Silver Lake offers camping just for youth

Kids ages 9-13 can enjoy an early summer High Sierra getaway at Silver Lake Camp’s Youth Camps, June 13-16 and June 16-19, offered by the Stockton Parks and Recreation Department.

Each youth camp costs $138 per person. The fee includes transportation, lodging, meals, and all camp activities. Each camp is limited to 150 campers.

Camp activities include hiking, swimming, stargazing and other programs that introduce campers to the natural environment at Silver Lake, as well as campfires, arts and crafts and other fun, supervised experiences.

Meals are offered cafeteria-style at Silver Lake Camp’s historic lodge, where the camp’s special events are also held. Lodging is in furnished wood cabins within easy walking distance of a modern, central bathhouse. Campers must bring adequate clothing for four days and three nights, sleeping bags or bed linens, toiletries and towels, a flashlight and good pair of shoes for hiking.

Transportation to and from camp is included with registration, leaving at 9 a.m. on the first day of camp from the Oak Park Senior Center parking lot and returning at approximately 3 p.m. on the last camp day.

The camp’s counselor to camper ratio is 1 to 4. Volunteers interested in attending camp must complete an application and background screening.

Reservations are on a first come, first served basis at the Parks and Recreation office, 6 E. Lindsay Street. Registration deadline is May 16, 2008. For more information, contact the Parks and Recreation office at 937-8923.