Kids Raise Money To Pay For Summer Camp

Given the economic crisis, many teens who want to go to camp this summer are finding create ways to raise money to help their parents afford the enrollment fees.

One of the leading academic summer camps, SuperCamp, provides parents with fundraising ideas and examples on their website. The web page includes a sample flyer that one student created to help solicit donations from extended family, friends and neighbors.

"The initiative shown by some of these kids is exactly what we promote at SuperCamp," said Bobbi DePorter, president of SuperCamp. "We teach life skills in such areas as communication and leadership and character development that covers taking responsibility and going after your goals."

SuperCamp's teen summer camps are also providing parents with creative payment options to help them find a way to enroll their kids before the camps are full. Parents can put a partial deposit down or create a monthly payment plan to help spread the payments out.

Many students see the value in attending academic camps such as SuperCamp because they know it will help them with their grades and in their efforts to get into a great college. Students who watch SuperCamp's summer camp video also realize that the ten-day camp is a great deal of fun.

Parents appreciate the value of SuperCamp, as well, and, as a result, will go out of their way to come up with the money to send their kids to camp. More information on the camps is available at the website and by calling 800-285-3276.