Can't afford pricey summer camp? Go DIYSource: msnbc.com
Many cash-strapped families are trying to make it through summer without pricey kid classes and camps. It's prompting parents to get creative and, in some cases, create impromptu DIY camps right in their own homes, yards and neighborhoods.
Camp offers 'godless alternative'Source: BBC News
An atheist summer camp in Somerset is offering children aged seven to 17 a "godless alternative" to religious camps traditionally run by the scouts and church groups.
Glad to be godlessSource: The Economist
In most ways, it is like other summer camps. Kids aged 8 to 17 share cabins in the woods. During the day, they paddle canoes, shoot arrows, go swimming and explore nature. At night, they chat beneath the stars.
Mideast peace drives camp in 17th seasonSource: msnbc.com
"The idea is to get to common ground," said Monica, an Egyptian teenager. "Even if you don't agree, what you have to accept about the other opinion is that it exists."
Strange sports summer camp promotional videoSource: YouTube
Something from a different age of innocence - only 12 years ago, but how things have changed.
Is anyone else reminded of the scene from Airplane! with Joey and Leslie Nielsen as the pilot?! Or perhaps, "Hi, I'm Troy McClure.
Finding final chapters to real-life mysteriesSource: msnbc.com
Today's American Story with Bob Dotson comes from Albuquerque, N.M., the home of a 77-year-old man whose mind never retired.� In the past seven years, he's solved three murders and found five missing women.
German Police Raids Nazi Youth Camp Source: deutsche-welle.de
A youth camp run by a neo-Nazi organization is broken up by police near Rostock in northern Germany. Authorities said the children were being instilled with Nazi propaganda under the guise of a sleep-away camp.
South Ossetians describe escape from fightingSource: msnbc.com
Refugees from South Ossetia on Sunday described being shelled and shot at and forced to run for their lives - leaving homes, family members and most of what they had behind.
Teens Take Part in a College 'Catapult Camp'Source: US News & World Report
Ah, the joys of summer camp: campfire songs, s'mores, and trebuchets? Thirty-one Washington, D.C.-area high school students practiced building mini-engines of war this summer at the University of Maryland's first ever "Catapult Camp."
Palestinians and Israelis are forging the bonds of peace right here in New Mexico, at Creativity for Peace's summer camp.
Non-religious summer camps develop niche (AP)Source: Newsday.com
"At mealtime, kids learn about what the camp calls "freethinkers" throughout history — defining them as people who questioned or rejected religion. Examples can include people who believed in some version of a higher power, but held ideas conflicting with the social norm.
DigiGirlz: Microsoft Summer Camps for GirlsSource: microsoft.com
Microsoft is proud to offer technology programs that target youth. One of our signature programs, DigiGirlz High Tech Camp for girls, works to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry.
How CBS went wrong with 'Kid Nation'Source: Chicago Tribune
One of the most chilling documents to come down the pike in a while is the contract parents of participants in "Kid Nation" signed.
So I thought I'd give this "my-interests: thing a try. Most every summer I work at a summer camp.