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Darke
County Parks
Volunteers
sought for summer camps
Darke
County Parks is hosting 5
summer camps this year. We have lots planned and we need volunteer
assistance
to make them run smoothly and to accomplish everything we have
scheduled for
each camp. The
camps run Monday thru
Friday and the times vary depending on the camp and age group attending
camp. Please plan
on arriving 30 minutes
prior to the below camp times to help set up and fully understand how
you can
help for the day of camp. Please
see the
list below for camp dates and times.
Nature
is Sense-ational!
Monday,
July 15- Friday, July 19:
9:30AM-12:00
Each
day this week we will be
focusing on one of our five senses. Volunteers will assist the 6-7 year
old
campers in exploring nature outdoors, crafts, activities and snacks. If you can help with any
of these dates
please let me know as soon as possible.
Nature’s
Challenge Week
Monday,
July 8- Friday, July 12:
9:30AM-12:00
This
week the campers will be
thrown into nature facing several different challenges; identifying
trees,
pressing plants, finding a certain number of bird species and finding
critters
in the creek. In
order for the campers
to complete the different tasks volunteers may need to give that
“helping hand”
in assisting them in completing their challenge fully.
Below is a listing of the general topics that
we will be covering with the 8-9 year old campers, please let me know
if you
have any questions.
Monday-
Trees/Plants
Tuesday-
Birds
Wednesday-
Herps
Thursday-
Worth Check Point Day
(need at least 6 plus volunteers to make the challenge work)
Friday-
Fish (Greenville Creek)
The
Survival Games
Monday
July 29- Friday, August2:
9:30AM-12:30PM
Join
us this week and assist the
campers in learning how to survive out in the woods, Monday thru
Wednesday.
Thursday we will put their skills to the test as we will be camping
outdoors
under the stars! We are in need of volunteers willing to assist with
feeding
the campers and camp in the woods; typically for this camp we sleep on
the
ground in a debris shelters! Campers range 8-12 years old. Please let me know if you
are interested in
assisting!
Paddling
Explorations
Monday,
June 24- Friday, June 28:
1:00PM-4:00PM
Do
you have paddling experience? If
so, we need your help. Monday and Tuesday this week will be spend time
teaching
the campers how to paddle in kayaks and canoes. Wednesday, June 26th we
plan to
paddle down river and we are in need of some volunteer assistance, if
you have
your own kayak or canoe please plan on bringing it with you. Also Thursday,
June 27th is the overnight,
so we need volunteer help to prepare food for campers and tent camp at
Lake
Loramie. During our
stay at Lake Loramie
we will be hiking, paddling and much more! Campers vary from age 10-12.
Get
out and GO!
Monday,
June 17- Friday, June 21:
10:00AM-4:00PM
Join
us for the Get out and Go
camp! The campers (13-15 year olds) will be paddling on Monday and we
are in
need of a couple volunteers to assist by either kayaking or a canoeing
with us
down river. We are also in need of volunteers for our overnight,
Thursday
evening, which will be in Greene County.
We will paddle to our campsite and then set
camp and paddle again in the
morning to wrap up the camp week. If you are able to assist with the
overnight
or paddle, please feel free to sign up today!
Please
let me know if you are able
to assist with one or multiple days of summer camps.
Once signed up we can get you the itinerary
for the day you signed up to help. Hope to see you for the Summer Camps.
Laura
Schwieterman
Volunteer
Coordinator/ Naturalist
P.O.
Box 801
4267
State Route 502
Greenville,
OH 45331
937.548.0165
(phone)
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