Half the Eight Children Head for Camp

The Washington Post;  June 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Summer camp is a positive experience for campers new and old. But in 1995, our Send a Kid to Camp program will be an especially positive experience...children in that household will be returning to camp; a fourth will go for the first time. Their...

Camp for the Retarded Gets New Lease on Life; Virginia Facility Resolving...

The Washington Post;  August 9, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Camp Tapawingo in southern Prince William County, the only camp for mentally retarded adults and children in Northern Virginia...trained staff, refurbished facilities and increased activities, camp officials said. Its annual operating budget has grown to...

camp

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      302 words ...camp 1 / kæmp / • n. 1. a place with temporary accommodations...the people lodging in such a place: the shot woke the whole camp. ∎  a recreational institution providing facilities...overnight lodging out of doors, typically in tents: we pitched camp at a fine spot. ∎  a ...

CAMP fights funds crunch with growth. (Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing...

Crain's Cleveland Business;  September 9, 1991 ;     588 words ...CAMP fights funds crunch with growth As part of an effort to find...its services to other parts of Ohio and surrounding states. CAMP, an organization which provides technological advice and...in its young life. Starting next year, federal funds for CAMP's Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology Center will be ...

Chaos reigns in West Bank camp

Charleston Gazette;  April 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - They know enough of what happened...Palestinian gunmen inside the Jenin refugee camp, no one - not the Palestinians, not the...that 100 Palestinians were killed in the camp during eight days of the deadliest fighting...

CAMP FOR MENTALLY DISABLED MAY CLOSE

Roanoke Times & World News;  June 8, 2008 ;     385 words ...A summer camp for people with mental disabilities is in danger of shutting down this year. The camp that the New River Valley's Intellectual...fall short of its $88,000 budget goals, the camp is not high on the priority list. If enough...

Prepped for summer camp

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Compass Prepped for summer camp Kids likely to have a happier stay if parents do the...than 10 million children and adults attend a summer camp of some type, according to the American Camp Association, and attendance continues to rise each...

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SPUR EFFORT TO SAVE CAMP

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Camp Sequoya is quiet these days, but behind the scenes, the camp's supporters are working frantically to keep the place in...in 1976, the United Co. of Bristol bought its campus. The camp property came with it. The camp continued to operate, drawing...

Veblen, Camp, and the Industrial Organization of Agriculture.

Journal of Economic Issues;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...William Roswell Camp (1873-1934) was among the few academicians...industrial organization of agriculture. Camp was deeply devoted to Thorstein Veblen...left much of his personal library with Camp. Twenty years later, Camp served as a pallbearer...

Golden Memories/ Sky High Ranch camp's anniversary celebration will...

The Gazette;  March 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The camp was outhouse-primitive. Indoor plumbing would...started Sky High Ranch 50 years ago, the camp wasn't for the faint of heart. Girls needed...stamina - they named the trail up to the camp's lodge Cardiac Hill. The camp hasn't changed...

PARENTS SHOULD MATCH CAMP TO INTERESTS, SKILL OF CHILDREN

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  April 4, 1997 ;     309 words ...Camp can be a lot less scary for both kids and parents if parents take the time to pick the right kind of camp before packing the bags. Gordie Kaplan, associate director...Illinois Section, offers the following steps to pick the right camp. • Ask your child if he or she wants to go to camp...

Camp Gives Big Men A Little Special Attention;Brawn, Not Ball, Focus of...

The Washington Post;  August 2, 1990 ;     700+ words ...The Big Man camp appears to be just like any other summer...one noticeable difference-it is a football camp without a football. Although it could be expected that participants at a football camp might come bigger than high schoolers attending...

A perfect getaway ; Camp gives kids of cancer patients a break

Concord Monitor;  August 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Camp songs, bug spray, swimming and sunburns. By all outward appearances, Camp Kesem is your average summer camp. What makes it unique is its campers: each has a parent that's battling, or has battled cancer. Nestled...

QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A CAMP

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 24, 1988 ;     700+ words ...CAMP DIRECTOR: What is the age of the camp director? What is the experience, education and background of the camp director that relates to camp directing and child development? What is the camp director's camp philosophy? In other words, how does...

Disabled kids' camp seeks home

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Disabled kids' camp seeks home -- May lose access to Mahwah...Edtion: All Editions Column: CHARITY WATCH Camp Acorn is looking for a new home. For the past seven years it has operated a summer camp for multiply disabled children and young...