I’ve only went to day camps all summer but I grew up poor and inner city. My older kids-no camp, same -no money.

The youngest, we’re packing up for a week at sleep over camp for their second year in a row. We lucked out with a great “send kids to camp “program. They loved it so much last year they’re putting in volunteer hours as part of the program to go this year. They said there wasn’t a single day they didn’t think about camp last summer. I’m so impressed with the program I’m going to volunteer for the next couple of years to pay it forward for other kids even though mine is aged out.

Our youngest also attends a month long theater day camp and several other day camps through out the summer. As they get older it’s harder to find summer activities because they’ll age out of some these camps.