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• Summer Kickoff Camp (June 12-16), Campers entering Kindergarten - 8th grade
  Kick off your summer with FUN fieldtrips around Columbus. We’ll go on a different field trip each day plus we’ll swim and play camp games. Field trips include a new indoor water park called H2 Oasis, Olentangy Indian Caverns, Bowling, Graeter’s, Orange Township Pool, and Galaxy Games and Golf. Sign up by the day or for the whole week! Before and aftercare are available during Summer Kickoff Camp for an additional fee.
   
• Skateboarding Camp (June 12-16), Grades K-3, 9 a.m. - noon, Grades 4-8, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  A fun and exciting camp where campers learn balance and pushing with the skateboards. Special age appropriate tricks with ramps and rails are taught. All safety equipment is supplied. Campers need to bring skateboards, and each camper receives a t-shirt. Skyhawks runs this camp.
   
• Tennis Camp (June 12-16), Grades 4-8, 9 a.m. - noon
  Led by Pam Lippy, USTA Pro and JCC Tennis Instructor, campers work on footwork and tennis strokes and work on skills with fun games and single and doubles competition. Every camper needs to bring a racquet.
   
• Swimming Camp (June 12-16), Grades K-3, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  Spend the afternoon poolside while learning a variety of competitive strokes and diving from JCC Aquatics Director David Wolf and other JCC staff. Every camper needs a swim suit and a towel.
   

Specialty Camps:

• Multi Sports Camp (June 26 – 30)
  Play a variety of sports like baseball, soccer and basketball during this fast-paced and fun camp. Campers learn basic skills through structured exercises and fun games. Multi-Sport participants receive a sports ball, and a camp t-shirt. Skyhawks runs this camp.
   
• Campers in the Kitchen (July 3, 5, 6, 7)
  Calling all future chefs! Campers learn how to cook a variety of Kosher meals, snacks and desserts, plus learn kitchen and cooking safety and the FUNdamentals of cooking! At the end of the week parents are invited to a lunch in which all food is prepared by the Campers in the Kitchen. All chefs receive a cookbook and apron.
   
• Lacrosse Camp (July 3, 5, 6, 7)
  Fun skill building activities help campers improve stick handling, cradling, passing, shooting, and defensive skills. This program is non-contact and skill based. Safety equipment is provided. Please bring lacrosse equipment if you have it-otherwise it will be provided. Lacrosse Camp is led by Skyhawks.
   
• Art Camp (July 10-14)
  Join Nancy Rosen for a trip around the world! Each day, we’ll travel to a different country and make an art project from that country. Projects include paper making in Egypt and batiquing in India, plus projects in Spain, Israel and Australia!  What a fun way to spend the week!
   
• Columbus Crew Soccer Camp (July 10-14)
  Improve your soccer skills with help from the best soccer players around – the Columbus Crew! Learn to dribble, pass and shoot the ball and learn how to defend the goal through soccer skill games and scrimmages. Participants are required to wear shin guards.
   
• Theatre Camp (July 17-21)
  Spend the week learning games actors use to warm up, while learning about the different people who work in a theatre – then act in a show performed for parents and the rest of camp! Learn from one of the best - Jonathan Barnes, a recent graduate of The Ohio State University and frequent performer in Gallery Players productions at the JCC!
   
• Pat Noles Basketball Camp (July 17-21)
  Learn the fundamentals of basketball - ball handling, dribbling, passing, shooting and defense. By using lowered rims and youth sized basketballs, every camper is a star.
  Pat Noles is a former Otterbein basketball player and current JCC Youth Sports Instructor.
   
• Pat Noles Flag Football Camp (July 24-28)
  Learn the proper techniques of throwing, catching and running with the football through fun skill games and scrimmages.
   
• Cheerleading and Tumbling Camp (July 24-28)
  After learning somersaults, cartwheels and balance beam tricks, campers will fly through the air in no time! Campers also learn cheers, chants, proper cheering motions and jumping techniques. Skyhawks runs this camp.
   
• Magic Camp (July 31-August 4)
  Learn great magic tricks from “The Magic Man,” Carroll Baker, a regular performer at Max & Erma’s restaurants and the magician from Circus Camp and after school enrichment classes. A fantastic introduction to magic and the art of illusion and trickery! Campers focus on tricks from famous Jewish Magicians and show off their new skills in their very own magic show at the end of the week! Every camper receives a magic kit to take home that includes a magic wand to help with mini-illusions. No prior magic experience necessary and all magic tricks are new! Magic Camp has a minimum of 10 campers!
   
• Tennis Camp (July 31-August 4)
  Spend time on the tennis court and learn basic tennis strokes and footwork, play fun tennis games and participate in single and double tennis competition. Campers are required to bring their own tennis racquet. USTA Pro and JCC Tennis Instructor Eric Sanchez instructs this camp.
   
• Columbus Safari Camp (August 14-18), Campers entering Kindergarten-8th grade
  Don’t let your kids get caught with nothing to do at the end of the summer. Let them spend it on a safari! Safari campers participate in a fun and exciting field trip each day including: Super Games, Columbus Zoo, Graeter’s, private movie screening, Homestead Park and Magic Mountain. After each field trip campers swim and take advantage of the JCC’s campgrounds. Sign up by the day or for the whole week! Before and aftercare are available during Safari Camp for an additional fee.