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Summer camp week of June 11th?
Daycamp in Walnut Creek/Lamorinda Aug 20-24?
One week of camp the week after school ends
Late August Summer Day Camp
Day Camp Aug 25-29
Any Summer Programs end of August?
I start classes 2 weeks before my daughter does
Last week of summer at JCC

Summer camp week of June 11th?

March 2007

I need to find a camp for my 7 year-old the week of June 11-15. Our family is taking vacation later in the summer and I can't afford to take off this week as well. I've checked out a number of camps and they all seem to start on June 18th. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. working mom

Check out the great camps run by Cal Berkeley at oski.org. Your seven-year-old will probably love the Bears camp at the Clark Kerr campus, and they have sessions beginning June 11. Anonymous

Daycamp in Walnut Creek/Lamorinda Aug 20-24?

March 2007

Does anyone have any recommendations for a daycamp in Walnut Creek or Lamorinda for the week of August 20-24th? The summer camp our daughter normally goes to each summer (Camp Shelanu at the JCC in Walnut Creek) ends a week earlier than expected and we need something for Aug. 20-24. We need a daycamp that has extended care both at the start of the day and end of the day. If you can provide links to the camp website if they have one, that would be great, too. Our daughter will turn nine years old in early August. Thanks! unexpectedly looking for more camp options

Consider Girl Scout Camps this Summer. See http://www.girlscoutsbayarea.org/pages/outdoor_prg_property/summ er_camps.html for more information about sleep away and daycamps. You don't have to be a Girl Scout to attend camp. For your area, there is a Girl Scout Day Camp that may have the schedule that you need. See http://www.diablodaycamp.com/. Eagle

It is very hard to find anything beyond the 17th of Aug in Lam/WC. The only camp I could find (as I pondered both half and full day camps) was Deer Hill Camp which is a farm experience but is only half day. Even in Berk/Oak that week is difficult. Sarah's Science camp has before/after and full day camp that week (8-5:30pm) http://www.sarahscience.com/camp/tlyl.html Good luck! Anon

One week of camp the week after school ends

April 2006

I am looking for a camp that is open the week after OUSD closes (6/20-6/24) for twelve year old boys. I just need that one week. Karen

Monkey Business has a one week session that week. A 12 year old boy can be a cit, counselor in training. jc

Late August Summer Day Camp

March 2006

My daughter's school doesn't start their Fall session until the Wednesday following Labor Day. Most Summer Camps end August 25. Does anyone know of Summer Camp options that run that last week of August (Aug 28 - Sept 1)? Cathy

THERE IS A CAMP IN OAKLAND, LOOK IN THEIR WEB PAGE http://www.opjcs.org/site/opjcs/section.php?id=7469 GOOD LUCK! ELENA

Day Camp Aug 25-29

August 2003

Are there ANY day camps operating the last week of August??? Aug 25-29? My 7 year old doesn't go back to school until Sept 2 and I haven't been able to find a day camp for her the last week of August. And I will be out of town that week, so I'm trying to make arrangements for her during the days that week. HELP! Nancy

Check out http://tlent.home.igc.org/Day_Camp.html for lots of Berkeley area camp details (though many will be full by now) R.K.

My son will be going to Sarah's Science Camp the last week of August. There are two locations, one in Tilden Park and one in Roberts Park in Oakland. My son has attended the first week and absolutely loved it. You can check out their website at http://www.sarahscience.com/camp/ Jannette

The Cal Blue Cubs Camp is open that week. Check them out at http://www.oski.org/html/scra_bluecubs2.htm My 7 year old has really enjoyed this camp a lot. Sima

There are two camps I know of. One is This Land is Your Land in Oakland (Robert's Park), run by Sarah of Sarah's Science. I don't know if there are spaces available, but I'd guess so. Should be a fun week, doing lots of Sarah's favorite science projects (my 6-year-old will be there). Also, Cal Explorer usually has camp that week too. This camp is at the rec center at Strawberry, and is very sports-oriented. Many kids like this camp, but my son, who is not at all sports-oriented, categorically told me he never wanted to go there again, after just one week last year. Hope you find something that works. Amy

Any Summer Programs end of August?

March 2003

School doesn't start until the very end of August, but most summer programs end mid-August. Surprise! (You can tell it's our first go-round and I sure planned our vacation wrong this year). Does anyone know of summer programs in the Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville/El Cerrito areas that run weekly all the way through August 29?

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I start classes 2 weeks before my daughter does

July 1998

Help! I just recently moved into the UC Village in Albany and I am a single parent of an eight year old. I, as many others, will start school two weeks before my daughter begins school (third grade). I am wondering if someone can please tell me of any type of childcare that I can use for these two weeks, from baby-sitters to daycare. As for the school year, it looks as though she will be attending an afterschool program. I would also appreciate if I could get people's opinions of the three programs available in Albany (YMCA, Albany Recreation Dept., and Albany Kid's Corner). Thanks! -Angela

I sympathize with your childcare dilemma; we'll be going through the same thing with our 5-year-old. You may be interested to know that there is a fourth childcare option for Albany schoolchildren. The Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center (Rose & Oxford in Berkeley) has vans that pick up children from Albany elementary schools. That's where our daughter went last year, and she really enjoyed it. In my opinion, the JCC is the best afterschool option for Albany students. Since Berkeley schools start a week earlier than Albany's, the JCC afterschool program actually begins August 31; so if you decided to send your daughter there for the school year you would only have one week to worry about!

That said, 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. Greg

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.

To return the first part of your question, what to do for childcare the last 2 weeks of summer: I know the Recreation Dept. offers a summer camp program for the first of those 2 weeks (the last week of August). But they don't offer any programs for the first week of September. JCC has nothing the last week of August, and then starts their "Center Stage" afterschool program the first week of September (meaning that unless your daughter will be a JCC regular during the school year, JCC won't work for you). I don't know what, if anything, Kids Club or Kids Corner offers, although since the latter is used mostly by children of UC students, one think they would offer something.

The ymca.html#berk>Berkeley Y camp usually runs late each summer, and Lawrence Berkeley Labs has a camp (from 7:45-5:00, if you include before and after care) with openings the week of Aug 31. Wendy

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