Farm Camp 2010
For Campers Ages 6-11

Directed by Amie Baracks, Education Director of the Phillies Bridge Farm Project

Farm Camp is full for both sessions.
If you would like to add your name to the waiting list, please contact Sandra or call (845) 256-9108.

Camp Description:
Fun and learning comes alive at the Phillies Bridge Farm camp! This camp provides a stimulating, healthy and beautiful environment where children become connected to the soil, plants, animals and the sources of their food. The program will integrate hands-on farming and food-related activities, cooperative games, music, storytelling, and arts & crafts for a memorable and diverse camper experience. The camp culminates with campers working together to create their very own farmer's market for their families to enjoy, complete with farm produce for sale, refreshments and entertainment.

There will be new activities for returning campers.
Please bring lunch.

NEW THIS YEAR: Have even more fun on the farm!
Farm Camp runs for two weeks sessions, Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., each week.

Session 1:
July 19-22 and July 26-29

Session 2:
August 2-5 and August 9-12

Fees:
$360 Phillies Bridge members/$400 non-members*
*5% discount offered to families enrolling more then one child.

Sample activities include:

• Meet the farm animals, feed them some treats, and collect some fresh eggs.
• Make your own pizza in a cob-oven.
• Go on a "Tasting Tour" of the farm and make a snack featuring fresh vegetables and herbs.
• Discover the fascinating world of insects by hunting for pests and beneficial bugs and play a game to learn about their life cycles.
• Pick flowers and use them to make paper or a natural dye for wool.
• Make felt or spin yarn from sheep's wool that you dyed with flowers from the farm.
• Discover the secret life of soil and build a compost pile.
• Help the farmers harvest vegetables and make a snack featuring fresh vegetables and herbs.
• Visit the "Three Sisters" garden, grind some corn, and hear a Native American story about corn, beans and squash.
• Take part in a "Weeding Contest" to see if you can dig up the weed with the longest root.
• Take a hike on the Nature Trail to explore the woods and wetlands of Phillies Bridge Farm.
• Pick some raspberries and cook berry cobbler in a solar oven. Top it off with your own hand-cranked, home-made ice cream.
• Visit the bee hives (from a safe distance), taste some fresh honey, and learn about the fascinating life of bees by playing "Bee Jeopardy."
• Put together a camper-managed farmer's market for your family to enjoy on the last afternoon of camp, complete with produce, snacks, and entertainment.

Scholarships:
Phillies Bridge is committed to serving families of all economic backgrounds. Please contact us for more information.

For more information, contact Amie Baracks at (845) 256-9108 or amie@philliesbridge.org.