Kids No Longer Go to Camp for Swimming and Hiking — Now They Camp @ Chick-fil-A

PomeroySays
3 min readJun 11, 2024

Back in the early 1990’s, I worked at a summer camp as a camp counselor. I took the kids on nature walks, to the lake to go swimming and canoeing. Lots of wholesome and fun activities.

That’s what camp is about right? So when I read about this Chick-fil-A A summer camp, I was like WTF. Is this real?

According to this website, this very real camp is in Louisiana and is looking for kids who want to

The Chick-fil-A in West Hammond, Louisiana recently advertised a summer camp targeted at kids aged 5–12 that’s been getting tons of backlash on social media. The original post, which circulated across social media and was captured by delish, included the following “Activities for kids”:

“Learn Dining Room Host and Customer Service skills

Learn how to take a guest order

Learn how to bag a guest order

Tour the kitchen and box your own nuggets

Make your own Ice Dream cone or cup

How to be a Chick-fil-A Cow Mascot”

That original text has been changed to:

“$35 per child includes: Kids Meal, T-shirt, name tag and snack:

Spend some time with the…

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