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Program
Descriptions & Availability
27 years of
innovative nature camps
in a traditional outdoor setting for
ages 4-15!
 1.
Choose your camp:
Ages 4 & 5
Ages 6 & 7
Ages 8 & 9
Ages 10 – 12
Ages 11 – 15
2.
Register online
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Or complete and
mail in the
Registration
Form
Early Birds and Extended Day Options
4&5
(These camps run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM)
SHHH They’re Sleeping
June 25 - June 29
Who sleeps during the day at the Myrick Center?
Search for signs of slumbering animals, make nocturnal and
diurnal mobiles and play nocturnal games. But remember, be
quiet while exploring, you don’t want to wake any animals up!
$100 members/$150 nonmembers
Wet N’ Wild Child
July 9 – July 13
July 23 – July 27
Enjoy a water filled week at the Myrick Center to
keep cool! Explore the pond, stream and other watery places and
play lots of water games. Beat the summer heat by being a wet
n’ wild child! $100 members/$150
nonmembers
Follow the Rainbow
July 16 – July 20
July 30 – August 3
There are plenty of different colors to be
discovered in the garden, in the forest, around the pond and
near the stream at the Myrick Center. Use your senses as you
discover a rainbow of colors and follow them in search of
treasure (and the leprechaun that stole it)!
$100 members/$150 nonmembers
Squiggle and Squirm
August 6 – August 10
Squiggle and squirm your way through the week
just as many legless creatures do. Learn how these animals move
around. Dig for worms, turn over logs to find slugs, use a net
to catch fish and search the forest for snakes. You will even
try moving around without your legs!
$100 members/$150 nonmembers
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6&7 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
Ick, Ew . . . Awesome!
June 25 - June 29
July 23 – July 27
Identify an animal by its scat. Dissect an owl
pellet to discover what the owl’s eaten. Search for egg masses
in the pond and stream. You’ll even take a hayride to the
Barn at Spring Brook Farm and help with the animals. This
week is all about the kind of gross, yet amazing wonders of
nature! $180 members/$230 nonmembers
Wacky Water Week
July 9 – July 13
August 6 – August 10
What lives in the pond and the stream and how do
they survive in a watery world? How low can you go while playing
water hose limbo? How dry can you stay while participating in
water relays? How far can you throw a water balloon? Discover
the answer to all these questions and more while enjoying an
extra wet week of camp! $160
members/$210 nonmembers
Time Machine
July 16 – July 20
July 30 – August 3
Here’s your chance to time travel! Hop in a time
machine and go back to the age of the dinosaurs, visit a Lenape
village, and even play games in the Colonial era. Return to
present day for some traditional Myrick Center Summer Camp games
before travelling to the 22nd century for a
futuristic endeavor. Every day is a chance to explore the
Myrick Center through time! $160
members/$210 nonmembers
Mighty Ducks and Other Birds
July 16 – July 20
Ducks are amazing swimmers, hawks are acrobatic
predators and hummingbirds flap their wings up to 80 times per
second! Plus, there’s one bird that will really quack you up!
You will dissect an owl pellet, go on bird walks, use
binoculars, explore bird habitats, make a bird feeder and learn
bird calls. This week is sure to be a hoot!
$165 members/$215 nonmembers
Trash to Treasure
August 6 – August 10
Creativity will flourish this week as you turn
trash into treasure. You will be challenged to save the
baggies, juice boxes and wrappers from your lunch to make into a
masterpiece. You will explore the stream, pond and forest to
learn why reducing, reusing and recycling is so important. You
will even learn how food scraps can help our garden grow! Share
your treasures with your family and friends at your very own
Recycled Art Show on Friday. $160
members/$210 nonmembers
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8&9 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
Green Builders
June 25 - June 29
Some assembly required. No experience necessary.
You will spend this week building forts in the woods,
constructing blue bird houses and designing boats and bridges.
You’ll even visit the
Morris Arboretum to walk through a canopy of trees for
inspiration. Top off the week with a
tubing trip down the Brandywine Creek to see some functional
architecture. $265 members/$315 nonmembers
Girls’ Nature Camp / Boys’ Nature Camp
July 9 – July 13
Back by popular demand! Yes, it’s an ALL GIRLS’
CAMP and ALL BOYS’ CAMP! Your camp will choose from a huge list
of activities to design your own week of camp. You can catch
frogs at the pond, build a fort, learn about edible plants,
practice yoga outdoors or cook lunch over a fire and much, much
more! Combine forces later in the week for a game of skill and
speed and for a combined
tubing trip down the Brandywine Creek!
$230 members/$280 nonmembers
Animal Allies
July 16 – July 20
July 30 – August 3
Calling all animal lovers! You will have all
kinds of cool escapades with aquatic and terrestrial animals at
the Myrick Center and beyond. You’ll go fishing at a nearby
pond, look for animals while you
tube down the Brandywine Creek and meet some recovering
animals at a local wildlife rehabilitation center. Your camp
will even choose an animal, from the rehab center, to adopt with
a portion of your camp fee. $270 members/$320 nonmembers
Junior Eco Olympics
July 30 – August 3
This week you
will pair up with the 10-12 year olds for a week of nature
inspired games. You will play a scouting game, create a
scavenger hunt, play Lenape games and go Orienteering at the
Myrick Center. You will also go on a combined
tubing/canoeing/kayaking
trip down the Brandywine Creek. On Thursday evening at 7:00 PM,
you and your family will be invited to join the senior Eco
Olympians for a combined game of flashlight tag.
$200 members/$250 nonmembers
Ultimate
Adventures
July 23 – July 27
August 6 – August 10
This is the ultimate week of camp adventures.
