Students weren’t in school last week due to the March Break with many spending their week off at Bryerswood Youth Camp.
The March Break camp was called “Game On!” this year, with each weekday featuring a game theme. The Monday theme was board games, TV game shows were featured on the Tuesday, last Wednesday saw a day full of active games while Thursday saw “games from the past.” The final day of the camp last Friday was all about video games.
Each camp ran from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. with some children coming every day while others came just some of the days.
“It’s busy,” said Pam Zeman, one of the two camp directors along with Caitlin Gonneau. “We’ve been close to full every day.”
That translates into 15-20 children each day at the campground.
Zeman pointed out the weather was nice most days last week, allowing camp leaders to take the children outside for activities.
Gonneau added there were many familiar faces but a lot of new faces as well. They marketed the camp as far as Windsor but they said they got most of the enrollment for the camp from the Amherstburg and LaSalle areas.
Registration is already open for summer camps at Bryerswood, and people can sign up through their website. There is also a public open house planned at Bryerswood for May 4 between 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Zeman said there are still a lot of people who don’t know a lot about the Bryerswood Youth Camp and what they offer. The open house is geared to showcase the camp and what they can do for the public, over and above the camps themselves, including the fact facilities can be rented to the community.
“We really want to push that we are out here,” she said.
Earth Day events are returning to the Bryerswood Youth Camp April 26 and more information can be found online.
For more information on the Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club and the campground itself, visit www.bryerswood.com, e-mail info@bryerswood.com or call 519-726-6266. The campground is located at 6480 Texas Road in Amherstburg.
By Ron Giofu
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