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Hello I am Mary and I attended long Lake in 2001. Long lake has many memories but my favorite is…read morewhen I met my now wife Marlena. The camp was so supportive of our lesbian self's but they didn't let us front hug. But all in all 10/10 experience.

Five and a half weeks into my daughter's third summer here, she was sent home for her "safety" and…read morethe "safety" of others. My daughter has never been in trouble a day in her life. In the weeks leading up to her being sent home, she had a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting for the first time in her life. She received appropriate treatment, was evaluated at the hospital and returned to camp. A couple of weeks later, she had what was assessed as an allergic reaction to some candy she had eaten from the canteen and again was treated at the hospital. She had no known food allergies prior to this and was told at the hospital that they were not sure what caused the reaction. In the days/hours leading to her dismissal, she had gone to the nurse to get a band-aid after scratching herself on the metal bed frame in the bunk. The nurse asked her about cutting which my daughter denied. In her words, "why would I go to the nurse if I was doing that?". While waiting in-line at the canteen thinking that she had had an allergic reaction to something she had eaten there, she was apparently overheard discussing this with a friend. This was interpreted as her trying to eat something to purposely make herself sick and then also trying to get other kids to eat things that would make them sick. Carolyn, the director cited concerns of her inciting TikTok challenge. If you know my daughter, which they should have but obviously didn't, this quite frankly is insane. I was called to pick her up on Wednesday. We live five hours away and were scheduled to be at camp on that Friday for parents' weekend. My daughter had the lead in one of the plays. She was told to pack her things but not tell anyone that she was leaving and was admonished by the head counselor Jade for telling her friends what was happening when her bags were packed in the middle of her bunk. The camp director, Carolyn told her that she could eat with her friends if she "behaved". My daughter had no understanding of what she had done or what was going on. No one had a conversation with her to clarify anything that had been overheard. They would not share who overheard what so that my daughter could put comments into context. It was clear in those hours that Carolyn, had no idea what my daughter's last name was even when sending her home. This was after 11 1/2 weeks and ~$27,000 spent at this camp over the course of three years. She also had no idea how long she had been coming there. My daughter was not allowed to contact me as she requested during those hours. These people couldn't care less about your kid. They want your money and nothing more.

YMCA Camp Gorham - summer_camps - Updated May 2026

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