About Camp All-American
Camp All-American consistently garners high praise from campers and their parents for fostering a deeply engaging, social, and supportive environment. Children, including first-time attendees, express immense enjoyment, build strong friendships, and feel loved by their counselors, often eager to return day after day and year after year. The camp offers a rich variety of 'specialties choices' and 'many different activities', ensuring a packed and fun schedule. However, parents considering this camp must be aware of serious ethical concerns raised by a former employee regarding discriminatory contracts (specifically against homosexual employees and mandating views on marriage) and alleged labor violations, including forced unpaid work after hours and minimum wage payment. These issues, if accurate, point to significant concerns about the organization's values and management practices, which may be a crucial factor for some families.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Why families love it
- Campers consistently express immense love for the camp and are eager to return daily and in subsequent years (7 years of loyalty reported).
- Children feel 'so loved by their counselors', indicating a strong, supportive staff-camper connection.
- Highly effective at helping children make 'new friends' and 'friends that they plan on keeping'.
- Offers 'plenty of specialties choices' and days 'filled with many different activities', suggesting a diverse and engaging curriculum.
- CIT (Counselor-in-Training) program provides a positive, fun experience for older kids, fostering friendships and offering 'community service hours for BETA Club'.
- Strong, positive counselor-camper relationships.
Insider tips
- If ethical employment practices and non-discrimination are important values for your family, investigate the current hiring policies and values of Camp All-American thoroughly before enrolling.
- Consider the long-term loyalty reported by families (7+ years) as an indicator of consistent positive camper experiences.
Good to know before you go
- Families who are strongly opposed to organizations with a history of discriminatory employment practices, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ rights and ethical labor standards.
- Relying on very old reviews (like the 1994 one) for current decision-making.
- Serious allegations of discriminatory employment practices, including requiring employees to sign contracts stating marriage is between a man and woman, and prohibiting homosexual employees or gay relationships.
- Allegations of unlawful labor practices, specifically making employees clock out and then 'continue working' after hours without pay.
- Employee payment was noted as 'minimum wage', which might indicate a broader cost-cutting approach affecting staff morale and quality.
- Value
- Camper pricing information is not mentioned in the reviews. Employee pay was noted as 'minimum wage', but this doesn't directly reflect camper value.
- Accessibility
- No accommodations for special needs mentioned in the reviews.
- Safety
- No specific safety measures mentioned in the reviews, beyond the positive relationship between campers and counselors which implies a level of care.
What parents say
"My partner worked here in college and doesn’t feel comfortable putting her name out there, but she had a very rough experience working here in 2019. She was made to sign a contract that states that she knows marriage is made to be between a man and woman and was forced to sign it in order to keep her job. The contract also stated that the employees could not be homosexual or be in gay relationships. In addition to this, my partner was unfortunately made to work after hours without pay. The company would make her clock out and then have her continue working. Payment was also minimum wage. I’m"
6 months ago
"Well, I haven't been to Camp All-American since 1994, though I enjoyed it back then."
4 months ago
"My daughter had never attended a full-day summer camp before this past year and I can't believe how much she loved it and could not wait to go back each and every day. She was actually so sad when the week was up. She felt so loved by her counselors and also enjoyed making new friends."
3 years ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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