You will go
rock climbing
at a local gym, fish at a nearby pond,
tube
down the Brandywine Creek and even roast hot dogs over an open
fire. The rest of your week will feature your favorite camp
games and adventures to the forest, stream and pond.
$275 members/$325 nonmembers
10-12 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, unless otherwise indicated)
The Olympians
June 25 - June 29
It’s our second summer at Camp Half-Blood and the
Sea of Monsters awaits you. Summon your godlike abilities as
you search the Myrick Center and beyond for the Golden Fleece.
Can you save Thalia’s poisoned tree? You will
canoe the Brandywine Creek and take a ferry across the “Sea
of Monsters” to visit the “monsters” at the
Cape May Zoo. You will leave on Thursday for your sea
adventure and camp overnight. Pick
up is at
3:00 PM on
Friday.
$340 members/$370 nonmembers
Peddle and Paddle
July 9 – July 13
If you love both water sports and biking
adventures then this is the week for you! You will
kayak the Brandywine Creek earlier in the week and then
leave for a whitewater rafting trip in
Jim Thorpe on Thursday and camp overnight. The next day
you’ll go for a biking adventure on the Lehigh Gorge trail.
(Bike rental is included.) Pick up
is at
4:00 PM on
Friday.
$395 members/$445 nonmembers
Water Warriors
July 16 – July 20
August 6 – August 10
Water lovers unite! This is a water-packed week
which will have you playing in the Red Clay Creek one day and
testing your archery skills the next. You’ll also
tube AND
kayak on the Brandywine. Water havoc will ensue!
$300 members/$350 nonmembers
Misunderstood Marvels
July 23 – July 27
This camp will offer you a glimpse into the world
of three animals that are now returning from the brink of
extinction. This week you will visit
Conowingo Dam for a chance to see bald eagles up close and
then
canoe the Brandywine for a potential glimpse at our local
eagle population. You’ll also visit
French Creek State Park to observe an active beaver dam and
see wolves up close when we visit a
wolf sanctuary! Drop off on
Tuesday will be at
8:00 AM.
$295 members/$345 nonmembers
Senior Eco Olympics
July 30 – August 3
This week you will pair up with the 8 and 9 year
olds for a week of nature inspired games. You will play a
scouting game, create a scavenger hunt, play Lenape games and go
Orienteering at the Myrick Center. You will also go on a
combined
tubing/canoeing/kayaking trip. You will decide, as a team,
how to get to the takeout safely and most efficiently! Camp
overnight on Thursday at the Myrick Center and organize a
combined game of flashlight tag with the Junior Eco Olympians on
Thursday night. Pick
up is at
3:00 PM on
Friday.
$250 members/$300 nonmembers
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11-15 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, unless otherwise indicated)
Shooting Stars
June 19 – June 22 (Tuesday-Friday)
Become a shooting star as you take part in our
marksmanship challenge. Learn how to safely shoot a bow and
arrow, air rifle, 22 caliber rifle and shotgun. Craft your own
spear and slingshots, learn how to throw a tomahawk and discover
why accuracy was so important to the Lenape. You’ll visit a
shooting range to learn how to shoot trap and skeet and spend a
day canoeing the Brandywine Creek. Your leader for this
adventure will be BVA/RCVA’s Executive Director, Jim Jordan, a
certified Hunter Safety and Shooting Instructor with over 20
years of experience teaching the shooting sports. This camp
will be under safe and strict supervision! All equipment will be
supplied, no experience necessary.
$325 members/ $375 nonmembers.
Dual Survival
June 25 - June 29
Just like the television show by the same name
you will use your modern and primitive skills to survive as a
team. You will be dropped off in an undisclosed location and
you will have to find your way back safely to the Myrick Center
Barn. You will practice your survival and archery skills, learn
how to make a bow drill fire and
canoe down the Brandywine. As a final reward you will take
a Poconos canopy tour via zip line for an experience you will
never forget! Zip line minimum size restrictions are 48”
(height) and 80 pounds (weight). $300
members/$350 nonmembers
Eco Rangers
July 23 – July 27
Calling all future CSIs, Park Rangers or anyone
who likes to solve mysteries! Animals at the Myrick Center are
getting sick and we need your help! Collect and process
evidence, interview suspects and witnesses at the Myrick Center
and at Saalbach Farm. You will even receive a lesson in
Forensic Anthropology at the
Mutter Museum in Philadelphia and take a break from the
rigors of crime solving by
kayaking on the Brandywine. On Thursday night you will
organize a stake out to arrest the culprit. Camp overnight at
the Myrick Center and then take the accused to trial on Friday.
Pick up is at
11:00 AM
on Friday.
$330 members/$380 nonmembers
Something Fishy
July 23 – July 27
If you like to fish, or want to learn how to
fish, this is the week for you! Learn about different types of
equipment and how to use it while exploring some great
freshwater and saltwater fishing spots. You will learn the art
and science of fly casting and how to tie your own flies.
You’ll fish at a local pond and in the Brandywine Creek. On
Thursday you’ll head to
coastal Delaware for an overnight camping and saltwater
fishing expedition. You’ll fish off a pier, in the surf and
aboard a chartered fishing boat in the Delaware Bay for some
inshore fishing. Along the way, learn about saltwater and
freshwater ecosystems and fish biology. Even if you
participated in the past, there’s ALWAYS more to learn! Your
guide for this unique journey will be an avid outdoorsman and
naturalist, BVA/RCVA’s own Executive Director, Jim Jordan.
Pick up is at
5:00 PM
on Friday.
$495 members/$545 nonmembers
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