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Program
Descriptions & Availability
28 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.
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Important
Summer Camp Info
4&5
(These camps run from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM)
Mud
Pie Makers
June 24 –
June 28
Get ready to
have fun! Campers will have the opportunity to get wet and muddy
as we explore
Myrick
Center
’s pond and streams. Story
time, games, squishy ‘mud’ crafts and water playtime in the
sprinkler is sure to be a good time! Pack your imaginations and
bring it along so you can share it with your camp friends! $105
members / $155 nonmembers
Animals
Babies
- FULL
July 8 –
July 12
If you love
animals then this is the week for you!
Join us as we explore the lives of animals and their
babies, places they live and what they like to eat.
Animal themed stories, crafts and games will make this
week a hootin’ and howlin’ fun time. $105
members / $155 nonmembers
A
Bug’s Life
- FULL
July 15 –
July 19
Meet squiggly,
squirmy insect friends! Try your luck at catching them using a
net, by turning over logs and looking under leaves to find cool
bugs. Hear bug stories, play bug games and create your very own
bug box. Join us as we explore the stream, pond, forest and
fields - the many places where bugs like to live.
$105 members / $155
nonmembers
Tiny
Trekkers
- FULL
July 22 –
July 26
Stomp in the
stream and stroll down the trail as we make our way to dip-net
at the pond. What can we find?
A worm? A
fish? A turtle? Look
over there - a dragonfly! This week is all about exploring and
finding new things as well as playing fun crafts, games, and of
course, story time. $105
members / $155 nonmembers
Planet
Pals
July 29 –
August 2
(Cue dramatic
music) Dah daa
dahhhh. You can be a
planet protector! Wear
your cape and help save the earth! Be introduced to the 3 Rs
during this week of camp; Recycling, Reducing, and Reusing.
Together, we can make great choices and use our voices to become
an earth hero. Read stories about our earth, play games, splash
through the sprinkler and get hands-on with crazy, earth
friendly crafts. Join us as we play and learn about being good
eco-citizens. Become a planet pal! $105
members / $155 nonmembers
Animal
Instincts
August 5 –
August 9
How do
animals know when to migrate?
How do they know where to find food?
Did they go to animal elementary school?
No…they have instincts!
Learn how animals live, raise their babies and make their
homes as we play games, read stories and create fabulous works
of art.
$105 members / $155 nonmembers
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6&7 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
Dirt
Detectives
- FULL
June 24 –
June 28
Let’s get
down and dirty at the
Myrick
Center
! Join us for fun filled adventures and explorations off the
beaten trails. This camp will be packed with crazy water games,
fun ‘mud’ art projects and fresh yummy snacks from the
garden. Let’s not forget journeys to the pond and creeks where
you will have plenty of opportunities to get muddy! $160
members / $210 nonmembers
Wild
Things!
- FULL
July 8 –
July 12
Animals live
all around us; can you find them? Each day’s activities, games
and crafts will highlight a different type of animal – birds,
insects, reptiles, mammals and amphibians. Special guests will
bring live reptiles and
amphibians for you to touch and see! This week of camp is sure
to be a wild time! $180
members / $230 nonmembers
Creepy
Crawlies
July 15 –
July 19
Do Creepy
Crawly things fascinate you? Join us this week as we explore the
amazing world of insects. Make worm or ant farms, dip-net at
ponds, create secret bug traps in the woods and explore
mysterious animals that live in the creeks. You will also play
crazy water games and build your very own bug box that you can
use while looking for amazing creatures! $160
members / $210 nonmembers
Amazing
Journeys
- FULL
July 22 –
July 26
With over 300
acres of land to explore at the
Myrick
Center
, amazing journeys await us! Dip-netting at the ponds, stomping
in the creeks, building forts in the woods and playing games in
the fields; what more could an explorer ask for? Create a
keep-sake box to store the memorable findings you discover along
the way. Join us
this week and let’s discover great things together! $
160 members / $210 nonmembers
Earth
Scouts
- FULL
July 29 –
August 2
The planet is
in peril! Can you help? YES!
