Banner Day Camp

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Banner Day Camp is a day camp located in Lake Forest, Illinois. The camp operates during the summer, and is run by Allen Schwartz. It has been in operation since 1964, and celebrated its 40th "Bannerversary" (The Banner Day Camp term for anniversary). Banner Day Camp is very expensive, however. Families not well off financially probably wouldn't afford the camp.

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The camp is approximately 32 acres. It has 4 swimming pools, 2 pavilions, an air conditioned dining hall, several playgrounds, a zip line, a bungee trampoline, a rock climbing wall, and a trapeze, plus numerous sports fields, and an off-grounds man-made lake that the camp has permission to use. The campers are divided into groups, separated by age and gender. Each group is named after an object starting with a B (Bucaneers, Banditos, Bleacher-Bums, Etc.). There are 4 age groups of campers:

  • 3-5 = Juniors
  • 6-8 = Seniors
  • 9-12 = Tweens
  • 13-14 = C.I.T. (Counselor In Training)

For ages 15 and up, you are a counselor. Counselor rankings work like this:

  • C1 = J.C.A. (Junior Counselor Assistant)
  • C2 = Junior Counselor
  • C3 = Counselor

Each year, Banner has several special guests, ranging from Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears, to the Jesse White Tumblers, to the Chicago Bandits Women's Softball Team, to Erika Harold, the 2003 Miss America winner. Each summer lasts for 8 weeks, but some campers either go for the first 4, or the last 4. The camp provides hot lunches each day. The lunch schedule is:

The camp goes on several special field trips each summer including:

For Seniors and Tweens, 4 days of the summer are "Over-Nighters", in which campers sleep at the camp, and are treated to swimming, a movie, dinner, and breakfast. C.I.T. were previously allowed, but that has been repealed for reasons unknown. Each day, campers are given the chance to win Madballs.

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Camping Facilities in the state of Illinois

Banner Day Camp (Lake Forest) | Camp Jump Start (Makanda) | Camp Ondessonk (Ozark) | Great Lakes Day Camp (Lake Forest)
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