Camp Echo Lake was my summer home many many years ...

Camp Echo Lake was my summer home many many years ago. I spent five of the greatest summers of my life there. I will never forget the memories that I made there and how they shaped who I am today. When we started looking at sleep away camp for my son three summers ago, I told him we were going to check it out more for selfish reasons. I was desperate to see it again and secretly hoped he would fall in love with it. However we put no pressure on him and took him to other camps as well so that he could see a wide variety. He instantly felt a connection to Echo Lake and decided on his own that it was most definitely the right place for him. Two summers later and he doesn't call it camp anymore, he calls it home. He's made amazing friends who he keeps in touch with throughout the year. He has bonded with his counselors who have all proved to be wonderful role models and for two summers have provided him a safe environment and a home away from home. He's tried new activities that have blown us away like auditioning and getting a part in the group show last summer. And attempting two summers in a row to water ski - still not getting up but not giving up. That's what Echo Lake teaches their campers. To never give up and to be good people. He's learned kindness and compassion, how to be a team player, and to believe in himself and his abilities. Kids these days need camp for so many of these very reasons and Echo Lake is among the best out there.