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News: Goodbye, crafts and color wars. Hello, explosives and Dianetics. Some summer camps for kids with very specialized interests.

July/August 2008 Issue


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Lil' Angels Kids Spa Camp
(Newark, Delaware)
Activities: Etiquette, modeling, mani/pedi, and facial skills in a "magical milieu." Plus: "Limousine field trips every week—because only the best will do!"
What to Pack: Mommy's platinum American Express card

American Idol Camp
(Lake Arrowhead, California)
Activities: Singing, dancing, developing "personal style." Includes "master classes" by past Idol finalists such as Vonzell "Baby V" Solomon, but no guarantee that you'll end up on the show.
What to Pack: A thick skin

Wagon Train Junior Camp
(Hume, California)
Activities: Discipleship in a Wild West setting. Campers sleep in covered wagons, eat at the Outpost, and study the Good Book with counselors like Wagonmaster Shep and Pancho Peet.
What to Pack: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammo" T-shirt

Food Allergy Summer Camp
(Edmonton, Alberta)
Activities: Dietary restriction-themed storybooks at bedtime. Milk-free, egg-free, and nut-free cinnamon buns!
What to Pack: EpiPen...just in case

Scientology Camp
(Sheridan, Oregon)
Activities: With L. Ron Hubbard's study program, "the world of knowledge becomes fully accessible and a young person with abilities and interest discovers his unlimited potential for success." Plus: Tom Cruise's kids are rumored to go there.
What to Pack: Solar E-Meter

Spy Camp
(Lake Como, Pennsylvania)
Activities: "Martial arts, code breaking, surveillance techniques and undercover maneuvers." Plus evasive driving and paintball.
What to Pack: Spy camera (boys); camera-jamming device (girls)

Summer Explosives Camp
(Rolla, Missouri)
Activities: Blowing stuff up. To attend, kids write an essay titled "Why I Am Interested in a Career Focusing on the Application of Explosives."
What to Pack: atf waiver

Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids
(Papillion, Nebraska)
Activities: Lessons on "the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, Hunter Safety and law, International Bow Education" from the man who brought us "Jailbait," "I Am a Predator," and "Bridge Over Troubled Daughters."
What to Pack: Hunter-orange Ritalin dispenser

Kiera Butler is an associate editor at Mother Jones.

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You forgot the Financial Planner camp
which describes how to pick a stock
and bond portfolio. What to bring :
graphing calculator, all of Lou Rukeysers books.
Posted by:ThomasJuly 3, 2008 3:25:00 PMRespond ^
What about 'parents with too much money and no common sense' camp?
Posted by:BertJuly 4, 2008 9:36:06 AMRespond ^
My summer camping was more of a traditional type. As a family, we slept in tents all over California; cooked our meals over the open flame; learned about the various vegetation for each region; met people from various social classes. But you know what? I don't miss those times at all. Migrant field work isn't as glamorous as it appears to be.
Posted by:RaulJuly 4, 2008 1:35:58 PMRespond ^
Raul,

That was good.

Posted by:Knd-IrlJuly 8, 2008 4:56:42 AMRespond ^

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