Camp Sessions 2010

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Staff orientation – June  2010

Overnight Camp for Kids: Ages 6-12 - Four Sessions - campers may sign up for any age appropriate session. Campers may sign up for multiple weeks, but will only be granted space if available.

Session I:     July 5–10 (9:00 am Monday – Saturday, 9:00 am)
Session II:    July 12–17 (9:00 am Monday – Saturday, 9:00 am)
Session III:  July 19–24 (9:00 am Monday – Saturday, 9:00 am)
Session IV:  July 26–31 (9:00 am Monday – Saturday, 9:00 am)
Session V:  August 9–13 (9:00 am Monday – Saturday, 9:00 am)

These camps provide quality overnight experience for children living in the Central Massachusetts area. For those who wish, a camp supplied bus provides transportation from a central point in Worcester to camp on opening day, and back to that same point on the last day of the session. Parents may choose to transport their own children to/from camp. **Transportation from/to Worcester provided.

The Advanced Camper Program for 12-15 year olds will consist of two parts:

Advanced Camper Orientation/Training:  June 29th - July 2nd

This session will include an introduction to the “Camp Putnam Way”, an opportunity for Advanced Campers to get to know each other and the staff, as well as many forms of training. Campers  will be exposed to Teambuilding/Trust-building, Crisis Intervention/De-escalation, Creative Gamesmanship, effective leadership techniques and other life-skill programs. This week will provide campers with an intensive course in the skills we believe are necessary to be successful at Camp and in life. There will also be lots of time for creating new friendships or renewing old ones. And, of course there will be tons of Old-Fashioned Camp Putnam fun thrown in!

All Advanced Camper participants who meet the expectations of the staff will be invited back for a full week of Camp later in the summer.

This week will combine fun age-appropriate activities with an opportunity to get a taste of what working at Camp is like. Advanced Campers will have the opportunity to help out as “Junior Counselors” with younger campers or as junior members of our kitchen crew, maintenance staff or other areas of Camp. Participating Advanced Campers will return to Camp for a week as determined by the Camp Director. Advanced Campers may not choose which week they want to return for; they will be assigned a week by the Camp Director. Decision will be based upon available space and determination of which age group each participant would be best suited to working with.

Day Camp for Kids: Ages 6-11: August 2 – 6 (Mon. – Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. )

This camp provides our younger campers with an introduction to camp life. Campers arrive at 7:30 each morning and depart at 5:30 each night. While with us they experience all the magic that is Camp Putnam, in an abbreviated program. Both breakfast and lunch are provided. **No transportation provided.