We've had a pretty good experience with Fairview Lake, our kids attended traditional 3 week camp. The grounds provide a great, traditional camp experience, right on the water. Food is good - junk food is a little too readily available for our taste (they get to pick from the camp store each day and most options are high sugar/high fat) but that's our biggest complaint which relative to all the other things they do well, isn't a big deal and I believe this is something they've been working to improve on. Otherwise our kids thought the cabins were great, liked the variety of activities, etc. Lots of Maplewood/South Orange kids attend - depending on your child, they may consider this a positive or a negative.
The strength of the counselors can be a hit or miss. This only really becomes an issue if there are behavioral problems/conflicts in a cabin - then a mature, experienced counselor makes all the difference. The counselors are just kids/young adults and they each come with different experience/skills - again depending on the cabin dynamics, this may or may not be an issue.
We've always found the staff to be very nice to work with, especially as you build a relationship with them over the summers. All in all, our kids would give it a big thumbs up and as parents we would recommend Fairview Lake. Good Luck!
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Anyone have experiences- good or bad- with Camp Fairview Lake? We are considering sending our two daughters, ages 9 and 12, there this summer for two weeks. Neither of them have been to a sleepaway camp before.
Thanks!!