Brandywine Valley Summer Camp
WELCOME TO SUMMER CAMP 2024!
Welcome to Summer Adventures Camp with Brandywine Valley Sports and Recreation! Our summer day camp is designed for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade. We will explore arts and crafts, music, science, cooking, sports, and nature. There will be one to two field trips per week to different locations in the area that fit in with the themes we have for each week. We provide a safe, fun, and positive environment where your child can grow, learn and make life-long friends.
Our summer camp is located in the beautiful New Garden Township Park and Buildings. New Garden Park is a quiet park situated in-between the New Garden Township Building and the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department Building. Camp will be at New Garden Township community rooms, and the pavilions, trails, sports fields, and playground at New Garden Park. Each week offers a special theme in addition to daily camp activities such as kickball, volleyball, four-square, and arts and crafts. For more information, click HERE to visit our FAQ page! Check us out on Facebook HERE!
Summer 2024 - Summer Adventures Camp will be heading to a local pool one day each week this summer!
New Counselor in Training Program - Please note the change in grade for participants from last year's summer camp. This program is now for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade only. For students in 7th and 8th grade, there are limited spots for our new Counselors In Training (CIT) Program. Due to the popularity of this program, in most cases, students accepted into the CIT Program are those who have attended this camp in the past. Please email brandywinevalleyrecreation@gmail.com if you are interested in this program or have any questions.
If you are interested in being a camp counselor, please email brandywinevalleyrecreation@gmail.com.
The dates for Summer Adventure Camp 2024 are June 10, 2024 to August 2, 2024.
**Registration closes for each individual week of camp on the TUESDAY before that week of camp.**
MEET OUR TEAM!
Jamie Miller Director
Jamie Miller is our Summer Camp Director. During the school-year, Jamie teaches 3rd and 4th grade students in an after-school program. She strives to foster in her students a love for learning through hands-on STEAM activities that spark imagination and investigate curiosities. She plans to incorporate this same approach into many of the camp activities, as well as building a strong camp community that inspires personal growth and new friendships. Jamie is fluent in English and Spanish.
Melissa Hocking Assistant Director
Melissa Hocking is an Assistant Director at Summer Adventures Camp this summer. Melissa grew up in Delaware and graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in nursing. She has been a pediatric nurse for her entire career, working mostly at Nemours, and more recently as a school nurse. Melissa now lives on a farm in the area with her husband, two beautiful children and arescue pup. They love spending time outdoors and on the water, swimming and boating during the summer.
Alisha Liljestrand Assistant Director
Alisha Liljestrand is an Assistant Director at Summer Adventures Camp this summer. Alisha grew up in the area where she graduated from Avon Grove High School and then attended the University of Delaware, earning a degree in Human Services. She is a businesswoman and has been a hairstylist for the past 15 years. She and her husband spend time taking their two children on vacations to the mountains and the beach, where they enjoy fishing, swimming, and they love playing sports.
INDOOR
OUTDOOR
CREATIVE PLAY
WEEK ONE: NATURE EXPLORERS 
Date: June 10th - June 14th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $375*
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
If your child loves the great outdoors, this week is for them! We will take nature hikes through the park, explore the local flora and fauna, create art with nature, make mini houses, and more. We plan to take a field trip to Treehouse World.
*The extra cost to this week is to cover the cost of ticket and transportation to Treehouse World.
WEEK TWO: BRICK BY BRICK 
Date: June 17th - June 21st
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $375*
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
Does your child love LEGOS? Campers will have fun with LEGO engineering challenges, a LEGO amazing race, team projects, LEGO stamp art, use LEGOS to experiment with force and motion, and much more. We plan to visit the Franklin Institute's Art of the Brick exhibit.
*The extra cost to this week is to cover the cost of ticket and transportation to the Franklin Institute.
WEEK THREE: THROUGH THE DECADES 
Date: June 24 - June 28th*
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $350
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
Join us for a throwback week to some of the greatest toys and activities! You will experience building, playing, and imagining with classic toys and games, make your own butter and ice cream, learn needlework, compete in a dance marathon, play throwback slang trivia, tye-dye, and other activities from decades past. We plan to visit the Christiana Roller Rink this week.
WEEK FOUR: IT'S A BEACH BASH 
Date: July 1st - July 5th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $305*
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
Grab your sunglasses and sunscreen for the summer's best Beach Bash! This is a jam-packed week of sand, water, treats, and sun! We'll play beach ball toss and have relay races, create ocean and sand art, an ocean sensory bin, make our own sea creatures, and beach snacks. Come ready to have fun in the sun! We plan to visit the Camden Aquarium or Philadelphia Zoo this week.
Please Note: Camp is closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024
*The extra cost to this week is to cover the cost of ticket and transportation to the Camden Aquarium or Philadelphia Zoo.
WEEK FIVE: MAD SCIENCE
Date: July 8th - July 12th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $350
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
It's so much fun, who knew we were learning? Components change, rockets soar, and inventions are created! Campers will create science experiments like slime, lava lamps, elephant toothpaste, baking soda & vinegar rockets, chromatography artwork, and bath-bombs. We plan to visit the Lancaster Science Factory this week.
WEEK SIX: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! 
Date: July 15th - July 19th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $350
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
This week features Play acting and improv games, music games, a camp talent show - be a producer, stage crew, prop/costume design, performer, talent manager, or emcee. We plan to visit the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE for their Summer Explorers Series.
WEEK SEVEN: MOVIE MAGIC 
Date: July 22th - July 26th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $350
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
Learn to draw some of your favorite movie characters, compete in The Incredibles themed minute-to-win-it games, make elemental squishy toys and practice mindfulness with Inside Out inspired activities like making your own stress ball and emotion masks. The trip this week is to a movie theater to see Inside Out 2.
WEEK EIGHT: SUMMER OLYMPICS 
Date: July 29th - August 2th
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Price: $350
Grade: Rising Kindergarten - 6th
This week, we’re sharing games, activities, and resources centered around the Summer Olympic games. Your child will participate in an olympic torch relay and compete in mini-events of a variety of Summer Olympic games. We'll make Olympic themed arts and crafts like Olympic medals, torches, and greek head wreaths. We plan to visit Urban Air this week.
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