MUSLIM YOUTH CAMP 2008

Have you ever dreamt about paddling a canoe, shooting a bow and arrow, joining with a group of other youth around a campfire or looking up at a the sky and seeing a million stars? Well, now is your chance to do all of this! Muslim youth have been enjoying this and more at the Muslim Youth Camp.

The 28th Annual Muslim Youth Camp this year is scheduled for August 3 - 9 for the brothers and August 9 - 15 for the sisters at Camp White Eagle in Leaf River, Illinois (about 100 miles from Chicago near Rockford). See the Brief History Of Camp page.

For one week, the Camp is an opportunity to get away from school, home, telephone, TV, and computers and live in an Islamic atmosphere of learning and fun. The education program is stimulating, full of discussions, work shops, halaqas and more. The active and motivational recreational program includes team building, challenge hikes and obstacles, rock climbing, canoeing, arts & crafts, swimming, water and field sports and more.

Life long friends are made at camp. People's lives have been changed at camp. It is an experience you do not want to miss.

The Muslim Youth Camp, sponsored by the Muslim Youth Council of Muslim Community Center of Chicago, is an Islamic activity in which the youth can participate in a supervised Islamic atmosphere of learning and fun. The adult supervisors, who will be there as counselors and teachers, have children and consider all of the campers as their own.

Other Muslim Youth groups in the Chicago area and in the neighboring states are participating again this year. As we have an upper limit to the number of campers we can accept, we urge you to take advantage of this opportunity to register early to be assured a place in Camp.

The fee for this camp includes lodging, three meals a day, all educational and recreational activities, and transportation from MCC to the Camp and back. Trained staff supervise all water activities, archery and riflery.

There are a number of youth in our community who would like to go to Camp but their parents do not have the money to send them. When you register, you can help these young people enjoy this activity by donating something extra to the Camp.

CAMP FEES
The camp fee is $325 per person. This covers the bus trip from MCC to the camp and back to MCC, all food, lodging, and activities. There is a snack bar at which campers may purchase snacks and drinks once a day, so each camper may optionally bring up to $15 cash to the camp for this. The camp tee shirt is offered for sale on the last day of camp for $10.

Registration is still open, so send in your forms!

IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YET: The brothers camp already started, leaving MCC on Sunday, August 3 at 9:30am. For the sisters, please call Ayesha Farooq at (630) 901-9701 or Mary Ali at (773) 588-4663 and leave a message with the camper's name and phone number. Please fill out a registration form and bring it to MCC at 9:00am on Saturday, Aug 9 along with the $325 camp fee (and the rest of your things that you want to bring to camp). Please read the information about what to bring and what to expect.

YOU MUST BRING THE $325 FEE IN CASH, MONEY ORDER, OR CERTIFIED CHECK.

Download a registration form (Adobe Reader required)

Please also submit a Health Information form with your registration.

Already registered? Get the information about what to bring and what to expect!

Adult Advisor:

Mary Ali (773) 588-4663

Contact:

Dawood Ali (847) 675-1646

Ayesha Farooq (630) 901-9701

Email:

camp2008@iiie.net

Sponsored by:
Muslim Community Center
4380 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 725-9047