Expand Your Nature
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Farm and Ranch Camps
at Two weeks of overnight camp and outdoor fun at the Children's Farm. Horse back riding, farm animals, outdoor adventure, nature programs, and crafts. Four sessions offered each summer: Farm Camp for kids ages 9-12, Ranch Camp for kids ages 13-15 and SOL Senior Leadership Camp for kids ages 15-17 Two weeks of outdoor fun with horses, farm animals, kids, and nature. |
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Summer:
Farm Camp for kids ages 9-12:
Two weeks of outdoor fun with horses, farm animals, kids, and nature
Ranch Camp for kids ages 13-15:
Two adventure-packed weeks of ranch living and caring for your "own" horse.
Since 1936, The Center has offered an opportunity for young people to live and learn and grow at it's farm and woods. |
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Senior Outdoor Leadership Camp ages 15 - 17
SOL campers are challenged to canoe, bike, climb, camp, and learn leadership skills. They travel to Indiana for "unforgettable" overnight camping and canoeing.
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| Favorite activities include horseback riding, campfires, hikes in the woods and creeks, craft projects, feeding and caring for the animals, holding the bunnies and chickens, walking the sheep, pigs, ponies, cows and goats, playing capture the flag, catching frogs, going to the ice cream parlor, and just having fun in a world especially dedicated to kids! |
For a 2008 schedule and further information... Click here
Wanted college-ages camp counselors for summer 2008
Spring and Fall:
Sunship Earth
A three-day two night Outdoor Education Camp for fifth grade school classes...a learning experience students will carry throughout their lives!
Sunship Earth provides a new perspective on the Earth as a ship on which we are sailing through the universe and a new respect for all forms of living things that surround us.
Sunship Earth continued... Click here
Expand your nature
T-Shirts and Sweatshirts for Sale
The Camp Committee is proud to announce that it is again selling t-shirts and sweatshirts with the beautiful logo created by Lenox Wallace (artist) and Dave Sanders (wordsmith)! You have a choice of designs (lodge or farm) and a choice of colors, sizes, and styles (t-shirts or sweatshirts).
The proceeds from the shirts benefit the camp scholarship fund, so your purchase does a lot of good. You get a beautiful shirt, you spread the news about what a great place The center is by wearing your shirt, and you help children come and have a wonderful camp experience! That's a "win-win-win' situation.
We have some in stock or you can order yours at the office or at the farm.
The Center is a great place to "Expand Your Nature".
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Community Center Foundation
12700 Southwest Highway * Palos Park, IL 60464
(708) 361-3650
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