We as Earth Scouts can be eco-heroes! Put your good works to the
test - earn star badges by planting a tree, starting a compost
pile, snacking in the garden, creating a habitat for animals,
plus many more! Play
crazy, fun water games, muck in the mud and make creatures by
using natural and recycled items. Earn your stars today! Come to
camp and become an Earth Scout! $160
members / $210 nonmembers
Nature
Know-How
- FULL
August 5 –
August 9
Prepare for
outdoor life! Can you build a fire? Set up a tent? Harvest your
own food from the garden? Follow a map? Learn all these skills
plus how to hunt, fish and grow food; living off the land like
the Lenape Indians did 400 years ago. Play games, create
survival tools, but best of all, get wet and muddy! You will
become a Nature Know-How’er in no time! $160
members / $210 nonmembers
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8&9 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)
Run
A’Muck
- FULL
June 24 –
June 28
School is out!
Leave the pencils and paper behind and grab your water shoes and
towels! Spend this
first week of camp stream stomping…..wading and collecting
critters along the
Brandywine
. The adventures are endless as you explore the garden, the
streams and the pond and forests at the
Myrick
Center
. End the week on a wet and wild tubing trip down the
Brandywine
with your camper friends! $200
members / $250 nonmembers
Slime,
Scales, and Tails
July 8 –
July 12
Do creatures of all kinds
fascinate you? Then
this is the week for you! Visit
a nearby farm for hands on-activities, including bottle feeding
a baby calf! Get close-up with squiggly, scaly reptiles, and
touch slimy, smooth amphibians that you collect at the
Myrick
Center
! You might also encounter evidence left behind by animals
during outdoor activities like hiking trails, building forts in
the woods and tubing down the beautiful
Brandywine
.
$200
members / $250 nonmembers
Transformers
- FULL
July 15 –
July 19
Do you know
that insects can be hunters, crushers, venomous killers, weather
predictors and bloodsuckers?!
Explore this amazing world of insects at BVA by using
video microscopes, setting secret insect traps and observing
your collection from an insect box that you hand make! Head to
the Brandywine Creek, nearby ponds and woods and seek out crazy
critters as we explore. Complete
the transformation of an outdoor adventurer by playing fun
games, tromping through the mud, tubing and splashing with
friends, and much more! $200
members / $250 nonmembers
Outdoor
Extremes
July 22 –
July 26
Are you ready
to put the EXTREME into this Outdoor Extremes Camp?!
Rock walls, tomahawks and campfires might help!
Take yourself to the next level as we visit a local rock
climbing facility, cook a light lunch and marshmallows over a
roaring camp-fire, and practice throwing tomahawks. Complete the
week plunging and splashing in tubes down the adventure-filled
Brandywine
. Good times-
guaranteed! $260 members
/ $310 nonmembers
Eco-Heroes
July 29 –
August 2
Put on your Super
Suit! Become an Incredible
Eco-Hero! Help save
our planet with fellow campers; first design your own Eco-Heroes
cape. Next, complete eco-projects to earn hero “star”
badges– including a tree planting, participate in a ‘Clean
the
Brandywine
’ tubing trip and submit your collections in the trashy
treasures competition! During the week, you will visit Delaware
Museum of Natural History’s “Water’s Extreme Journey”
and explore the fun, interactive exhibits. These adventures and
more are sure to leave you dripping with great memories!! $260
members / $310
nonmembers
Epic
Adventures!
- FULL
August 5 –
August 9
The most
Epic camp of all is here for you!
Unlike video games, this camp is REAL! Have you ever gone
fishing, cooked the fish over a fire and sampled the freshly
cooked fish? You will during this week of camp! You will also
make hand-make candles, try sawing wood like a lumber jack, and
get down and dirty with farm chores at a nearby colonial
destination. Of
course, you will have plenty of time for getting muddy,
exploring the outdoors, building shelters and playing silly
games. Finish this
Epic Adventure week with a tubing and kayaking trip down the
beautiful
Brandywine
. $240
members / $290 nonmembers
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10-12 (These camps run
from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, unless otherwise indicated)
Myrick
Mudders
- FULL
June 24 –
June 28
Start your
summer off right with a splash in the Brandywine Creek!
Bring your mud shoes and swim suits -- leave all homework
behind! Swim and
seine for awesome aquatic creatures at
Laurel
’s Preserve, spend a day on the creek kayaking, and wrap-up
the week with a splash’tacular tubing trip!
You will have time to dry off between water adventures at
the
Myrick
Center
participating in outdoor games, mud obstacle courses, and
explorations with your friends. $250
members / $300 nonmembers
On
the Prowl - with Overnight
- FULL
July 8 –
July 12
How cool would it be to have night vision? To breath
through your skin? To
sleep upside down? Join
us this week to examine these traits and more within the amazing
world of animals. Care for visiting reptiles and use your hands
to collect and release other cool critters in our pond and
streams. Wrap up this week of animal adventures with a
Brandywine kayaking adventure and campout at the
Myrick
Center
. After dark, search
for nocturnal animals, set up a bait station to collect animals
tracks, and call for owls! It’s
sure to be a howling good time!
