Stresses the importance of developing camp programs that serve the needs of economically disadvantaged, inner-city youth. Suggests strategies for recruiting and working with inner-city youth and parents. Suggestions based on programing at Camp Rosenthal (Dowagiac, Michigan), a residential camp that hosts more than 800 inner-city Chicago youth each…

Describes Camp Atwater (North Brookfield, Massachusetts), a summer residential camp founded in 1921 to assist African-American children in developing leadership, character, citizenship, interpersonal communication skills, personal and educational confidence, environmental awareness, physical fitness, and cultural awareness. Describes Camp…

The Discovery Center (Ashford, Connecticut) is a camp/university/school program that provides a positive diversity experience to preadolescents through experiential education in an outdoor, residential setting. Students from at least four cultural groups are mixed for all cabin and lab groups, and all camp activities are retooled to pursue the…