Berkeley Parents Network: City of Albany Recreation Programs

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City of Albany Recreation Programs

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Re: Day camp for extremely shy 9 year old (March 2004)
I read in the announcements that the City of Albany is hosting a wide variety of summer camps. The Camp Friendship or any of the camps they offer would be great! Send Chelle an email for camp info: cputzer[at]albanyca.org Chelle

Albany Afterschool activities

Although our girls aren't that old yet (4.5 and 8 months), and we aren't tuned into activities for older girls yet, I know there are classes offered daily at the Community Center (same building as the Library, Marin & Masonic). I believe the fall schedule of classes is out, and that various types of arts and crafts are offered. You may want to check with the Community Center or the Albany Recreation Dept. for details. At the middle school (where I assume your older girl will be going) is, or used to be, a teen center? that has activities for that age group; there may also be something similar at UC Village, which is the student housing complex right next to the middle school.

Also Albany has a swim team called the Blue Dolphins, which I believe is for kids your daughters' age. You can inquire at the Albany Pool, which is on Portland Ave. next to Memorial Park.

Greg

From: Greg (7/98)

we will be switching our daughter to the Friendship (run by the Recreation Dept.), for the simple reason that it's so much more convenient: we live across the street from Memorial Park, where the Friendship Club is located. The same will be true for you, of course, with the Kids Corner.

We never considered Kids Corner, since it's so far out of our way (although we certainly would have when we lived in the Village a few years ago!); so I really don't have an impression of that program. My sense is that it is similar in quality to Friendship Club; that is, pretty good.

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