Published August 08. 2024 02:39PM
A total of 125 elementary school youngsters participated in the annual Jim Thorpe Rotary Summer Camp this week.
This is the 29th year the Jim Thorpe Rotary Club has provided the eight-week, four-day per week camp. Children in first through fifth grades were enrolled.
The camp is supported by the Constellation Community Champions Program, which is funded by Constellation Energy.
The camp featured all sorts of activities from science experiments to fishing and a scavenger hunt.
The closing activities were held Wednesday at the L. B. Morris Elementary School, where the campers learned about the rainbow fish and how their gills change colors, they created their own boats to support pennies, and they learned how to ice fish. Recreation events on the final day included kickball competition.
Elementary children attending the 29th annual Jim Thorpe Rotary Club camp make a boat capable of holding pennies during the camp’s final day. The closing events were held at the L.B. Morris Elementary School. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Elementary students learn about the changing colors of gills on rainbow trout during Jim Thorpe Rotary Club’s 29th annual camp for elementary students. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Connor McHugh runs with the ball during kickball competition during the 29th annual Jim Thorpe Rotary Club Camp, in which 125 elementary students attended. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Camp instructor Nick Schwartz rolls the ball during kickball game at the 29th annual Jim Thorpe Rotary Club camp, while elementary students form a team in the outfield. A total of 125 elementary children attended the eight-week camp. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS