Boiler Kids Camp offers lively, educational summer option
April 24, 2014
Boiler Kids Camp -- an interactive, educational summer day camp for children ages 5 to 12 -- is ready to provide a safe and enjoyable environment this summer June 2-July 25. Registration is open for this Monday-Friday camp, presented by the Division of Recreational Sports.
The camp provides a variety of activities geared toward a healthy lifestyle and lifelong learning. It groups children by their grade level in the coming fall to enable planning of appropriate activities. Those activities include rock climbing, swimming, arts and crafts, the demonstration kitchen, and much more.
Boiler Kids Camp will run for seven weeks beginning June 2-6 and concluding July 21-25. Camp will not be in operation the week of June 30-July 4.
The camp is supervised by professional staff of DRS, and the counselors, most of whom are college-age students, have undergone extensive background checks and have earned certification in CPR/AED/first aid. A thorough guide for parents, available online, provides camp facts from activities and their goals to steps that help ensure safety and protection of children. Lunch menus also are listed.
Campers register by the week and can register for as many weeks as desired. Parents do not need to be members of Rec Sports. The basic full-day rate per week is $110 for Rec Sports members, $120 for nonmembers.
The daily session is 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. with drop-off at 7:30-8:30 a.m. and pickup at 4:15-4:45 p.m. For an additional fee, options for early care (6:45-7:30 a.m.) and after care (4:45-5:30 p.m.) are available. Other options include full or half day, lunch from home or a campus dining court for a fee, and a sibling discount for full-time registration of an additional child in the same week.
Camp weeks (no camp June 30-July 4) are:
* June 2-6.
* June 9-13.
* June 16-20.
* June 23-27.
* July 7-11.
* July 14-18.
* July 21-25.
For more information, go to www.purdue.edu/recsports/programs/youth_and_family/boilerKidscamp.php or contact Kimberly Jamriska, kjamrisk@purdue.edu.
