Center Day Camp

Center Day Camp
Type Drive-in day camp
Location North Windham, Maine, United States
Coordinates 43°50′20″N 70°27′18″W / 43.839°N 70.455°W / 43.839; -70.455Coordinates: 43°50′20″N 70°27′18″W / 43.839°N 70.455°W / 43.839; -70.455
Created 1948/1949
Operated by Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Website www.mainejewish.org

Center Day Camp (CDC) is a day camp run by the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine.[1][2][3][4][5] It is located in North Windham, Maine, on the shores of Sebago Lake.[6][7][8] It was founded in 1948/1949.[9][10]

Program

The camp is co-ed.[9][11] Campers range from 3 to 15 years old. CDC provides a traditional Maine summer camp experience for campers on the wooded shores of Lake Sebago. Twenty minutes from Portland, Maine, CDC sits on 27 acres (110,000 m2) of woods, fields, and shoreline.[12] Generations of campers have spent their days at the camp's lake and learned new skills at the camp. CDC accepts campers of all faiths and backgrounds. CDC is accredited by the American Camping Association.[13]

Center Day Camp also has a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program whose participants assist staff with group participation, activities, and lesson planning, developing skills to become future counselors.

References

  1. ↑ Douglas Wright (June 16, 2006). "New fields complete vision of Center Day Camp, thanks to dedicated sponsors". Lakes Region Weekly. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Center Day Camp". Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ Maine Register, State Year-book and Legislative Manual – Maine. Tower Publishing Company. 1990. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ The Big Green Internship Book: Internships and Summer Jobs for the Environment. Career Education Institute. 2001. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Annual Report – Portland (Me.) Public Library. 1956. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Abraham J. Peck (2007). Maine's Jewish Heritage. Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Beth Quimby (March 16, 2010). "As enrollment holds, camps embrace small economies; Camps still fun, if frugal". The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Jewish Campers to Honor Famed National Figures at Camp Today". Portland Press Herald, Page 25. July 18, 1949. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Down East, Volume 51, Issues 9–12. Down East Enterprise. 2005. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Tess Nacelewicz (July 12, 2003). "Camp memories turn to gold; Center Day Camp far exceeds its fund-raising goal, and will celebrate with a re-dedication ceremony.". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bibliographies of Camp-related Research". American Camp Association. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Maine Day Camps" (PDF). acanewengland.org. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ "American Camp Association". Acacamps.org. Retrieved April 14, 2014.

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