>> PARENTS ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO DO THIS SUMMER MAY NOT NEED TO LOOK FURTHER THAN THE NEAREST AND THE PARK SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN UNDER SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM
AND SHOWING POPE A SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS JOINS ME THIS MORNING TO TALK ALL ABOUT IT YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW MANY LOCATIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE 14 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS MARION COUNTY
>> THEY RANGE FROM TRADITIONAL CAMPS THERAPEUTIC DAY CAMPS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SPECIALTY CAMPS A LOT OFFER LITERALLY A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAMPS LET’S TALK ABOUT >> WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE
THEY ARE THE TIMES THAT THEY BEGIN YES SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF START TIMES ARE TRADITIONAL CAMPS ARE PROBABLY >> THE MOST POPULAR BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST OF THOSE AND THEY START AS EARLY AS 07:30AM IN THE MORNING AND GO UNTIL 6
IN THE EVENING AND WE’RE STARTING MOST OF OUR CAMPS THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE LET’S TALK ABOUT FIELD TRIPS AND OVERNIGHT ACTIVITIES TIMING SOME CAMPS OFFER THOSE THEY ALL OF OUR TRADITIONAL FIELD ALL OF ARTIFICIAL CAMPS GO ON FIELD TRIPS AND THEY GO TO
BULLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES LIKE ROLLER SKATING AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THEN WE DO HAVE A FEW OF OUR ADVENTURE CAMPS THAT HAVE OVERNIGHT TRIPS SO THEY GO TO MCCORMICK’S CREEK OR THEY’RE EVEN GO TO CAMP AT SOME OF OUR
PARK SITES YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MORNING THINKING OKAY WE HAVE OPTIONS THEY WANT TO BUDGET FOR IT ARE THERE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH US WE DO CHARGE FOR CAMPS THEY STARTED ABOUT $40 AND GO UP TO ABOUT
175 BUT THE REALLY NICE THING IS WE HAVE SECOND CHILD DISCOUNTS WE ALSO HAVE A PAYMENT PLAN AND WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TALK ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP COME PARENTS APPLY FOR THAT SO THEY COULD CALL OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE OR GO VISIT ONE OF THE PARKS AND
RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION WE HAVE SIMPLIFIED IT A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR AND I’M NOT QUITE AS STRICT IT HAS BEEN AND THEY JUST HAVE TO PUT $5 DOWN PER CHILD PER WEEK FOR THE CAMP THAT THEY’RE INTERESTED TOLD THE SPOT
THAT’S FANTASTIC THAT’S NOT HARD AT ALL NOW FOR THESE CAMPS YOU DEFINITELY NEED COUNSELORS THERE’S A COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM TELL ME A LITTLE MORE OUR COUNSELOR IN TRAINING PROGRAM WE’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS AND IT’S THAT ARE JUST AT OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CAMPS CURRENTLY AND IT’S JUST WE’RE LOOKING FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE KIND OF OUT OF THE DAY CAMP AGE THERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN LIKE 13 16 OR 17 AND THEY ARE TRAINED TO BE A COUNSELOR IN TRAINING SO THEY MIGHT HELP
WITH SOME OF THE CRAFTS THE GAMES THE ACTIVITIES DO SOME SMALL LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THESE CAMPS THEY LOOK UP TO THESE COUNSELORS AND THEY YOU KNOW THEIR SUMMER WHOLE SUMMER EXPERIENCES BASE
>> ON THESE COUNSELORS AND HAVING A GOOD ONE ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR YES WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR COUNSELORS AND WE’RE LOOKING FOR ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO WORK WITH CHILDREN >> THAT LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE AND DO ALL KINDS OF FUN AND
INTERESTING THINGS AND BEFORE WE GO ADVICE TO PARENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE THINKING YOU KNOW ON MY KIDS NEVER BEEN TO CAMP IT’S AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE IT IS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE AND I REALLY THINK OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY ROBUST
AND I THINK ALSO THAT IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ALL KIDS SHOULD TRY TO TRY AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE I REMEMBER MY EXPERIENCE BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA IT WAS WONDERFUL JUST HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING A LOT OF NEW SHOWING
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