Surprise Lake Camp

Pros: great kids, great counselors, wonderful Jewish life, wonderful camp
Cons: it only lasts two months

While I thoroughly disagree with the poorly rated epinion about Surprise Lake Camp (hereafter SLC), everyone is entitled to their own opinion, which is why I am choosing to share my opinion with you so that you can gain another perspective about SLC.
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Pros: Great camp experience, People from all over the world, Great friends
Cons: Only two months long

To all the disgruntled attendees of Surprise Lake Camp, An Epinions user wrote a review bombarding SLC after only one year of being staff. I made a comment on this review and I thought I’d share it: I have been a camper at Surprise Lake for 8 ...

Pros: It only lasts two months
Cons: It exists

In 2000 my parents sent me to Surprise Lake Camp in upstate New york for what was described as a summer of adventure.

As I am from London I was apprenhensive about visiting a camp in the USA.On arrival I was presented with an itinery which...

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Cons: Poor management, bad organisation, rude staff.

As a parent who wished to send my child to a Jewish camp I was appalled to encounter poorly organised staff who appeared to have no concern for the welfare of my child.

On reading the review entitled 'Wonderful Camp' I feel this is this the...

Pros: A beautiful setting
Cons: Senior staff lacking in ideas, experience and application

As someone who worked at Surprise Lake Camp in the summer of 2000, I feel this camp is largely unsuitable for children who do not possess a naturally assertive nature.

Meal times are a horrendous experince with the children continually told to...

Pros: Loving and warm staff, wide range of activities, very near New York City
Cons: Adults can't be campers!

Surprise Lake Camp has been in the camping business for over 100 years and the professionalism of its full-time and summer staff shows the reason why it has been so successful. The Camp serves primarily Jewish children from the New York metropolitan ...

Pros: Excellent, trained staff, SAFETY always comes first, beautiful, breathtaking location.
Cons: Facilities are a little rustic, food is not quite Zagat rated... but it's camp!!!

I never went to Surprise Lake Camp as a camper, but began working there as an 18 year-old High School graduate. It's now almost 11 years later, and I still cannot bring myself to break away from what has become my second home. During my first ...

Pros: Summers you won't want a break from; amazing friends, experiences, and a great time,
Cons: foods not great but getting better; bathrooms not always attached to bunks

Five years as a camper and close to the same as staff. There has to be something keeping people like me there after all those years. I Always planned my schedule around volunteer day and loved staying the night before in whatever camp building had a ...

Pros: Everything about the camp is GREAT! The friendships and memories are irriplacible.
Cons: It only lasts for 2 months,and the time goes by TOO fast =[

I have been a camper at SLC going on 6 years. I can say that I love camp proudly without hesitation. This is the place where I have made my best friends in the whole world. The people here are so interesting and fun. Camp is something that is always ...

Pros: Fantastic staff, beautiful setting, lifelong friends
Cons: Doesn't last long enough

Surprise Lake Camp has been like a second home to me for over a decade. Since age ten I have been going, without fail, every summer. SLC is set in beautiful surroundings, with a mile long lake and fantastic scenery. The staff returns year after year, ...

Pros: Friendships, memories and lessons learned at Surprise Lake Camp through great administration and staff!!!
Cons: It only lasts for 2 months :-{ Why can`t Surprise Lake Last all year :-[

Surprise Lake Camp is a childs dream. It is a great place for kids to escape the hardships of city life and come to a beautiful oasis filled with a rich tradition and caring staff members who go the extra mile. The staff members and administration are ...

Pros: great friends, great location
Cons: overnights suck, who likes sleeping in the woods

Surprise Lake Camp is one of the best things ive done in my life. I was a camper there since i was 7 and have continued to be a staff member since. There are many things that make me come back to camp summer after summer, its the friends that ive ...

Pros: Great camp, the staff really cares! Very fun experience.
Cons: Rainy days aren't so great. Mandatory swim.

I went to the camp and really enjoyed it. I just read a negative review and was astounded by the things written there, as most if not all of the things there are not true. My guess that it's just some disgruntled counslor or something like that.
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Pros: Location
Cons: Food, administration, lodging

I am not the parent of a camper who went to Surprise Lake. Instead, this past summer, I worked at Surprise Lake and can strongly and confidently say that I would never send my child to this camp.

I grew up at a Jewish overnight camp, that...

Pros: Great lake, awesome friends, a million memories
Cons: food isn't the best (they're working on it) bad plumbing

I've spent every summer for the past 9 years as a camper at SLC. To me its the only way to spend a summer. I've made so many friends and I've learned how to do so many things. I've learned to swim, kayak, canoe, play hockey, take care of the environment ...