Next week's BFR summer camp theme: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Bluffton Family Recreation’s kid’s summer camp registration deadline for next week's Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle camp is this Friday.
Monday-Friday traditional day camp (ages 5-12)
• Camp theme: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle - this week is all about being environmentally green. Campers will have the opportunity to see all that is possible through recycling, and create art projects out of materials normally destined for the trash.
• Camp dates: Monday-Friday, Aug. 12-16
• To register call BFR, at 215 Snider Road, 419-358-4150
• Pre-camp hours: 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
• Kid’s camp: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Post-camp: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• Open to youth ages 5 to 12
• Weekly cost $60, members; $120, program participants
• Bluffton Hospital provides lunch for all campers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
And, next week’s pre-school camp (ages 3 to 6)
• 9 to 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16
• Theme: Wild Wilderness
• Children will explore the great outdoors, take part in leaf coloring projects, tree identification, and making s'mores in a solar-powered oven. This camp introduces younger children to the day camp model, but with the security of their parent/guardian present.
• $10, members; $20, program participants
CLICK HERE for complete camp details.
Below is the complete summer program, as a pdf attachment.
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