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  • Manitou in Action
    A video for new families

  • Request a Brochure & DVD
    Use our new online form to request a brochure, DVD, or set-up a home visit.

  • Summer Camp Application

    • CAMPER FORMS DUE MAY 1
    Print and Online Submission Forms Available

    TRAVEL INFORMATION

    WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP

    PARENT'S MANUAL

  • Camp Manitou Privacy Policy

  • Camp Manitou Accessibility Policy

  • The Importance of Camp

  • Peace and Love at Camp Manitou
    By Avrum Rosensweig

  • Technology at Camp

  • Sending your child to camp for the first time is a leap of faith

  • Homesickness
    Some helpful information about homesickness.

  • Why Send Your Child to Summer Camp
    Just a little guidance for some parents.

  • Some Words of Wisdom for First Time Parents
    Typical mistakes by first time parents.

  • What you really should be asking your Camp Director
    Here is a list of some questions that you should be asking your Camp Director so that you can make sure your child is in a safe and secure environment where respect and tolerance are the order of the day.

  • Letter from a 15 year old camper coming to camp for the first time.
    A letter from a 15 year old camper who came to Manitou for the first time as one of a few new kids in the cabin.

  • Fresh Kids
    The FreshKids are our youngest campers between the ages of 7-9 (Grade 1*, 2 and 3).

  • Interesting Article About Camp
    By Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company

  • Camp Is...
    A series of campers' thoughts on camp.

  • Camp Communication Issues
    by Joanne Kates; edited slightly by Mark Diamond

  • Camp food to write about home about
    Thanks to increasingly sophisticated palates, kids now dine on couscous, tofu chili and guacamole

  • Have summer camps become too materialistic?
    By MAIA FILAR, Special to The CJN

  • Why Overnight Camp?
    ... a worthwhile re-run