About New York Family Camp Fairs 2012-2013

Editor’s note: New York Family’s Camp Fairs are coming up on March 25 (Upper East Side), and March 26 (Upper West Side). Camp Fairs are free, but it’s best to PRE-REGISTER HERE to secure your spot and mark your calendar. All Camp Fairs are 12-3pm. For more information and registration, CLICK HERE.

You are beginning to search for a summer camp for your child, but with all the different options, where do you look to find information about camp programs? The process can be daunting. Camp fairs make it easy for parents to sort through the many camp choices. Camp fairs are free events that take place on weekends and bring dozens of camps straight to parents, allowing them to have one-on-one conversations with many camp directors all within a few hours of time. Both day and sleepaway camps are represented for campers ages three–teen. Camp fairs give families a chance to see if they click with a camp director and also provides them with the opportunity to ask key questions about their summer camp program. Before visiting a camp fair, consider what type of program and camp environment will fit with your child’s interests and personality. Each camp provides unique programming and approaches. While at a camp fair, parents may want to ask the camp directors the following questions, as well as others you may have, to help you determine which camp is the right fit for your child:

What is your camp’s mission and philosophy?
What type of child is successful at your camp?
What is your camp’s program?
What type of training and education do you and your staff have?
What are the safety procedures?
What are your enrollment options?
How does your camp handle special needs?

Keep in mind that the more open families are with camp directors, the better informed they will be when it comes to making a decision.

For parents searching for a camp, camp fairs are a great way for parents to find out what a camp is really like before registering their child. New York Family and the American Camp Association-NY & NJ have camp fairs in various locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn this season.

Remember to PRE-REGISTER HERE to secure your spot for upcoming Camp Fairs: March 25 & 26!

MEET THESE GREAT CAMPS:

92Y Camps
A Montessori Summer
Advantage Tennis
Asphalt Green Day Camp
Automatic Studios
Bank Street Summer Camp
Basis Independent Brooklyn Summer
Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp
Blue Rill Day Camp
Broadway Dance Center
Brooklyn Acting Lab
Buck’s Rock Camp
Camp Berger/American Wanderer
Camp Birch Hill
Camp Cayuga
Camp Chateaugay
Camp Eagle Hill
Camp Galil
Camp Jeanne D’Arc
Camp Kodiak
Camp Lango
Camp Leman
Camp Lindenmere
Camp Louemma
Camp Ma-He-Tu
Camp Monroe
Camp Pixel
Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village
Camp Ramaquois
Camp Shodack
Camp Stonewall
Camp Twelve Trails
Camp Waziyatah
Camp Wingate-Kirkland
Campus Kids Weekday Sleep-Away Camp
Cardigan Summer Session
Cathedral School Summer Steam Camp
Challenge Camp
Cooper Hewitt Design Camp
Corbin’s Crusaders
Day Camp In The Park
Deer Mountain Day Camp
Deerkill Day Camp
Downtown Day Camp
Downtown United Soccer Club (DUSC Summer Camp)
Dwight Englewood Summer Connections
Dwight Summer Day Camp
Elmwood Day Camp
Fairview Lake YMCA Camps
French Woods Festival
French Woods Sports & Arts Center
Frost Valley YMCA
Gate Hill Day Camp

Generation Code
Greenwood Trails
Hollingworth Science Camp
Hurricane Island Center For Science And Leadership
Independent Lake Camp
International Ivy
International School Of Brooklyn Summer Camp
JCC Manhattan – Camp Settoga
Jeff Lake Camp
Kids Creative
Kids In Sports
Kids In The Game
Kidventures NYC
Kings Bay Y
Kutshers Sports Academy
Launch Math & Science Centers
Lavner Camps
Lumos Debate
Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club
Manhattan Ballet School
Marks JCH Day Camp
MBX Surf Camp
Mercersburg Summer Programs
Mohawk Day Camp
Mount Tom Day Camp
MWS Student Camps
Nature Place Day Camp
New Country Day Camp
New York City’s YMCA Day Camp
New York Film Academy
New York YMCA Camp
Oasis Day Camp
Park Slope Day Camp
Pequot, Sherwood & Pioneer Village
Physique Swimming
Pinemere Camp
Pocono Springs Camp
Pok-O-Maccready Camps
Replay Music Studios
Robofun
Shorefront YM-YWHA
Sports Academy at Brookwood Camps
Spring Lake Day Camp
Steve and Kate’s Camp
Summer Camp @Ross
The Children’s Academy at LIU Brooklyn
Urban Glass
Urban Golf Academy
Valley Forge Summer Camp
Windsor Mountain Summer Camp
Woodmont Day Camp
YMCA Camp Hi-Rock
YMCA Camp Jewell
Young Judea (Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp)

*PARTICIPATING CAMPS AT EACH CAMP FAIR VARIES BY DATE