By Stephanie Lindstrom | Development Coordinator
Summer camps at Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland run for 10 weeks, providing week long, full day camps for youth ages 6 to 18. In addition to regular drop-in programming, kids can attend specialized summer day camps and dive into topics including the arts, sports leagues & fitness, science, exploration, leadership and more.
From Icky, Sticky Science Camps to Fashion Design to Park Hopping, there is something for everyone. The Adventurous Eaters Camp prepared youth to leave their culinary comfort zone by giving them opportunities to taste things they thought they would never try. Our partner DPI Specialty Foods put on a cheese tasting class where youth were exposed to many varieties of cheeses, crackers and an assortment of fruits to pair with cheese. They learned how cheese is made and had the opportunity to write down something they learned about each kind of cheese they tasted.
The Survivor Camp, challenged youth to outwit, outlast and outplay each other during this week long camp of challenging puzzles, obstacle courses and teamwork games. Youth learned to work as a team to solve problems, encourage one another and cheer on the success of others.
Summer Brain Gain activities help prevent summer learning loss. Studies show that youth who are not exposed to educational enrichment during non-school summer months may experience up to 22% of learning loss. One of the activities provided this summer was the chance to learn all about lady bugs and our youth got some hands-on experience with nature.
Sometimes trying to keep teens engaged is difficult, so we offered a Teen Leadership Camp which gave teens the unique chance to strengthen leadership skills over the summer through our L.E.A.D program and our Leaders in Training Program.
As the summer programs come to an end and our youth look towards heading back to school, we can proudly say that the majority of kids in our programs not only avoided summer learning loss, but are heading back to school with a 1% - 2% achievement gain!
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