The Top Ten Reasons to Send Your Kid to Independent Lake Camp This Summer

Top Ten Reasons to send your kid to Independent Lake Camp this summer

WE MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE As you juggle financially, remember that money must be spent on a kid’s summer regardless of venue. Carefully evaluate ILC against the simple upkeep of at-home children – food, utilities, entertainment, day camp or other programs, hosting their friends, etc. You may be stunned at the narrow fiscal discrepancy. Combined with our hugely flexible session choices, ILC is open to all family vacation plans and parental pockets. Also, unlike other camps, we have no hidden fees. Horseback Riding, Water-skiing, and the usual suspects are not considered extras. If it’s an on-campus activity, it’s on every kid’s menu. Register for Independent Lake Camp Online Now.
FABULOUS FOOD Our kid-friendly but nutrition-conscious chef offers multiple choice at three honestly great meals a day in our eye-popping dining hall. (The ILC traditions surrounding meals need a top-ten list all on their own.)
SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY Our supervision, safety standards, and counselor training actually are unequalled. ILC boasts that rarest of administrative breed, an On-site Certified Safety Expert. Nor do we forget psychological security and comfort: our age-differentiated campuses and canteen hours, that no-bullying policy above, and our camper advocate program.
PROGRAMMING AS DIVERSE AS WE ARE WITH A “GIVE IT A TRY” ATTITUDE Our activity choices are too numerous to fit into one summer – our campers are practically forced to return! In the end, ILC is all about camper’s choice, but we also know how to encourage new experiences without being obnoxious. “Dailies” give you a one-day taste; “Primes” let you feast. We get the balance right.
PERFORMING ARTS ACCESS It’s not just that our program is incredibly varied and brilliantly run. It’s that while other camps may have rich performing arts programs, they don’t hold rich opportunity for enjoying them. At ILC our aim is not to impress an imaginary Broadway critic – or even you – but to allow as many kids as possible access to the skills and joys of theatre, dance, music, magic and circus.
OUR CREATIVE ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM, AND ORGANIZATION Simply, you won’t find a more smoothly-running camp. We are hyper-organized with owners on-site. You have to observe what this does for your child’s summer. Our policies and style of administration make possible a degree of camper expression and inspiration observable here only.
HUMAN DIVERSITY Of campers, staff, and administration. Racial, national, ethnic, philosophical diversity. Respecting and celebrating each other and receiving the same in return.
OPEN CAMP POLICY We understand parent work and schedule loads. We have multiple formal visiting days, and any day in-between is open to you as well. Nothing should interfere with parents and children connecting – certainly not arbitrary “camp restrictions.” Children phone home when they wish. ILC doors and wires are open.
MORAL STANDARDS We’re upfront about our code of conduct – no drugs, no alcohol, no hateful hearts, and no bullying. We set a high ethical bar and apply it to everyone attending, working at, or visiting ILC.
OUR OUTSTANDING FACILITY Independent Lake Camp’s bunks, buildings, layout, and natural setting – including the most beautiful lake in the Poconos after which we are named – must be seen to be believed. Take a tour of our summer camp activities and facilities.