cities' largest nude recreation camp prepared last week to take part in a cross-continent world-record attempt that barely matters -- the largest skinny-dip -- the camp's part-time caretaker bared her soul.

"Nobody here cares what you look like," Frankie Giarrusso said from the Avatan Nude Recreation Camp in northern Anoka County. "You take off your clothes, you take off all your pretentiousness.

"Body acceptance is a major problem women have. Not here. Fat, skinny, well-endowed ... we don't care. You'll find them all here."

At the Avatan Nude Recreation Camp in rural East Bethel you could ...

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