Running Brook Day Camp


Item Number: 248

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $530

Online Close: Feb 26, 2013 10:00 PM EST

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Description

Winning bidder will receive a week of Running Brook Day Camp.  Running Brook is located at the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA and is for kids aged 5-12.  This is good for the week of 6/24-6/28 and the winner will be required to purchase the second week of 7/1-7/5/12.  Transportation and extended day options are available but must be paid by winning bidder.


About Running Brook Day Camp:


All campers participate in a diverse daily schedule of activities designed and facilitated to improve skills, encourage cooperation and increase self-confidence. Each activity is run by an experienced, adult specialist and is structured with the specific developmental abilities of each group in mind. When camper groups are at a scheduled activity, our camper-to-counselor ratio is no greater than 5:1.


We currently offer Bus Transportation to the following towns: Arlington, Lexington, Winchester, Watertown, Belmont, Cambridge and Somerville. The specific bus stops for each town are listed on the website, followed by answers to some frequently asked questions about our bus procedures. Please contact the camp office if you have any additional questions.

Activities include:



  • Red Cross swim instruction & free swim each day

  • Arts & Crafts

  • Music

  • Sports

  • Creative Movement

  • Drama

  • Self-defense

  • Cooperative Games

  • High Ropes

  • Yoga

  • Woodshop

  • Science

  • Lego room


Each day at camp starts with an all-camp morning assembly where we review announcements, upcoming events and highlight special camper talents and achievements.  This is an important tradition that helps reinforce our camp as a community and allows us to start our day together in a fun, positive way.  Each camper group then goes on to their first scheduled activity of the day.  Groups will combine for swim periods, lunch, electives (older groups), as well as for our special events and performers .  All groups are scheduled for each of the activities listed above, with High Ropes and Woodshop being the only exceptions.  We reconvene as an entire camp for the end of the day dismissal.

 






Weekly Themes

Throughout the summer, we celebrate various weekly themes as a camp to give campers and staff additional opportunities to share more of themselves with our community, to learn more about our world together, to have different camp activities link together and to have some great, silly fun in the process. Each week will have its own dress-up day(s) to add to the fun. Past themes and dress-up days have included:
























The seasons


Crazy hair day


The continents


Pajama day


“My favorite…”


Super-hero day


Stars & Stripes


Animal Day


Wacky Week


Backwards
Day


On occasion we also have special performers join us at camp for an afternoon show.

 






New for 2013 at Running Brook!

 


















We had a wonderful summer 2012, and were especially excited to welcome so many new campers and families to our community.  There are a number of exciting new developments at camp that we are eager to share with you:

We are excited to announce that the construction of our new, heated, twin pool complex is well underway.  This vastly larger and improved facility will greatly enhance our swim programming for many summers to come.

We are also excited to be adding a four-week visual Arts camp called SummerArts to our array of summer programs.  Please click the link to the right for more details.

We are once again offering our Preschool Camp Program for campers ages 3.5 through entering Kindergarten, as well as a 9th week of camp, from August 19-23, for both Running Brook Day Camp and Aspen Adventures.















 

Link is www.summer.chch.org

 

Special Instructions

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS. 


CHECKS TO BE MADE OUT TO DEVOTION SCHOOL AND MAILED TO CINDY TUNGATE, DEVOTION SCHOOL SPRING CARNIVALE, 345 HARVARD STREET, BROOKLINE, MA 02446 (OR DROPPED IN HER MAILBOX AT SCHOOL).


All winning bidders will be charged a transaction fee of 5%, not to exceed $20 per item, to cover a portion of the auction transaction fees. We thank you for bidding and supporting the school.