I would suggest looking into if your local school district runs a summer 
enrichment (that's what they call it here) type program. It takes out 
most of the logistics planning, bus transport and lunch that we would 
have to do on our own. We set up the camp description (we have run two 
week-long camps the last two years with plans to expand to three either 
this summer or next). We fund and bring in outside presentors, set up 
local activities involving our and other museums in the city, the school 
district hosts signup, takes care of all publicity, takes care of 
seeking donations to fund scholarships (so any child can take any camp 
regardless of cost), and handles administration. The funds they collect 
will pay the lead person a stipend (we have offered it free and raised 
our own funds until this year, now we will offer it at the lowest rate 
$20 or $25 per kid per week).
It is worth checking out if you can tap into an existing program.
We plan to develop a next stage after a new site we are developing is 
completed this year and then a third stage of year round programming for 
youth in the museum after that.
Good luck.

Chris Taylor
Executive Director
Atchison County Historical Society
P.O. Box 201
200 S. 10th Street, Santa Fe Depot
Atchison, KS 66002
913-367-6238
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www.atchisonhistory.org



Jeffrey Durst wrote:

>
> Good Afternoon Listserv,
>
> Historic Hillsborough is exploring developing a history and craft 
> summer camp for elementary age children that would begin in Summer 
> 2007.  This is a new area for us, so we are seeking as much advice as 
> we can get.  If you work with a history summer camp program, would you 
> be willing to share with us your promotional material.  We would like 
> to get ideas on how to structure the camp, appropriate costs for the 
> camp, and logistical and liability concerns that we need to be aware 
> of.  Have you used high school students as camp counselors?  Were they 
> paid or volunteer?
>
> Your guidance in our new endeavor will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff Durst
>
> Education and Interpretation Specialist
>
> The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
>
> Hillsborough, North Carolina
>
> www.historichillsborough.org <http://www.historichillsborough.org>
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