Cheaper girls sleepaway camp

amother

Currant ↓

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 7:38 am

nicole81 wrote:

Agudah Midwest, camp Dina, and tizmoret shoshana all are applicable for one happy camper grants which defray the costs.

One happy camper changes their rules and now campers who go to Jewish schools might not be able to get money.

↑ nicole81

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 8:46 am

amother Yolk wrote:

It's not the regular online application, you have to apply as staff (and it's only for coming out of 9th grade and above, MAYBE 8th?). It is free and they even pay a little but it's not 2 hours a day of work (more like 6) and the rest of the day is not in a bunk with other campers, they're part of a "mother's helper bunk" and they're more like staff (can join some activities but it's all optional, not like a typical camper program).

It's not for coming out of 8th.

SomeoneNew ↓

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 9:47 am

amother Currant wrote:

One happy camper changes their rules and now campers who go to Jewish schools might not be able to get money.

They also accept PJ Library grant which is not dependent on attending Jewish Day School. Some smaller communities do allow One Happy Camper for kids not in Jewish schools but most don’t.

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 7:29 pm

amother Seablue wrote:

Agudah Toronto is a good price once take into account the exchange rate transportation is expensive.

Brc is always the cheapest if you have pull. And the girls have great wholesome fun.

Many cams. Especially the older ones give discounts.

Thanks for the reply! Do you know the pricing for Agudah of Toronto in American dollars?

amother

↑ Seablue ↓

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 8:48 pm

Maybe around 2200 but I’m not 100% sure.

Transportation comes out to $500 we’re most camps are more like $120-160

amother

↑ Currant ↓

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 9:40 pm

SomeoneNew wrote:

They also accept PJ Library grant which is not dependent on attending Jewish Day School. Some smaller communities do allow One Happy Camper for kids not in Jewish schools but most don’t.

Pretty sure they merged.
From the website:
PJ Library is just one sponsor within the One Happy Camper platform. Program guidelines and restrictions of One Happy Camper will determine award eligibility and payment procedures.

amother

↑ Currant ↓

Thu, Nov 21 2024, 9:40 pm

Are the newer camps cheaper?
Travel camp for 12k isn’t so bad, think how much travel costs have increased. Especially if they’re flying and have luggage.

↑ SomeoneNew ↓

Yesterday at 7:34 am

amother Currant wrote:

Eligibility requirements for PJ Library have not changed though, so kids in Jewish day school are still eligible for that grant. I’m a camp director, so this is first hand knowledge.

amother

Mintcream ↓

Yesterday at 7:47 am

amother Lavender wrote:

The camps got crazy. The camp my daughter is going to is $12k for 6 weeks. It’s a travel camp but still crazy

Why is it crazy if people are still sending?

A 12k traveling camp is clearly for profit, tbey are charging what the market wlll bear.

For the simpler camps, the cost of food and labour is up so much its hard to keep costs down.

amother

↑ Mintcream

Yesterday at 7:48 am

amother OP wrote:

Can anyone chime in as to which girls sleepaway camps are cheapest?

Op - what hashkafa camp?

amother

Jetblack

Yesterday at 9:14 am

amother Lavender wrote:

The camps got crazy. The camp my daughter is going to is $12k for 6 weeks. It’s a travel camp but still crazy

So why are you sending her?

amother

↑ Currant ↓

Yesterday at 9:21 am

SomeoneNew wrote:

Eligibility requirements for PJ Library have not changed though, so kids in Jewish day school are still eligible for that grant. I’m a camp director, so this is first hand knowledge.

Not everyone lives in a place where they have the grants, and in some places they go by the one family grant. Even if they have pj library.
I think the camps that don’t take the grants are anyways cheaper, like tuition without vouchers is generally less than tuition with vouchers.

amother

↑ Currant ↓

Yesterday at 9:27 am

amother OP wrote:

Thanks for the reply! Do you know the pricing for Agudah of Toronto in American dollars?

According to google, Agudah Toronto is $2111.04 with todays exchange rate, not including tax, plus you pay a ton for transportation (think a couple hundred each way) and you need a passport.

↑ SomeoneNew

Yesterday at 9:37 am

amother Currant wrote:

There are very few communities without PJ Library. I know not all camps take it, but for the ones that do it’s a good resource for families to be aware of, that’s all.

amother

↑ Seablue

Yesterday at 10:18 am

amother Currant wrote:

According to google, Agudah Toronto is $2111.04 with todays exchange rate, not including tax, plus you pay a ton for transportation (think a couple hundred each way) and you need a passport.

Transportation is $500 USD. Which is about $350 more than other local camps.

Transportation from Toronto to camp is free so if you can get to Toronto yourself that is great. Also sometimes you can find great ticket prices on Porter air even with 2 large suitcases cheaper. Just need to find transportation to the Toronto bus.

Some years they have a bus to the billy bishop airport for free or a minimal cost.

But doing bus transportation has less headaches then flying.

The exchange rate for things like canteen and tips is great and evens it out a bit. (You pay tips through their app and they do the exchange)

amother

Foxglove

Yesterday at 2:29 pm

amother Clover wrote:

Tehila and cby don't have mother's helpers for camper age.
I don't know about menucha

Camp Bais Yaakov sure does have mother's helper camper age. Last year they offered any accepted campers if they wantto switch to be mother's helpers because they did not have enough mother's helpers for all the staff.

amother

Burgundy

Yesterday at 2:33 pm

The prices everyone is posting, is for half or full summer?
Can you get a full summer camp, 2 months, for less than $3k?!

amother

↑ Currant ↓

Yesterday at 2:41 pm

amother Foxglove wrote:

I didn’t hear anything about this, we sent there.
They added tons more bunks (and still turned many girls away), if you want to send there don’t wait.