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Scarsdale, NY (June 28, 2018) – A mother’s worst nightmare came to life late last night as local mother, Carrie Scheftman, realized she mistakenly packed her favorite form of adult stimulation in her son Jake’s camp trunk instead of sending him up with his electric toothbrush. After a long, stressful day at the tennis club, Scheftman was looking forward to some relaxing “me time” only to find her nine year-old’s Oral B in its handy travel case in the storage…

Great Neck, NY (June 24, 2018) – All of Long Island and parts of New York City and New Jersey were completely wiped out of sushi this past weekend as thousands of children devoured their last tastes of raw eel, salmon, and tuna before heading out to sushi-less summer camps.  Local Japanese establishments have been scrambling to get back on their feet by offering specials on teriyaki dishes as well as dumplings but, according to many industry experts, business will…

Short Hills, NJ (June 18, 2018) – Although the brutal winter of 2018 debilitated enormous swaths of the Northeast and left millions without power for upwards of three to four weeks, thousands of summer camp parents are finding a silver lining in that devastating cloud.   What, for most, was supposed to be three to four days off between school and camp, has now been whittled down to just a half day as the school year has been extended to Friday,…

Livingston, NJ (June 12, 2018) – In a study conducted by the American Association of Camping (AAC), it has been found that packing children’s duffel bags for the summer actually takes longer than the entire time the children are away.  In a survey of two thousand camp families in the northeast, nearly ninety percent replied that they spend well over seven weeks creating lists, buying clothing and supplies, and packing the bags.  Of the over seven weeks of prep, it…

Huron Lake, PA (June 4, 2018) – The finishing touches are just about done on Camp Huron Lake’s one-of-a-kind Fortnite  Isolation Center, a creation of director Marty Feldstein.  Fearing campers would be unable to go cold turkey without today’s most popular online game, Feldstein decided several months ago to build a brand new structure with forty soundproof six-by-six windowless pods to simulate the dark, lonely basement environment common to Fornite addicts. Each pod consists of a half a yoga mat,…