How are you celebrating Valentine's Day with your kids or your sweetheart in NYC this year? How about heading to The Sweet Life, one of New York's best candy stores? Take a look at the latest in our Best of NYC Candy Store video posts. We got a little romantic with this one. So sue us, it's Valentine's Day!.

A combination that can’t be beat… A personal approach where we get to know each of our campers AND a state of the art facility second to none, complete with a dazzling array of high quality activities!  Katz family owned for 52 years, Deer Mountain Day Camp is a place where we celebrate each of our campers while they make friends, learn new skills and have a TON OF FUN! Serving children ages 3 to 15 with a 3 to 1 camper to staff ratio. Our breathtaking 25 acre mountainside facility includes 6 heated pools for daily instruction and recreational swim, a lake for boating and fishing, a 7,000 square foot dining hall, 25 air-conditioned buildings for our fine & dramatic arts programs as well as age-appropriate sports fields and courts that serve our tremendous variety of athletic programs. Our campers enjoy a complete activity program packed with swimming, sports, fine arts, performing arts, adventure trek and special events. Door to door, air-conditioned, supervised transportation included. Come visit and see why we have become known as Your Child’s Summer Home.

Deer Mountain Day Camp
63 Call Hollow Road, Pomona, New York 10970
845/354-2727
www.deermountaindaycamp.com
Owners & Directors: Roberta Katz & Carol Katz

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The Frost Valley YMCA tradition is an engaging, affordable summer camp experience for children ages 7-16 at our 6,000-acre camp in the heart of the forever wild Catskill Forest Preserve.

Lodges nestled near mountain trails and wide green spaces create a special world where kids journey on every scale, from spending first nights away from home and bonding with new friends to mountain hikes, waterfront fun and all-camp traditions and games. Non-competitive activities in a safe, nurturing environment model our values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility and emphasize environmental awareness. Children learn confidence in a supportive atmosphere that fosters skill development and memories that last a lifetime.

Our roots reach back to 1901 as one of the nation's first overnight camps and over a century later, we remain true to the Y mission and our commitment to bring children of all backgrounds and abilities together in an enriching, life-changing summer community.

Frost Valley offers age-based sleepaway camp for children ages 7-15 in (4) two-week camp sessions from June-August; two and three-week Adventure Trips for kids ages 11-16. Special offerings: Horse Programs; Farm Camp; Sleepaway camp for children with kidney disease; and Mainstreaming At Camp for children with development disabilities. (845) 985-2291 ext 203.

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Sunshine, fresh air, plenty of running around and sports. Those are some of the great reasons to send your child out of the city to one of the many wonderful country day camps that surround the city. However, if you don't want to send your child out of the city, there are some camps in the city that approximate the country day camp experience right here in New York City.

Camp Ramaquois, A day camp as complete as sleep-away camp, situated on 44 acres in Rockland County.

From adventurous activities to creative arts to athletic activities, boys & girls, ages 3-15 experience a traditional day camp program filled with a variety of stimulating activities including instructional & general swim in our 8 heated pools, boating on our 5-acre crystalline lake, tennis, basketball, volleyball, hockey, softball, soccer, computers, puppetry, ceramics, nature, dance drama, special events and much more.

What makes Ramaquois so special? For some, it is the spirit, the tradition and the unique blend of true camping with our contemporary programs; to others it is the sense of adventure, meeting new challenges and making lasting friends/memories; but for everyone, it is just everything about Ramaquois! Ramaquois is a magical camp where imagination has no bounds, where dreams come true and where friendship and memories last a lifetime
 
Contact:
Owners/Directors
Arthur and Natalie Kessler
Associate Director Phil Rainone
Camp Ramaquois
30 Mountain Road Pomona, NY 10970
845 354 1600
E mail: info@ramaquois.com
www.ramaquois.com

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Laurel Barrie has 20 years' experience connecting families and summer camps through her free Summer Camp Matchmaking service. The Camp Connection represents over 500 summer programs that have been visited while camp is in session, referenced and reviewed. Their goal is to help make lots of Happy Campers!

We asked Laurel to answer some of our top questions about summer camp and she has been kind enough to share her expert experience with us all. Thanks, Laurel!

Thanks to everyone who commented on our Fun-a-Go-Go giveaway post. It sounds like most of you have terrific plans to get out of the city for this vacation break. But me and Naomi are going to be chillin' here in the city.

They Might be Giants' just put out a new album of kids music and while I've been a little underwhelmed with their previous albums, this one has at least one new song that is truly brilliant. In fact, I'm making it my official theme song. Check out this awesome video podcast of my new theme song that Mr. Nice Guy was nice enough to find for us.