Registration for Jefferson summer camp open
LAKE HOPATCONG — The Jefferson Township Recreation Dept. has announced its 12th season of summer day camp at Camp Jefferson, which will run for 9 weeks from June 22 through August 21 in a safe and natural environment at the township’s 94-acre facility at 81 Weldon Road.
Camp Jefferson’s facilities include a spring-fed lake for boating and fishing, open grass fields, an amphitheater, fire pit with seating, numerous themed cabins, a main community lodge with full kitchen, a recreation hall with table games, basketball courts, a picnic pavilion, high and low ropes courses, an archery range, a 40-foot rock climbing wall with a vertical playpen and a zip line, two GaGa Pits, and a state-of-the-art playground plus so much more.
Camp Jefferson offers a five-day camp week or a three-day camp week (both 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Special early bird prices offer a significant discount of $30 per week if registration is received by Thursday, April 16. A discount is offered for campers who are Jefferson Township residents; and on 5-day weeks, each additional sibling registered within the same five-day program week also is eligible for a discount.
The preschool program is open to all children 3 years old as of June 22 and completely potty trained, an elementary school-aged program for those children entering Kindergarten through fifth grade in September 2015, a tween program for children entering fifth and sixth grades in September 2015, and a teen program for children entering seventh and eighth grades in September 2015.
Camp Jefferson’s program is a` la carte – you pick and choose any and all options or choose none and let your child just enjoy a regular fun-filled camp day. Before and/or after-camp care, electives, special trips, and morning only bus transportation are available for an additional charge as well as lunch options four times a week at very reasonable prices.
There are camp themes each week and exciting weekly age-appropriate group events and activities as well as exciting optional off-site trips, optional elective programs and sports-specific clinics. You decide what, if any, options you wish to add on but rest assured that if your camper does have any “extras”, he/she will have a fun-filled day enjoyed all the activities included in tuition.
Log on to www.jeffersontownship.net and click on the link on the homepage entitled “Camp Jefferson Summer Day Camp” to learn everything you need to know about the program. Or just click on the “Forms Center”, and then scroll down to “Recreation” to view/print a Camp Brochure, Registration Packet, and/or the offsite trips and Onsite Activities Guidebook. All also are available in the display racks of the Jefferson Township Public Library, Municipal Building, and Camp Jefferson office. Or call the Recreation Department at 973-663-8404 to have a packet mailed to your home.