Area camps offer opportunities in everything
By CHRISTY WULF
Staff writer
If someone is looking for camp options for this summer and hasn't decided what kind, here are a few to consider.
Tabor has a Junior Camp June 21-25 for students who have completed fourth through sixth grades.
The camp will have more than 20activities, according to activity director Lonnie Isaac. There will be sports including tennis, basketball, baseball, and football to name a few. The camp also will have newspaper, rocketing, and chemistry — something for everyone.
Tabor Junior Camp is a residential camp. The cost is $135 if registered before April 26, and $160 if registered after April 26. Contact Jo Schrock at First Mennonite Brethren Church in Wichita at 316-722-5885 to sign-up and for more information.
Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church will have a senior high camp June 5-10 at Silver Springs Ranch, Buena Visa, Colo., for those who have completed grades 9-12.
Parkview also will have a junior high camp July 6-10 at New Life Ranch, Siloam Springs, Ark., for students who have completed seventh or eighth grade.
Contact Parkview Church to sign up for the camps by the end of March or early April.
Camp Wood, a YMCA camp, in Elmdale has one and two week sessions for kids ages seven through 17.
Camp Wood has horse camps, sailing camps, skateboard and roller blade camps, camps for arts and crafts, paint ball, water sports, athletics, and outdoor living skills. It also offers a ranch hand camp, leader in training and councilor in training camps, and adventure trips.
Cost varies depending on the camp duration and type, but there is financial assistance available for those who qualify.
There will be an open house on May 7. Contact Camp Wood at 620-273-8641 for deadlines and other information.
McPherson is having a Camp Invention. It is a four-day day camp at the McPherson Middle School. It is sponsored by Invent Now and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Activities for the daycamp include designing and building a bug that will solve a problem, designing and building a movie set and create some of the props, and create and invent to solve all problems that lead to excuses.
The camp runs June 13 through 16 and costs $199 if registered before May 31, after that date it is $209. Contact Mrs. Sizemore at McPherson Middle School, 620-241-9450, for more information or the Inventors Hall of Fame at 1-800-968-4332 to register.
Kansas Wesleyan College in Salina is offering a language camp for children nine to 14. The camp is June 26 through July 2 and offers extensive exposure to Spanish, French, German, or Japanese.
This is a residential camp, and no previous knowledge of the language is required.
Campers will be involved in activities including class, games, songs, skits, and movies, and exposed to the language for six to eight hours per day.
The cost is $350 per camper, and assistance is available. Contact Dr. William Clyde Brown, camp director at 785- 827-5541, extension 1372 for more information.
Mike Moran, Hillsboro Elementary School counselor, recommends the Salvation Army Camp in the Kansas City area.
"I've sent 12 to 15 kids there over the years, and they've absolutely loved it."
The camp has programs for seven- to 12-year-olds and is free of charge. Contact Moran or Steven Humber at Parkview Church for more information.
The Kauffman Museum at Bethel College in North Newton offers Uncle Carl's Camps. There are five different daycamps for ages four through 12. Contact the Kauffman Museum at 316-283-1612 for more information.
There are camps for kids wit6h asthma, diabetes, hearing impairments, or deafness.
"You name it — there are all kinds of specialty camps," said Moran.
Many camps offer financial assistance for those with need and the elementary school also has funds for after-school programs to help with camp costs as well, according to Moran.
Contact Moran at the elementary school for information about these or any other camps, or for financial assistance information.
