“A religious camp called Rural Bible Crusade where we got to memorize 300 Bible verses, although you could do more if you wanted.”

— Bonnie Ruzich, airline clerk, Kansas City, Kan.

“Basketball, tennis and soccer camp. I hated them all. I would've rather taken the time off and had a fun, lazy summer.”

— Will Marshall, unemployed, Kansas City, Mo.

“I went to the Boston University Tanglewood Institute during the summer for singing.”

— Chloe Smith, opera singer, New York

“I went to Rock Springs 4-H camp. It was somewhere in central Kansas. It was a great time. I made a lot of friends there, so it got better each year I went.”

— Kyle Robinson, Kansas University senior, Hill City