Summer Camps Move Beyond Kumbaya

摘要

Andy Wexler didn't much enjoy his own childhood camp experience. The only part he liked was going on field trips. That's why, as a 19-year-old junior at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1990, he borrowed $1,000 to start his own camp based entirely on daily excursions to Disney Land, Magic Mountain, karate studios, and more. "I thought it would be a fun thing to do, so I got a list of kids and called them up," says Wexler. "I probably did about 1,000 telephone calls and convinced 25 parents to send me their kids."