Camps

Kids need to be kids. They need to imagine, experience, aspire, run, jump, kick, play, goof around and blow off steam. They need room to move, room to grow, room to be themselves. They need to be taught and they need to learn for themselves. They need the freedom to fall short and the support to stand tall and the understanding that both are okay.

It's year nine for Summer of Fun (eight for Rookie Camp) and we're only just getting started. With our program of innovation and creativity unmatched by any other camp west of the East, we remain dedicated to the proposition that a summer should be of the kids, by the kids and for the kids. In other words..."if I were a kid, what would I want my camp to be like?" To that end we build flexibility and variety into our daily schedules, offer multiple activity choices and stage camp-wide themes.

All of the traditional sports are well-represented: soccer, basketball, baseball, flag football, hockey, volleyball, track & field, lacrosse and rugby. Add in arts & crafts, go-carts, dance contests and water fights. There are envelope-pushing activities like Human Bowling and Bubble-Wrap Sumo Wrestling and crowd pleasers like War Ball, Three-Team Breathbreaker and Snow. We mine the archaeology of our urban past and teach long-lost skills like baseball card-flipping, jump-roping and marble-shooting. And I can confidently state that NO OTHER CAMP has ever staged the Battle of Agincourt (1415) with water guns and snow saucers. (Often the British still win; occasionally the French. Always, however, FUN is the undisputed champion.)

The health and happiness of each child motivates us to go the extra mile in our efforts to inspire, enthrall, stimulate and entertain. Led by coaches Christian, Cooper, Pete and Tracey, our brilliant and devoted staff, which returns year after year and knows every camper by name, provides a safe and secure environment in which parents can relax and campers can flourish.

If only it were summer all year 'round...

Coach Steve