$300 members /
$350 nonmembers
Inspecta
Insecta
- FULL
July 15 –
July 19
Your skin will
be sure to crawl as we inspect the Myrick Centers woods, pond
and streams for wacky invertebrates. Get wet and muddy at the
Schuylkill
Center
in
Philadelphia
as we continue our insect explorations. Discover small creatures
with amazing powers and search for unseen creatures at locations
along the meandering Brandywine Creek.
Splashing and mudding in the
Brandywine
, off-trail expeditions, fort building, team challenge games,
and a super soaking kayaking trip is sure to leave you drenched
with fun! $250 members /
$300 nonmembers
Brandywine
Wipeout!
- FULL
July 22 –
July 26
Are you ready
for an awesome week of outdoor adventure? Then this is your
summer camp! You try
not to wipeout while scaling a rock wall at a local rock gym, or
as you explore cave passages under the earth with an experienced
caver! Heat up as you practice your skills at campfire building
but cool off again by paddling your own kayak and splashing your
way down the
Brandywine
with your fellow Brandywine Wipeout campers! Cowabunga! $330
members / $380 nonmembers
Green
Warriors – with Overnight
- FULL
July 29 –
August 2
Attention! If
you like adventure and care about the earth, then become a BVA
Green Warrior! Earn a Youth Conservation Award while helping
save our planet! The
journey begins with a visit to the Tinicum Wildlife Refuge in
Philadelphia
; work towards earning your award by building bat houses and
participating in a ‘never
been done before at BVA camp’, canoe clean-up on the
Brandywine
! Design your own
eco-warrior cape, get wet with silly water games and make crazy
junk-art, all the while with friends will all be part of the
fun! Relax from all
your hard work by roasting marshmallows, telling campfire
stories and camping in a tent Thursday night at the
Myrick
Center
! $260 members / $310
nonmembers
Survive
Alive! – with Overnight
August 5 –
August 9
Can
you hit a bulls-eye with a tom-a-hawk? Navigate at night? Can
you un-swamp your boat on the
Brandywine
? Learn these skills
and more as we learn ways to survive in the wilderness. Learn to
shoot an arrow, catch a fish, build campfires and cook a
fresh-caught snack! Participate in a special hiking adventure;
climbing over boulders, under hemlock trees, along pristine
waters while on the Kelly’s Run loop trail along the
Susquehanna. Finish out this adventurous week with a camp-out at
BVA! Survive Alive!? $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
- FULL
Tuesday, June
18 – Friday, June 21
Become a
shooting star as you take part in our marksmanship challenge.
Learn how to safely shoot a bow and arrow, crossbow air rifle,
22 caliber rifle and shotgun. Learn how to use an atlatl and
sling shot and how to throw a tomahawk; learning 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
Off
the Beaten Trail
- FULL
June 24 –
June 28
Are you ready
to leave the drama of school behind and find real adventure?!?
A path of fun is waiting for you!
Your adventure week will include two paddling experiences
– kayaking in a southern
Chester
County
lake and canoeing with your camper friends down the Brandywine
Creek. Campers and
counselors guaranteed to return dripping with new experiences!
You will duck out of the sun for an ultimate caving
experience in the middle of the week.
An experienced caver will ensure your trip is safe as
well as exhilarating. $300
members / $350 nonmembers
Rockin’
Adventures – with Overnight
- FULL
July
15 –
July 19
Are you ready
for crazy, fun adventure! Prove to be adventurous by completing
the Gretna Glen High Ropes Course, mastering a canoe on the
Brandywine, then taking a trip to the beautiful
Raystown
Lake
region. Adventures at Raystown will include a journey through a
beautiful hemlock forest to the stunning
Rainbow
Falls
. You will also see a mystery of nature - Balanced Rock, swim in
Raystown
Lake
, and camp overnight in tents at a nearby campground.
Pick
up is at 5:00 PM on Friday. $330
members / $380 nonmembers
Something
Fishy – with Overnight
July 22 - July
26
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 several local ponds 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 offshore 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 very own Executive Director, Jim
Jordan. Pick up is at 5:00 PM on Friday.
$495 members/ $545 nonmembers
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