Prevent summertime blues with Federal Way’s summer day camp

Camps run weekly from June 25 to Aug. 31

As parents know, once school lets out, finding healthy activities for kids can become a challenge. Fortunately, there is still time to get registered for summer craze day camp – the best cure for summertime blues.

Summer camp, for children in preschool through 10th grade, takes place every weekday from June 25 through Aug. 31 at the Federal Way Community Center, 876 S. 333rd St.

Fireflies preschool camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon for 3- to 5-year-olds and costs $100 per week. Kids will have a great time singing songs, playing games and making crafts – all centered around fun themes.

Summer Craze/Commotion and Cubbies opens at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m daily. This camp is for kindergarteners through sixth-graders and costs $190 per week. Summer camp is all about having fun with counselors and meeting new friends. Camp offers swimming, rock climbing, games, crafts, songs, field trips and energetic staff members. Activities and field trips are planned around our fun themes such as “Sports Fan-Tastic,” where campers will participate in sports-themed crafts and go to a Seattle Mariners game for their weekly field trip.

Teens are invited to Crazy Teen Camp. Camp opens at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. This camp is for seventh- to 10th-graders and costs $195 per week. Teen activities will include fitness, gaming, two field trips (one preplanned and one teen planned), active gym games, swimming, rock climbing, optional crafting and much more.

For questions or more information, contact recreation coordinator Gina Shaw at 253-835-6924 or gina.shaw@cityoffederalway.com or recreation specialist Kimberly Ledyard at 253-835-6934 or kim.ledyard@cityoffederalway.com

Register online at itallhappenshere.org. Click activities/camps and follow the directions for summer camp registration.