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Garden City Among Top 20 Locations for Summer Camps

Village ranked twelfth most popular summer camp location in North America.

The Village of Garden City is ranked twelfth in a top 20 list of the most popular summer camp locations in North America, according to an analysis by MySummerCamps.com and KidsCamps.com.

The analysis included data from the sites' combined database of more than 4,500 summer camps across the country.

Though San Diego ranked number one, New York State had three locations make the list. In addition to Garden City, Brooklyn and New York City rounded out the three.

"Camps attract more than 11 million youths each year, and offer much more than a vacation. It is an invaluable opportunity for children to explore a world that goes beyond their neighborhoods,” says Nicola Marconato, director of MySummerCamps.com and KidsCamps.com. “This Top 20 list demonstrates how camps cover the entire spectrum of places in North America, from its large urban cities to its smaller towns.”

According to both websites, the search for summer camps in Garden City yields results that include anything from soccer, rugby and lacrosse to field hockey, volleyball and computer camps at Adelphi University.

Million Lacrosse and Beyond Rock (formerly known as Bach to Rock) camps are also mentioned on www.kidscamps.com.

Garden City's Recreation and Parks department also offers a slew of camps for the summer, including sports camps for tennis, lacrosse and field hockey, as well as science and nature camps. Click here to view the full list.

Camp Invention also returns to Garden City this summer, June 24-28, at Stewart School. Under the direction of teacher Lauren Maguire, students entering grades 3-6 will be challenged to conceptualize and build multiple projects focused on academic content and creative problem solving.

The complete list of the top 20 most popular locations for summer and day camps in the United States is as follows:

1.        San Diego, CA
2.        New York, NY
3.        Champaign, IL
4.        Milton, MA
5.        Los Angeles, CA
6.        Fairfield, CT
7.        Atlanta, GA
8.        Stanford, CA
9.        Seattle, WA
10.    Orlando, FL
11.    Lawrenceville, NJ
12.    Garden City, NY
13.    Denver, CO
14.    Chicago, IL
15.    Boston, MA
16.    Toronto, ON, Canada
17.    Portland, OR
18.    Lakeland, FL
19.    Dallas, TX
20.    Brooklyn, NY

Feel free to add your summer camp offerings in the comments section below.


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