As the end of school approaches it is time to make plans for summer camp. The Town of Pound Ridge offers fun filled days at their day camp from June 30 - August 8th. The camp is for kindergarten through seventh grade Monday - Thursday. There are optional supervised trips on Friday to fun places like Splash Down, bowling, the Cliffs and the Maritime Center on Friday’s.

The camp is supervised Joe Klause, who is a PE teacher at Fox Lane and health director for Bedford School District. There are assistant camp directors, group counselors and CIT’s. (Counselors in Training) The camp is a great opportunity for kids to attend a fun and relaxed camp, and when they are too old (hard to believe you can be too in 8th grader) to attend they can work unpaid at the camp as a counselor in training. The CIT programs gives the campers an idea of what it is like to work for the camp and many then continue as paid counselors through high school and college.

There are different activities planned for each day that include art, dance, backwards day, swimming, carnival day and more. Swimming is a favorite activity for the campers when they want to cool off and have fun playing in the pool. The town park has 3 pools! A kiddie pool for the toddlers, a recreation pool, and a competition pool. There is a great and well stocked snack bar with a grill if you want a hamburger, hot dog, drinks, or ice cream.

The park has a wonderful play area for the younger campers who never tire using their imagination while playing at the playground. There mini camps offered for an addition fee that provide special instruction for tennis, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, soccer, football and dance.

Campers bring their own lunch except for Wacky Wednesday when it’s Pizza Day! There is one Hot Dog Wednesday but Pizza is the food of choice.

Posted By: Sonja Lovas