Heat doesn’t hamper campers
BUTLER TWP — The 80- to 90-degree summer days are not putting a damper on campers at Camp Alameda. All they needed Wednesday was a hose and a slip-and-slide to keep happy throughout their seven hours of camp activity.
About 80 to 100 children are signed up to participate in the Butler County Parks and Recreation camp each week, according to program manager Frank Masi, and several more are on the waitlist because of the camp’s popularity.
Masi attributes the popularity of the weekly camp series to its ever-changing themes, which give campers new forms of activity each week. The theme of the camp this week is superheroes and villains. Masi said he thinks the themes contribute to the camp’s popularity.
“It’s our third week of 11 (weeks),” Masi said. “Our theme weeks and our water park, a lot of kids sign up for that.”
The camp has programs for children ages 5 to 8 and ages 9 to 12, and costs $130 per week. Masi said many children signed up for several weeks of the camp, and many come back year after year.
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