My family moved here in 2018 and have loved our small community. We have joined a church, connected with community events and shared wonderful memories exploring our area. Now that our oldest son and middle son are in elementary schools, we are quickly discovering that there are not a lot of options for kids in the summer. We have loved the Washington Outdoor School and have been sending our kids to the amazing program at Little Explorers for over 5 years. However, we want our kids to have the traditional summer camp experience without having to choose the overnight option. We want our kids to be singing songs of worship, reading the Bible and growing in their faith alongside trusted adults and peers.
I spoke with several members of our community and many of them shared this desire. Over the course of the last 2 years, we have been experimenting with a summer day camp through Cascade Camp Cedarbrook. Their 1-week program was very successful and the kids loved the option. They were split up into different groups and traveled all over camp learning about nature, making crafts and swimming in the pool. They came home singing songs of joy and laughing at their silly counselors jokes.
Over the last year, Camp Koinonia has been developing our own summer day camp program. We have hired a Program Director to design and implement the day camp and we are well into our first round of registrations.
Our goals of the program will develop in time, but for now we are excited to see offerings for day camp for children ages 5-11. Learn more about the program online.
