/blog/2200/hear-it-see-it-speak-it-the-cost-of-camp/ The World's Safest Trampoline. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 /blog/2200/hear-it-see-it-speak-it-the-cost-of-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-16541 Brandie Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:49:29 +0000 /blog/?p=2200#comment-16541 I have two children, and we are a middle income family. It shocks me that what I would pay for a full year program they want for 5 days! For us this year, we have made our budget stretch a variety of ways. My girls are both in Camp Fire USA, and they work hard every February selling candy which helps pay for their way to camp - they are both going to two weeks of day camp this year on the hard work they put in earlier this year (78 hours EACH to be exact, of standing outside grocery stores). Another way is that I volunteer to work at the volunteer run Camp Coyote at Blyth Park, and my kids both go for a discounted rate. Third, this is the first summer where i've seen groupons that take a significant portion of the cost away, and have made an art program ($95 for the week, normally $175) possible. We also one a week at Sky Hawk sports camp, and each week they offer up camps they have room left in at 50% off. So we took advantage of one and did a half day week long Cheerleading camp. Their programs are still in the $130 range which is really nice, so a week at $65 seems soo much more affordable. In this day and age, you really have to be thrifty and creative in terms of what programs to choose for your kids. While camps are fun, they are not worth going into debt over. I have two children, and we are a middle income family. It shocks me that what I would pay for a full year program they want for 5 days! For us this year, we have made our budget stretch a variety of ways. My girls are both in Camp Fire USA, and they work hard every February selling candy which helps pay for their way to camp – they are both going to two weeks of day camp this year on the hard work they put in earlier this year (78 hours EACH to be exact, of standing outside grocery stores). Another way is that I volunteer to work at the volunteer run Camp Coyote at Blyth Park, and my kids both go for a discounted rate. Third, this is the first summer where i’ve seen groupons that take a significant portion of the cost away, and have made an art program ($95 for the week, normally $175) possible. We also one a week at Sky Hawk sports camp, and each week they offer up camps they have room left in at 50% off. So we took advantage of one and did a half day week long Cheerleading camp. Their programs are still in the $130 range which is really nice, so a week at $65 seems soo much more affordable. In this day and age, you really have to be thrifty and creative in terms of what programs to choose for your kids. While camps are fun, they are not worth going into debt over.

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