JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas –
Parents have until Feb. 26 to register their children for
the JBSA-Randolph Youth Programs School Age Spring Break Camp being held March 14-18.
Registration forms for the camp, being held at the JBSA-Randolph
Youth Center in building 585, are available at the front desk in the youth
center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The camp is open to children 5-12 years of age
and whose parents are stationed or work at any JBSA location, including
Randolph, Fort Sam Houston or Lackland, or are military retirees.
A registration fee is required to enroll; fee amounts are
based on family income. Camp hours run
from 6:30 a.m. to 5:45 each day and includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon
snacks, which are included in the registration fee.
Andrea Black, JBSA-Randolph Youth Programs coordinator, said
the camp will provide a safe environment and several activities for children to
stay active.
“It provides them a place where they are engaged, they are
having fun, they are learning and they are socializing with their peers,” Black
said.
Camp activities include sports, football, basketball,
volleyball and bowling; fitness activities, including Zumba; arts and crafts,
painting, jewelry making, science based activities and a cooking contest. Bowling
will take place at the JBSA-Randolph Bowling Center.
Children will pick the activities they want to participate
in, Black said.
Black said activities at the camp help to cultivate learning
in children, including life skills and problem solving.
“The activities at the camp teach them how to work as a team
or on their own,” Black said. “They are learning skills, but they are having
fun while they are doing it. It’s a more free-flowing, choice based type of
learning.”
The camp provides an opportunity for children to develop
relationships and social skills through activities, Black said.
“We are building social skills,” Black said. “Everyone has a
place in youth programs. Being able to express yourself as an individual is
what we promote on a daily basis.”
Parents are welcomed to participate in the camp, especially
if they have a skill they can teach the children, Black said.
For information on the School Age Spring Break camp, call
the youth center at 652-3298.