After that, he was sent to Galveston for two weeks.

It costs $249 to send a child to a host family and $714 for two weeks at camp.

Mary and Phil, for instance, sent $25 a week for 20 weeks to help with food bills.

Their hair was clipped and they were sent for 15 weeks of basic training in La Union, a city in the east.

"That family sent their child to me for two weeks and didn't know she wasn't going to come back."

In 1986, she was sent for two weeks to a camp for elderly people.

I expect your aunt told you the farm's not doing too well, and she kindly said she'd send you here for two weeks.

It costs $736 to send a child to camp for two weeks and $268 to send one to a host family.

A friend told her of an organization that sent children to the country for two weeks in the summer.

After 15 days of basic training, he said, his cadet class was sent for two weeks to the front lines for an immersion course.