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MCC’s Camp Qiyam Student Standing Tall

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Written by Saudah Ahmad, Muslim Link Contributing Writer

Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:05

Campers enjoying themselves on the field. Photo by Kamila Barbour.

Camp QIYAM has an organized Sports Program, for both the brothers and the sisters involved in the camp, to help introduce campers to different sports and physical activities. Weekly themes such as “A Muslim’s Duty” allow all those involved in the camp to come together no matter their age as they all work towards the camps ultimate theme – Living the Quran and Sunnah.

With one senior director in Kamila Barbour, a head counselor in Omnia Joehar, four senior counselors, two assistant counselors, and about 15 high school and junior high school Counselors in Training (CIT’s), Camp Qiyam is able to properly maintain an estimated 50 student campers per week. Since the enrollment schedule is flexible, it allows those traveling in the summer a chance to enroll their child in a camp without having to fully commit to it the entire six week program. Camp QIYAM began on June 28th and continues on until August 6th. The enrollment fee for a week is $100 and for all six weeks it’s $550 along with an activity fee and included after-care program.

The Counselors in Training program is for youth ages 14+ who aren’t able to enroll as campers. Counselors get hands-on-training dealing with boys and girls, and are able to earn volunteer hours for their graduation. They are challenged with helping create fun and creative activities to help incorporate the weekly and overall theme of Camp QIYAM into the daily lessons of the campers. They also help organize events such as the Open Mic sessions where campers, staff, and the community at large express their love of Allah and Islam through poetry, nasheed, and through reciting Qur’an.

“Alhamdullilah, campers, parents and staff are expressing their pleasure with this year’s summer program. As a new member to the MCC community, I was grateful for the overwhelming support from everyone. All of these components reinforce the children’s place and the family’s co-commitment to community,” Camp director Kamila Barbour told The Muslim Link.

To learn more about MCC and Camp QIYAM visit www.mccmd.org.