Decoma Day Camp

Northbrook, United States

5

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3 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 847-945-4455
Website:
www.decomadaycamp.com
Address:
4350 Walters Ave, Northbrook, IL, 60062
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.6 miMilwaukee & Strong SB
1.6 miMilwaukee & Strong NB
1.7 miStrong & Milwaukee
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Bike Parking
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Today

Today 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Northbrook) 20:53 Friday, 29 November 2024

Business hours

Monday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm

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Specialties

Decoma has provided generations of children ages 3 to 13 with fantastic summers, special friendships and memories to last a lifetime. Highlights include individual attention, small staff/​camper ratios, mature experienced counselors and flexible programming (5 or 3 days a week – 4 week minimum – choose any weeks). Our camp fee includes lunch, transportation, free extended care, and swimming twice/​day with expert instruction. Campers enjoy tennis, team sports, trampball, climbing wall, crafts, dance, archery, drama, fishing, gymnastics, martial arts, mountain biking, photography, circus arts, theme days, field trips and much more! Optional specialty camps offer expert instruction in dance, golf, tennis, music and horseback riding. Summer job seekers may contact us for counselor, lifeguard and activity specialist positions for a rewarding summer working with children. Chicago area businesses should consider Decoma for company picnic rentals — we do fantastic events! Please call us for more information!

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History

Established in 1949.

The year was 1949, and Eugene Deutsch, «Deutschy,» was a young physical education teacher just out of college. He knew that many parents of his Robert F. Emmet Elementary School students on Chicago’s West Side would be thrilled to have their kids busy and happy during the summer months. With sixty-​three campers and six counselors that first summer, Decoma Day Camp was born! A background in education and his love for children were the perfect ingredients for a successful camping career.

For the next ten years Decoma Day Camp used parks, forest preserves, and facilities such as the Tower Cabana, in Chicago. The camp would travel by bus to these various locations, and Decoma continued to grow and flourish.

In 1958, Deutschy was able to finally able to attain his dream of owning his own grounds. He purchased a beautiful campsite in the middle of nowhere! Construction began on the property, and Decoma Day Camp in Northbrook, Illinois was up and running by the following summer.

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3 reviews of Decoma Day Camp

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Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
For starters the fact that they pick up at your door in the city is AMAZING! They are flexible about the weeks your child chooses to attend which is testament to their understanding about last minute summer vacations. I love the way they escorted my child on AND off the bus and made sure he was in safe hands every single time. The staff (across the board) is highly trained, friendly, and professional. Camp is located in a beautiful location in a VERY safe suburb with an onsite pool, sports fields, and indoor multi-​purpose spaces because let’s be honest, Chicago weather is imperfect at best.
My son was upset about eating camp lunches UNTIL he tasted them (and we are talking about one VERY picky eater who did not come home hungry on a single day of camp). KUDOS CAMP COOKS! Also worth noting is that they are very meticulous about food allergies!
Activities are widely varied and give the children plenty of exercise and fresh air (the way camp SHOULD be). Examples include mountain biking, tennis, martial arts, fishing, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, art, dance, theater, rock climbing and swimming (usually twice a day)! Theme days are a blast for the kids from nature experience to western day and Halloween, not a week goes by without innovative and carefully planned surprises.
In addition to all of that, they offer specialty camp experiences such as horseback riding and golf which keeps things even more interesting for the kids. There are also over-​nighter opportunities and under-​nighters that end about 9pm which is great if you haven’t been on a date with your husband for a long time!
There is a reason this family run business can celebrate sixty-​seven years of profound success and I truly hope to see AT LEAST sixty-​seven more magic summers for the Deutsch family!
You do not send your child to camp here, you send them to be part of a family!
Place rating: 5
Hinsdale, IL
Decoma Day Camp is a fabulous summer experience not only for the multitude of fun, constructive, engaging activities it offers, but because your kids are in the hands of people who truly care. The Deutsch Family has a gift of making everyone at Decoma feel like family. I went to Decoma as a child and now my children are going there and we all couldn’t be happier! To have your kids eager to go back day after day all summer long, look forward to meeting new, and reconnecting with old, friends, is a gift. We lived vicariously through them last summer — they had fun, learned new skills, made new friends and most importantly, gained confidence in themselves — all while being in a safe and beautiful outdoor environment. We’re not sure who’s happier, the kids or the parents! Thank you Decoma and Deutsch Family for making us feel at home.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
The best summer experience! Amazing activities, staff, and facility. Gary has his counselors well trained. The facility is adept to serve campers from small to big. My kids are learning swimming from their red cross certified instructors. Nothing I would change. I wish i were young enough to go with my girls. I’m so glad to give them this smazong experience. They are so excited for camp each day that they sleep in their clothes, brush teeth, and say their «please and thank you’s» with no reminders. No regrets. This has been the best decision we’ve made for our kids… and us!