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Camp Shane Weight Loss Camp For Children Opens New Location in Arizona
Submitted by community on Mon, 23/02/2009 - 9:00pm
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We received the following media release today - seems like a worthwhile initiative. If anybody has any stories or experiences with Camp Shane - please send them in. -DIYFather.com
Camp Shane's newest summer camp, which encompasses more than 300 acres surrounded by an additional 25,000 acres of picturesque landscape, offers weight loss camps in two, four or six week increments. By providing fun and educational activities about healthy living choices, Camp Shane empowers children with the knowledge they need to completely re-shape their lives. Through an easy yet effective nutrition program, focusing on every day foods and portion control, as well as exciting outdoor activities, the children at Camp Shane can expect to not only lose weight and learn how to keep it off, but also have fun, learn new skills and gain the confidence they deserve. "At Camp Shane, we're not a ‘fat camp, diet or boot camp.' Instead of focusing solely on dieting, Camp Shane is an exciting and educational program that helps teach children realistic and achievable ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Every child at Camp Shane is treated as part of our family, and our dedication has helped us become one of the most recognizable youth weight loss camp facilities in the country," says David Ettenberg, Owner/Director of Camp Shane. Diverse activities available at Camp Shane include sports, fitness, arts and crafts and exciting pool recreational activities. Camp Shane also offers an array of cooking and nutritional classes to help children learn the importance of portion control, as well as how to make healthy selections when dining out. Additionally, Camp Shane Arizona offers an optional, extensive and exciting horsemanship program. The program, which is run by experienced wranglers, includes more than 80 horses. Children experience the joys of caring for a horse and the physical benefits of riding, while building their self-confidence and balance skills. Additional information about Camp Shane Arizona, including an enrollment form and request for a complimentary brochure can be found here. --Ends |
MAYER, AZ - Camp Shane, the longest running youth fitness and weight loss camp for kids, recently announced it has opened a new facility in Arizona to better serve the western US market from Texas to California. The recent expansion is a result of feedback from parents out west who wanted their children to experience the healthy benefits of Camp Shane, but wanted an option closer to home.
I went to this camp last year
I went to this camp last year and it was absolutely amazing! I have missed it so much that I am going back this summer! I ended up losing 25lbs in 4 weeks and only have gained a few lbs back and now I'm working on those....
The experience at camp shane was awesome! I was never lonely, never hungry, never felt like I couldn't accomplish the sports. Every one is very close knit, and we all know each other very well. I had friends of all ages and the counselors want to be your friends too. The staff was great! I could always go to them if I had any problems.
Great camp, and I can't wait to go back! SO EXCITED!!!!!
I this is a great news for
I this is a great news for all those parents who are worried about their children obseity and we all know obesity is becoming a serious problem all over the world, i am quite happy to see another boot camp here.
Nick from Weight Loss Boot Camp
Will there be school grants
Will there be school grants that would be offered for summer camps such as Camp Shane?
This is a great program to
This is a great program to enroll your children who are a victim of obesity and constantly are bullied at school. I have a daughter who is obese and I sent her to Borders Boot camp. They did wonders to her and she came back so healthy. Since then we have been maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
me 2 only worse i really need
me 2 only worse i really need this
My Son Just got home from
My Son Just got home from this camp, and he did lose the weight! I was not a beleiver until I went to pick him up and didn't relize for about 5 seconds that the kid I dropped 4 weeks earlier was my kid! OMG - lets see how he does keeping it off...
I can honestly say that that
I can honestly say that that picture is taken of a girl who is either A) photoshopped, or B) attended, lost weight, came back for more and lost more weight...
I attended Shane for 9 weeks (the longest they go for) and NO ONE had that sort of transformation. No one.
Okay... You don't want to go
Okay...
You don't want to go here...
You sound a lot like me. And I went to Camp Shane... two summers in a row.
And got kicked out at the end of my second summer, because I was too depressed for them to handle.
They aren't a bad camp, it's just that they apparently have no idea how to handle someone who publicly shows that there is something mentally wrong with her... even if that mental problem exists because she is overweight.
If your parents won't let you go, ask them if they'll let you try doing Nutrisystem or something like that (maybe join a local Weight Watchers? They say 18, but talk to them, and see if they'd let you participate if you got a Doctor's note.
Kids are going to tease and make fun of people who aren't like them, this is including overweight/obese kids. And until you decide to do something (and not take the easy way out, like I did-fat camp-) about your life, you will get teased.
Camp Shane is in all honesty, a good place, but they don't teach you how to make more than one or two healthy meals, you are isolated, so you have like barely any idea of how to lose/keep the weight off in a real world setting... and you are exercising 8 hours a day... you can't do that at home.
I lost 30 lbs, and gained back 15 of that, because I wasn't exercising as much, even though I was eating better.
Talk to your parents about options.
If they still can't get up to speed with the fact that you are in danger of so many different diseases, have your doctor tell them that something besides teasing and taunting you needs to be done.
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Hi I am researching Camp
Hi I am researching Camp Shane and I want to send my boy (8) there. He is 130 lbs. I was wondering if there are any other scholarships in addition to the ones the camp provides?
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