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Lake Oswego Parks & Recreation Summer camps 2012 Sorted by theme & week Registration opens april 23 at 10am Discover Active Living Luscher Farm Nature Camps LO Explorers Nature on the Farm Mini-Camp Looking for an Children discover ways to explore nature alternative to the through play and mindful activities. Each same old day camp? morning begins with yoga and singing, LO Explorers is a followed by nature-based activities, brand new, weekly- healthy garden snacks, and traditional themed camp for games played in the field. school-age campers! Combining two field Ages 5-8 Staff LUSCH trips a week and a fresh approach to Res $74/Non-Res $85 activities, LOX is sure to keep each Nature Explorations around the Farm camper engaged and excited about 3181010 9a-12p Tu-Th 7/17-7/19 Gardening and Fiber Arts Camp coming to camp. Explore the World of Insects How does the farm sustain us? Learn the 3181011 9a-12p Tu-Th 7/31-8/2 basics of shearing, combing, spinning, LO Explorers also offers an optional fiber dyeing, felting, sewing and “Counselor In Training” (CIT) program for handcrafts as well as cooking and garden participants ages 10-12. CIT’s help lead maintenance. Enjoy fun outdoor games in activities, learn about planning camps, this farm-based summer camp at Luscher and assist with day-to-day operations of Farm! LOX. Participants are presented with a Ages 7-14 Staff LUSCH CIT Certificate at the end of camp. Res $220/Non-Res $253 3181020 9a-4p M-F 7/9-7/13 Register before June 1 and save $10 3181021 9a-4p M-F 8/6-8/10 per camp. LOX offers the option of before and after Camp Care each week, Monday-Friday Jr. Master Gardener Camp 7-9a and 4-6p for an additional weekly Master Gardening for kids! Learn more fee of $50/$58. Choose optional Camp about organic gardening, work on projects, Care pricing when signing up for a camp. grow vegetables and flowers, discover the world of worms and composting and more. Ages 6-12 Winslow WEB In My Backyard Camp Participants use the Jr. Master Gardner Res$210/Non-Res $240 Hidden treasures, worm habitats, summer handbook and receive a certificate upon With Camp Care solstice celebration, animal tracking, completion of the camp. Res$260/Non-Res $298 mysteries of nature, observations and Ages 8-13 Staff LUSCH recording nature, these are just some of Res $220/Non-Res $253 Hogwartz Americano the cool subjects and activities offered at 3181340 9a-4p M-F 7/23-7/27 Expecto Patronum! Spend the week the farm. Youth learn outdoor skills and dabbling in potions, caring for magical have some fun in the Children’s Garden LOPR Featured Theme-Based Camps creatures and fine tuning conjuring too. techniques in this spell-binding camp! Ages 5-12 Staff LUSCH Culminate the week at Ultrazone playing Res $155/Non-Res $178 laser tag in the 2-level arena. 3167010 9a-1p M-F 6/18-6/22 3180750 9a-4p M-F 6/25-6/29 3167011 9a-1p M-F 8/20-8/24 The Evolution of Junk Lake Oswego Safety Town Man’s trash is our treasure! Explore the Learn safety lessons through songs, art of extreme junk upcycling with games, crafts and stories. Meet our City’s activities like terrarium building and police officers, fire fighters and take a ride bubble wrap jellyfish! Spend Friday ex- on a school bus. Help kids evaluate “safe” ploring OMSI. No Camp or Camp Care and “unsafe” situations when confronted July 4 with potentially dangerous circumstances. 3180751 9a-4p M-F 7/2-7/6 Ages 4-6 LOPD WEB Res$160/Non-Res $192 Res $75/Non-Res $86 W/ Camp Care 3158350 9:30a-12p M-F 7/23-7/27 Res$200/Non-Res $238 For more information or to register: 2 www.lakeoswegoparks.org or call 503-675-2549 LOPR Featured Theme-Based Camps Down the Rabbit Hole LO TEEN Curiouser and curiouser! Journey inside LO Natural Resources and Rock the looking glass with activities such as SERVICE Climbing Flamingo Lawn Croquet, a Mad Hatter’s CORPS is Help restore natural habitats and maintain Tea Party and more! Spend Friday at parks in your own backyard. End the week an exciting the famous Enchanted Forest. with an outdoor rock climbing experience volunteer op- 3180752 9a-4p M-F 7/9-7/13 at French’s Dome. portunity for 3182020 9a-4p Tu-Th 7/17-7/19 teens to sup- It’s OK, I’m With the Band port local com- You have a backstage pass this week Cedar Sinai Park and Kayaking munities, organizations and natural areas. with activities that include band practice, Play bingo and do crafts with residents This program is a three-day commitment instrument-making and more! Spend then help with events at Cedar Sinai for teens, ages 