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(last updated 08/21/2006)
 Summer
camps for children, adults, families, and
seniors operate under trained professionals
and have volunteer or paid staff to work
with their special client groups. Camps
may be found in rural, suburban or urban
communities, operate on several thousand
back country acres, or in city parks.
Family camps offer cross-generational
activities on weekends throughout the year,
as well as family sessions during the summer.
Family Camps help parents introduce the
camp experience to younger children who
might not have yet experienced parental
separation and who are looking for a
healthy, positive experience to have with
their children. In the end, the
objective of family camps is to allow the
family to bond, grow closer, and build
relationships as a family.
In the past 15 years, the number of accredited
camps reporting family camping has increased
215%.
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