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2008 Summer Camps
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Your kids will have the best summer ever when they attend Parks and Recreation Department’s summer day camps! Offered at community centers located throughout the city, Parks and Recreation summer camps make every day a new adventure. From hiking to swimming, science experiments and field trips, your kids will stay active, healthy and fit while having the time of their life.
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| Brush Creek Community Center |
3801 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd.
"Jammin at the Creek" summer camp
June 9 to Aug. 8
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ages: 6-13 years
Cost: $36 per child, per week.
The nine-week summer enrichment camp includes activities and sessions in poise and manners, fun and fitness, sports fundamentals and challenges, crafts, singing, dancing, swimming, field trips and more. Call the center for more information at (816) 513-0730. |
| Camp Lake of the Woods |
Swope Park
WOW, National Outdoor Recreation and Conservation School
Sept. 26-27
Exploring, learning, discovering and creating the opportunity to get outdoors. For more information, call Wonders of Wildlife at (877) 245-9453. |
| Gregg/Klice Community Center |
1600 E. John "Buck" O'Neil Way
Summer camp
June 9 to Aug. 1
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ages: 7-14 years
Cost: $36 per child, per week
Enjoy a safe, fun filled summer with a variety of events and activities. Participants will learn the fundamentals of sports, play games, create arts and crafts, go on field trips, swim and more. Call the center for more information at (816) 784-1135. |
| Hillcrest Community Center |
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10401 Hillcrest Road
Summer camp
(Planned arts/crafts and recreation for ids)
June 9 to Aug. 1
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ages: 6-15 years
Cost: $45 a week, per child (plus a one time activity fee of $90)
The summer enrichment camp provides a safe environment to meet new friends, go on exciting field trips, take swimming lessons, play games, learn new sports, participate in arts and crafts and other educational programs. Call the center for more information at (816) 784-7000.
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| Lakeside Nature Center |
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4701 E. Gregory Blvd.
Summer of Science: 6 to 8 year olds
Tuesday through Thursday
June 10-12: Wilderness Survival
June 24-26: Habitat Hunters
July 22-24: Junior Naturalist
$60 per session
Summer of Science: 9 to 12 year olds
Tuesday through Thursday
June 17-19: Wilderness Survival
July 8-10: Habitat Hunters
$60 per session
Summer of Science: 12 to 15 year olds
Tuesday through Thursday
July 15-17: Teen Week Adventure
$60 per session
Summer of Science: 10 to 15 year olds
Tuesday through Thursday
July 29-31: Junior Keeper Deluxe
$60 per session
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| Loose Park Garden Center |
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5200 Pennsylvania Ave.
Tree Camp... A Day of Exploration at our Loose Park Community Arboretum
June 28
Ages: 4-12 years
$60 per child, $100 for two children
Tree camp will be held for children with their parents from our community as a fundraiser. The proceeds will be used to send children who would otherwise not have this opportunity to a day of Tree Camp in 2009. There will be a morning session (9:30-11:30 a.m.) and an afternoon session (1-3:30 p.m.). Attendance is limited to 40 children in each session.
Two courses of exploration have been developed:
The Tree Exploration Course involves following a special map with "clues" to find 15 trees in the area of the park near the lake. An "Explorers Field Guide" workbook has observation activities to be accomplished for each tree plus much more.
The Champion Tree Course is a compass course designed to lead the explorer to eight of the Champion Trees in the park. The "Explorers Field Guide" workbook has compass bearings and easy to follow instructions for a path of discovery that leads across the northern section of the park. These activities are designed to reinforce observation and direction following skills.
Each camper receives a Tree Camp backpack containing the "Explorer Field Guide" workbook, a compass, binoculars, a magnifying glass, a tape measure and a clipboard with colored pencils. For more information or to sign up, please call Rita: (816) 536-9592
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| Marlborough Community Center |
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8200 The Paseo
Summer Camp
June 9 to Aug. 15
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ages: 6-15 years
Cost: $45 a week, per child
The eight-week summer enrichment camp provides a safe environment to meet new friends, go on exciting field trips, take swimming lessons, play games, learn new sports, participate in arts and crafts and other educational programs. Call the center for more information at (816) 784-3100.
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| Swope Park Camp |
A cooperative camp between Starlight Theatre, Parks and Recreation Department, Kansas City Zoo and Lakeside Nature Center
Monday through Saturday
June 23-28
Ages 10-13
$240
This new and exciting camp gives your child the opportunity to discover what Swope Park has to offer. Campers will spend time at Starlight Theatre, learning skills in acting and improv and receive an in depth backstage tour of Swope Park's unique outdoor theatre. The next day they will visit the Kansas City Zoo, explore the animal exhibits and spend a thrilling Tuesday night in Africa, on a nocturnal safari. Wednesday and Thursday campers will head out with Kansas City Parks and Recreation, where students will participate in exciting activities like disc golf, soccer clinics, swimming and they will even discover the Swope Memorial. Campers will finish their week of exploration in Swope at the Lakeside Nature Center. Activities will include: archery, map and compass navigating, interacting with wildlife and hiking through different habitats. The day will end with a campfire dinner and overnight camping near Lakeside Nature Center.
Registration information or call (816) 513-5723. Get a Swope Park Camp flyer. |
| Tony Aguirre/ Westport Roanoke Community Center |
2050 W. Pennway
Summer Sports Camp
June 9 to Aug. 1
Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ages: 6-13 years
Cost: $185 per child
The Tony Aguirre and Westport community centers will combine it sports and arts camps this summer to make it on big fun filled camp. This eight-week summer enrichment camp includes volleyball, kickball, archery, badminton, tennis, fundamentals of golf, basketball, football and a variety of field trips. In addition, it will include hourly activities, creative arts, organized games, field trips, and swimming. Register at Tony Aguirre or Westport Roanoke community centers. For more information contact (816) 784-5200 (Westport Roanoke) or (816) 784-1300 (Tony Aguirre). Sign up online. |
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