I went to summer camp four times.  All four were to Fort Scott Camp near Cincinnati.  I went one week my first two years and then two weeks the last two years.  Later on, the camp closed due to radioactive and toxic pollution from nearby Fernald nuclear weapons facility.  That was too bad because it was a great, great camp.  Those summers were highlights of my childhood.  

The only camps I ever went to were cheerleading when I was in high school. One at Ohio State and one at Ashland. I also attended Buckeye Girls State at Ashland.

I didn't know a single kid who went to overnight camps unless they were sports-related. I honestly thought the kind I saw on tv or in movies were made up. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I went to summer camp four times.  All four were to Fort Scott Camp near Cincinnati.  I went one week my first two years and then two weeks the last two years.  Later on, the camp closed due to radioactive and toxic pollution from nearby Fernald nuclear weapons facility.  That was too bad because it was a great, great camp.  Those summers were highlights of my childhood.  

This explains a lot. :)

I did 2 years at a camp in Wisconsin. 20 days. 

Then year round sports started and I didn’t do any more of the traditional ones. Still did 2 weeks at Stanford tennis camp and 2 weeks at Michigan state tennis camp. As well as 10 days at Bowling Green (Kentucky) basketball camp.

posted by Fab4Runner

I didn't know a single kid who went to overnight camps unless they were sports-related. I honestly thought the kind I saw on tv or in movies were made up. 

Similar experience here.  Summer camp was one of those iconic things you always heard about or read about (or listened to Allan Sherman sing about).  But yeah, I didn't know anyone who went, either, unless they were in Cub Scouts or  Boy Scouts.

I did go to marching band camp for three years, one week each.  Except for the fact we weren't doing crafts or learning games and sports, it was pretty much the same experience.  Hard work, but it did get us ready for the new school year.

My two sons did attend a week-long church camp when they were middle school-age, and said they enjoyed it. I know they slept good when they got home. 

posted by Laley23

I did 2 years at a camp in Wisconsin.

That was called prison, actually. 

LOL - just had a flashback to a Jerry Lewis comic book I had back in the mid-1970's.  He was sending his nephew to "Camp Wack-a-Boy", run by a sadistic counselor with a pseudo-Nazi uniform and shorts.  Yes, it was every bit as whacky as his movies, and I always got a kick out of reading it.  The camp was next door to a max-security prison.  The prisoners dig an escape tunnel that goes to the camp instead of the outside,, and "Uncle Hal" mistakes them for campers, while the nephew sneaks into prison to get away from the camp counselor.  Hilarity ensues.