GOODLIFE SUMMER CAMP GUIDE

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North Cobb Christian School Wide variety of unique and exciting summer camps!

City: Kennesaw Ages: 3-18 Type: Overnight Camp Cost: Rates as low as $100/week Activities: Sports, crafting, Disney, Minecraft, LEGO, singing, American Girl, Camp Eagle, etc. Special Focus: Camps range from 1/2 day - full day, all ages Website: www.ncchristian.org/summer-soarings Boys or Girls: Both, mixed

City: Atlanta Ages: 5-10 Type: Day Camp Cost: $315 - $395 Activities: Canoeing, swimming, archery, fort building, GaGa ball, hiking, arts and crafts, and more! Special Focus: Since 1972, JPC has been getting kids outside Website: www.joshpowellcamp.com Boys or Girls: Both, separated Josh Powell Summer Camp WinShape Camps

City: Multiple Locations Ages: K-12th Grade Type: Overnight Camp Cost: $829 - $2100 Activities: Wide range including archery, arts and crafts, rock climbing, performing arts, sports/fi tness, horseback riding, outdoor adventures, Bible study, and more! Special Focus: This camp, started by the founder of Chick-Fil-A, is the place where friendships take root, personal growth is front and center, and faith runs through all you do—the place for lifechanging, memory-making, and adventure-taking awesomeness. Website: www.WinShapeCamps.org Boys or Girls: Both, separated

City: Kennesaw/Marietta Ages: PK3-12th Grade Type: Day Camp Cost: From $150 and up Activities: Princess, Braves, Falcons, LEGO, robotics, Pinterest, fi shing, sewing, football, and more! Special Focus: 80+ camps from SAT to Cooking to Basketball Website: www.mtparanschool.com/summerprograms Boys or Girls: Both, mixed Summer Programs at Mount Paran Christian School

Camp Gideon - Discovery Day Camp

City: Acworth Ages: 5-12 Type: Day Camp Cost: $185 Activities: Fishing, canoeing, swimming, paddle boarding, rockwall climbing, sports + recreation, crafts Special Focus: Grow in their relationship with God + others Website: www.campgideon.com Boys or Girls: Both, mixed

Camp Woodmont

City: Cloudland Ages: 6-14 Type: Overnight Camp Cost: One week $950; Two weeks $1495 Activities: Horseback riding, climbing wall, canoeing, archery, crafts, dancing, sports, disc golf, fi shing Special Focus: Traditional, small, family-owned camp Website: www.campwoodmont.com Boys or Girls: Both, mixed

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Your corner for a good smile! Mar/Apr Theme: Funny Childhood Memories

When I was about four, my family got one of those “hatch your own butterflies” kits. I was so excited to watch these little caterpillars eat leaves, grow, and make cocoons. I remember how excited I was when they hatched and they were beautiful orange butterflies! My parents and I quickly went to the back yard to let them spread their wings and fly. We gently took the first one out and let it go. We were all pointing and watching it fly away when all of a sudden, a blue jay swooped out of a tree and snatched it mid-air. My parents hoped I didn’t see it and took me and the rest of our butterflies to the front yard. They only found out I saw it about three years later when at dinner I blurted out, “Remember when my butterfly was taken by a blue jay?!”

- Allison B

My best friend and I loved to play on my go-kart when we were younger. It was a gas-powered two-seater go-kart called the “Yerf Dog”, and with it’s little yellow flag, we would go flying around my long circular gravel driveway over and over. Well, one day we discovered a massive mud puddle that if we drove through it at a high speed would send the mud flying everywhere! And we did it again and again—until our parents came running out, arms waving, yelling ”Stop!” It wasn’t that our parents were upset with us getting a bit dirty; the dilemma came in the fact that the mud puddle we had discovered was not made from just mud and water, but rather a busted septic line that was seeping to the surface and making the most memorable mud puddle of my childhood. The hose water was very cold that day. - Michael P

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