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Area Churches Consider Summer Activity Options

June 8, 2021June 9, 2021 Riley Farrell 0 Comments Camps, Christ the King Catholic Church, Churches, Grace Bible Church, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Park Cities, Park Cities Baptist Church, Park Cities Presbyterian Church, summer, summer camps

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, summer for Dallas churches typically meant hosting thousands of children for programs and vacation Bible schools.

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YMCA Opportunities: Get Paid To Go to Camp

May 26, 2021May 25, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camps, Community, COVID-19, Hiring, jobs, summer, summer camps, YMCA, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas

The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas is hiring for such part-time positions as lifeguards, swim instructors, and camp counselors and paying retention bonuses to those who work all summer.

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Camp Summit Focuses on Abilities Rather Than Disabilities

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Camp Soroptimist, Camp Summit, Camps, Camps Summit, disabilities, preston hollow

Camp Summit, committed to serving people of various abilities and ages, never turns a camper away, not even in a pandemic.

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Behaving Properly at Twirlarama Proves Too Much To Bear

May 13, 2021May 12, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camps, preston hollow, summer camps, Too much to Bear, Twirlarama Proves

I was no stranger to summer camps growing up. My favorite was attending Bill Allen’s “Twirlarama” with The Farmers Branch Bomberettes when I was 10 to 12.

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Want To Make a Difference? Consider a Summer of Service

May 7, 2021May 13, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camps, CDC, Community, community service, COVID-19, Dallas area, Dallas ISD, DISD, GIVINGPEOPLE, Kirsten Brandt James, Project Transformation, Project Transformation North Texas, summer, summer camps, Summer of Service, Volunteer

I clearly remember that feeling of the last day of school and the summer before me — one filled with swimming lessons, Girl Scout camp, and all kinds of fun activities that my mom would find for us.

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Bye, Bye Isolation. Time To Thrive at Sleepaway Camp

April 27, 2021April 23, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camps, Cheley Camps, coronavirus, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, Sleepaway Camp, summer camps

As we look toward brighter days this summer, parents who prioritize mental, as well as physical, health for their children often see sleepaway camp as a much-needed summer reset.

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Camp Changes: SMU, UT Dallas, Texas A&M Reveal Summer Programs

April 23, 2021April 21, 2021 Riley Farrell 0 Comments Camp Changes, Camps, education, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, SMU, STEM, summer camps, Texas A&M, Texas A&M University, UT Dallas

While federal and statewide plans for distributing three vaccines might mean an eventual return to normalcy, face-to-face college programs for summer 2021 are still tentative.

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Keeping It Chill: Minnesota-Born ESD Senior Stands Out on the Ice

April 7, 2021April 5, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Camps, Dallas Stars, Eleanor Winges, ESD, Hockey, Park Cities, Sports

In her native Minnesota, thousands of teenage girls play ice hockey — both for their school and year-round traveling teams.

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What’s In Your Web-based Computer Curriculum?

March 29, 2021April 3, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence, Bot Camp Students, Camps, capital one, education, Guinness World Record, schools, students, Web Based Computer Curriculum

Artificial Intelligence isn’t the exclusive purview of science fiction authors and advanced computer scientists anymore.

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Language Learning, For a Year or Summer, Brings Life Lessons

March 22, 2021March 17, 2021 Josh Mysore 0 Comments Camps, Park Cities, preston hollow, Schools, Spain, Spanish, summer, summer camps

Before leaving for my study-abroad year in Spain, I heard the same line from 10 different friends: “Bro, you should be grateful to get out of junior year in the States.”

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Campers Get Needed Pandemic Break

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camp Balcones Springs, Camps, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dallas, Fun Things to Do, Pandemic, summer

As summer camps look toward their 2021 seasons, success stories of last year’s pandemic crash-course are emerging as an essential resource for how to approach an even more ambiguous Covid-19 summer.

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