Camp Shane

Pros: weight loss, new friends, awesome experiences
Cons: it ended!!

Camp Shane was hands-down the most amazing experience in my life. Although it only lasted six weeks, the memories will last forever. I never thought it was possible to lose weight and have fun at the same time! I am fourteen years old, and have already ...

Pros: You loose weight no matter what.Counselors are amazing.
Cons: Having to leave

Hey my name is Rosaura and I am a camper at Camp Shane. Let me tell you about my first summer at Camp Shane. Well I’m on the bus ride there and the whole time I’m freaking out because I was like what if not one person likes me and I’m staying ...

Pros: This camp offers children a place to be themselves.
Cons: The weather is unpredictable at times, diminishing the opportunity to do outdoor activities.

As a head staff member of this camp for the last 2 years, I have found that this camp has met the ex ...

Pros: You make friends
Cons: No health services, few counselors, not advertized "correctly"

This year was my first year as a camper at Camp Shane. I was an SH and believe that name comes with quite a background around Shane. The last three weeks were phenomenal. But the first six weeks were pure hell. First let me explain something to you. When ...

Pros: Great activities, great friendships, great weight loss, GREAT FUN!
Cons: NONE!

I love Camp Shane! I am usually away from home for most of the year since I go to boarding school, so when school ends, it's only about a week until it's back to Ferndale. I count down the days until I'm there. I got a "VIP" entrance as first one in the ...

Pros: FUN!
Cons: some stuff

This camps has a lot of pros and some cons. you are not going to find another place with as many skilled nutritionist on this planet. Shane is the premier camp for weight loss. but don't believe everything that is in that damned promo. there are no ...

Pros: There are a great amount of different activities that appeal to everyone.
Cons: It's a nice camp, not a 5 star resort.

As a former Camp Shaner, I can give great insight into the atmosphere and experience that Camp Shane offers. Throughout the 6 summers spent at Shane, I went through several transformations not only physically, but emotionally as well. I learned a great ...

Pros: ?
Cons: expensive! no communacation! poorly run! awful food! Alot of children with issues bigger then weight!

Note the number of positve reviews LOADED on this site...The Camp Owner forces people to put them on in time for new parents to read the positive stuff...hoping negative gets buried!!! This camp is none of the things they try to sell you on...if you ...

Pros: LOOSE WEIGHT, GIRL FREINDS, BOY FREINDS, FREINDS, EXCERSISE....
Cons: only water, crappy bunks equitment, BULLIES, Cursing, etc...

Hello, I am going for my 3rd year at camp shane. When i was in 6th grade i did 9 weeks here. in 7th i did 6 and in 9th im doing 6. Camp shane is a great place. You will leave with memories. Though the camp is kinda un-organized and the staff is nice but ...

Pros: Amazing weight loss. Making friends for life. Non threatening enviornment
Cons: not enough time in the day

I was a group leader at camp 2002. I had an amazing experience. I got to help and to observe the amazing transformation of many young boys and girls. They went from having low self esteem to having much self esteem. Oh, and the weight they loss was...

Pros: weight loss, discipline, social interaction
Cons: no pics of my son on website

I agree with the review given by uska on almost every aspect. This is not a resort for rich kids. Th ...

Pros: lots of activities, taught her good eating skills, she had fun and lost weight
Cons: cabins are old,,needed to send gloves for cleaning days. expensive , no financial aid

My daughter had had the life of hell during her seventh grade. Being overweight gave all her so called "friends" something to laugh at. It was coming toward summer and I really didnt know what to do for her. My neice had went to camp Shane two years ...

Pros: Your child will lose weight, gain confidence and not want to leave.
Cons: the drastic change in lifestyle can be challenging- may take time to adapt.

I worked at Camp Shane in 2007 as a fitness instructor, and can't wait to return to this position again this summer. The sports and fitness classes offered at Shane are varied, with a focus on losing weight and improving fitness, but equally on ...

Pros: Weight loss is almost garenteed
Cons: The camp is all broken down, counslers have no regards to campers feelings.

Camp Shane is a good camp if you want to lose weight, but is also a very bad camp. For example, my d ...

Pros: Meeting the best friends you'll ever have. The weight-loss. The amazing summer you'll never forget.
Cons: Food isn't 5 star quality. Only 5 Minutes on telephone to talk to parents.

My first summer at Camp Shane was in the summer of 2001. I had to say that every year I went back, it only got better and better. Last year was, what I believe, my last summer (as a camper) at Shane. I hope to return to Shane in 2007 as a counselor ...