13-17. Included are two part of Friday as a guest audience to a Park’s Robison Health Center. Spend the days of service and learning based special performance by Sing & Dance third day kayaking on the upper projects and an adventurous activity on the Broadway Camp then it’s off to Willamette. third day. Volunteer hours can be used rollerskating at Oaks Park in the 3182015 9a-4p Tu-Th 7/24-7/26 towards graduation requirements, and afternoon. each teen receives two LO Teen Service 3180753 9a-4p M-F 7/16-7/20 Ronald McDonald House and Ropes Corps shirts per summer. An information Course packet is sent with detailed instructions Wait, Are You Real? Learn how to support families in need by each week and includes any waivers/ It’s Mythical Creatures week! Explore helping maintain the Ronald McDonald permission slips needed. Fees for this the world of unicorns and hippogriffs House and cook lunch for the residents program help cover costs for field trips, while making a pressed fairy book, and their children in treatment. Then head supervision and transportation. Help make excavating dragon eggs and more! It’s to the Camp Yamhill Ropes Course for a difference today! off to the Oregon Zoo to see some real some extreme fun! **Each week provides 10-12 hours of animals on Friday. 3182012 9a-4p Tu-Th 7/31-8/2 community service; call Cydny at 503-697- 3180754 9a-4p M-F 7/23-7/27 6589 for details. Mural at the Adult Community Center Back To The Future and Seaside Beach *Participants are welcome to bring money Don’t forget to pack your Flux Capacitor, Paint a mural in the newly restored LO for snacks or other items on field trip days. it’s Time Travel week! Go back in time Adult Community Center and help local Ages 13-17 Winslow WEB to explore Egypt, say hello to some residents learn to play Wii. Day three is Res$115/Non-Res $132 Vikings and even head to the future with spent at Seaside Beach. projects like a raptor egg hunt and a 3182021 9a-4p Tu-Th 8/7-8/9 Happy Trails Riding Center, Teen mummy wrapping competition. Spend Center “Green Door Garden” and Friday like a caveman climbing walls at Luscher Farm and Mt Hood Adventure Evergreen Space Museum and Swim the Portland Rock Gym. Park Park 3180755 9a-4p M-F 7/30-8/3 Work at Lake Oswego’s historic farm and Spend day one maintaining grounds and organic gardens then zip-lining, bungee grooming horses at Happy Trails Riding Symphony Of The Five Senses jumping, and alpine sliding at the Mt. Hood Center then help maintain and plant a new Explore all five in this sensory explosion Adventure Park. crop outside the McKenzie Lounge with that includes learning Braille, taste tests 3182035 9a-4p Tu-Th 8/14-8/16 the Teen Lounge Coordinator. Day two is and more! Friday field trip spent jumping hosted by the LO Natural Resources team! and diving at Sky High. Then it’s off to the Evergreen Space 3180756 9a-4p M-F 8/6-8/10 Museum & Swim Park! 3182005 9a-4p Tu-Th 6/26-6/28 Space Oddity Ground Control! Get out of this world Friends Of Tryon Creek and White during Space Week with projects like Water Rafting aliens in a jar, kaleidoscope telescopes Work to restore trails and the natural and more! Spend Friday swimming and habitats in Tryon Creek State Park. End exploring the Evergreen Space Museum the week white water rafting on the North & Swim Park. Santiam River! 3180757 9a-4p M-F 8/13-8/17 3182010 9a-4p Tu-Th 7/10-7/12 For more information or to register: www.lakeoswegoparks.org or call 503-675-2549 3 Kindercamp Visual Arts Join our half-day camp for children ages 4 through the completion of kindergarten Gesso Studio Dream Camp staffed by professionals from Vermont Hills Family Life Center. Children sing songs, Our goal for Dream Camp at Gesso Studio play games, listen to stories, and create arts and crafts in an outdoor setting. Rainout is to provide a fun and unhindered location is the West End Building. environment that allows each child an Register before June 1 and save $10 per camp. opportunity to bring their dreams to life Bring a backpack with a lunch and drink daily. Sandals with back straps only. through creating art. Use a variety of No Camp Wednesday July 4 materials and mediums, sculpt, paint, Ages: 4-6 Location: GRP/WEB Days: M-F Time: 9:15a-12:30p print, and sketch our dreams into Class # Theme Onsite Field Trip Dates Cost (Res/Non-Res) wonderful works of art! Create a unique 3180000 Jammin’ Jungle Creature Feature 6/25-6/29 $85/$98 dream book of our wonder-filled Head into the jungle to play animal freeze tag, make paper plate snakes, eat bananas masterpieces.