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One Decade Later, Morton Grove Campers Return
Morton Grove Park District alums help make memories for a new generation.
Though she loved swimming and did it nearly every day as an 8-year-old, Lori Andel could never bring herself to go off the diving board. Now 24, she animatedly recounts the day that changed: When her day camp counselor, Katie Konieczka, swam into the deep end to watch Andel make her first dive. “I felt great,” Andel said of the relief and pride that washed over her with the cool water. “I felt like I could do anything.” It’s those kinds of memories that kept bringing Andel back to Morton Grove Park District's summer day camps year after year. Now as an adult, she is a counselor and teacher–among at least a half dozen this summer who have a formative camp tale. Summer camps have been a Morton Grove tradition since 1965. There is no age …
Sherrone
10:18 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cost definitely plays a factor in how much I put my kids in during the summer. I would like for them to get the most out of their summer, but everything is so expensive! There is something to be said, though, for kids spending at least some time on forced creativity, so to speak. There will be time each day, or week, when I do organized crafts with them, or set up crafts for them to do outside (… more ›