We know, we know – spring is barely here, but at SCYM we’re hard at work planning for our 8th year of Kids Can! Summer Day Camp, scheduled for June 20 to July 15. Around 40 kids from city elementary schools will gather each weekday on the grounds of Zion Lutheran Church for five hours of fun, faith-building, learning, field trips, and good old-fashioned camp stuff.
I am amazed each year at the huge amount of donated resources and time that are poured into Summer Day Camp, enabling us to make it extremely affordable for kids from low-income families who would otherwise be sitting at home for four weeks. We don’t just want to offer these kids “something to do” – we want to make it an amazing camp experience for them!
To this end, we need a lot of people and a lot of stuff. Can you help us make this year’s camp another great one for city kids? Here is our current camp wish list:
Volunteer Wish List
– Folks (from 7th graders to grandparents) who can assist daily, weekly, or occasionally in all kinds of roles
– Field trip drivers and chaperones (Fridays only – June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15)
– Teachers for learning activities (mornings, 10:15-11:30)
– Lunch and snack preparers and servers
– “Janitors”
– Leaders for special activities such as archery, fishing, tennis, art, photography, woodworking, music, drama, crafts, chess, card games, board games, martial arts – or give us an idea! What did YOU love doing at camp as a kid? (afternoons, 12:00-1:30, one time or up to four times in a week)
– Two more summer ministry interns (10th grade and older) who will work with us from June 13 to July 15, daily from 8:00-4:00. If you know a mature high school student who loves kids, send them our way!
Items We’d Like to Borrow for 4 Weeks
Archery set
Tennis equipment
Fishing equipment
Cornhole
Horseshoes
Digital cameras
Foosball table
Ping-pong table
Board games
Chess sets
Karaoke machine
Badminton set
Croquet set
Bocce (lawn bowling) set
Portable basketball hoop(s)
Kids’ hockey sticks
Items We’d Like to Have Donated
Art supplies
Craft supplies
Games of all kinds – cards, board games, puzzles, brain teaser books, mad libs, chess sets
Tie dye materials
Snacks of all kinds
Lunches for volunteers
We’re excited about these four weeks and praying that God will use this camp to change kids’ lives. Summer day camp is just one way that SCYM is “helping kids crush the odds with the love of God!”
Faith Bosland
Executive Director