The AFL 7th Annual Kid’s Camp was held from August 6-10, 2001 at Camp Warwa on Lac St. Anne and was attended by 9 girls and 9 boys age 8-11 and 12 girls and 8 boys age 12-15. Most of the campers were from the Calgary and Edmonton areas, however one of the campers was from Fort McMurray, another was from Yellowknife, NT, and two were from Kuwait.

The campers learned about unions, democracy and many of the social principles and believes upheld by the labour movement.

At one point, the young campers presented a list of demands to the leaders and a strike ensued. A negotiating committee was set up. However, when it came to bargaining the committee folded and only three demands were presented, a later curfew, more junk food and a dance, which they were all successful in bargaining.

One morning while learning about health and safety, half of the kid’s were bandaged up with splints, blindfolded or given ear plugs to wear so they could experience what it would be like to sustain an injury at work and have a disability. The other half of the class was more than willing to assist their fellow campers.

The campers viewed the video "Mickey Mouse goes to Haiti" which explained how multinational corporation like Disney use sweatshop labour to produce goods for the North America market.

One evening the campers participated in a labour music workshop with Maria Dunn and CLC rep Mike Desautels.

On the last evening the campers participated in their dance or enjoyed sitting around the campfire while Mike sang and played the guitar.

The campers were excited to receive union t-shirts, crests, pens, pins, buttons, luggage tags, beach towels and chairs that had been donated for them. Each camper also received a Kid’s Camp T-shirt and had the opportunity to have it autographed by their friends at camp.

By the end of the camp, the kids said they had learned a lot about unions, child labour and sweatshops. Many of them said they planned to tell their family and friends about what they had learned and would like to do something to stop child labour and sweatshops.