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Weekend, After School,
Summer Programs & Camps
The My Summer Camps website breaks down thousands and thousands of camps by age, interest and region, profiling each one in detail.

In the Peterson's Planner you’ll find resources on K-12 schools and summer programs. Pick an activity, choose a location—day camp, weekend or all summer long—and click an infinite number of choices and prices.

Go Camps Dot Com is another site that has more choices in activities than Walmart. One of them is Wellsprings Family Camp for teens with weight loss challenges.

So your kid wants to be in pictures—in Paris, maybe—and you've got the bucks, check out the New York Film Academy and explore filmmaking programs in Europe and the U.S.

If money is no object, maybe you'll get more than a ho-hum from your teenager with one of these adventures offered by American Adventures Ventures Everywhere (AAVE) .

We repeat: In or near almost every city and town across the country, there is a Boys and Girls Clubs of America organization and/or a YMCA .

A Place Called Home in Los Angeles is a dynamic youth enrichment center with loads of programs for at-risk youth.

The Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement works with families, schools and community partners “to create opportunities that help youth reach their education, employment, and personal development goals.”

From YO! Watts, make sure you visit Subject2Change, a community non-profit that specializes in motivating the youth of Watts (and surrounding areas) through music and the arts. They are as they say, joined at the hip to YO! Watts. More than just hip-hop, more than music appreciation, check out their P.E.R.F.O.R.M. program!

For Berkeley CA area residents, here are a few suggestions from the Berkeley Department of Recreation and Parks YouthZone .

Also check your local Department of Recreations & Parks, library and other community outreach organizations for activities that will hold your teen's interest.]