GUIDE FOR DAY, SPORT, AND SPECIALTY CAMPS AT LAKESHORE SPORT & FITNESS JUN 3 AUG 30

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1 W Fullerton Ave Chicago, Illinois FITNESS 2019 Camp Lakeshore June 3, 2019 to August 30, 2019 Adventure Awaits! GUIDE FOR DAY, SPORT, AND SPECIALTY CAMPS AT LAKESHORE SPORT & FITNESS JUN 3 AUG 30

2 WELCOME! CAMP LAKESHORE 2019 LSF CAMP MISSION STATEMENT: To operate fun and engaging programs while fostering the physical, emotional and social well-being of our participants. LSF Camps give campers an experience that will last a lifetime! LSF GOALS FOR CAMPERS: These goals foster an environment that supports all campers and staff, ensuring a strong feeling of belonging for all members of the LSF family! To Be Safe, Secure & Confident To Foster Lifelong Skills & Values To Build Relationships To Become Leaders To Explore Interests & Have Fun! PILLARS OF CAMP LAKESHORE Learning through Disguise - we have a play-based approach to all activities and promise your child will learn along the way! Lifelong Healthy Living - our activities promote movement, a balanced diet, and encourage kids to try new things. Character Development - we focus on positive attitudes, kindness, and being a good teammate in all our camp programs. CAMP HOURS: Kids can spend all summer at LSF, as our camp options start as early as 7:30am and run until 6:00pm. We offer half day and full day programming, as well as extended hours. We offer flexible registration options, which allow participants to register for a single day of camp, pick and choose multiple days, a week of camp, or the entire summer of camp. Each camp start and end time can be found on their camp page in this brochure. EXTENDED HOURS: Pre-Camp: 7:30am-9:00am After-Camp: 3:00pm-6:00pm Our extended day programs offer quality care for your child before and after the camp day. Activities include sports, arts and crafts, a snack and more! REGISTRATION OPTIONS: To register your child for camp, visit All registration options are available online. All forms must be completed prior to your child s first day of camp. Please call or us with any questions! LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPRacquets@LakeshoreSF.com Stingrays@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

3 CAMP AT-A-GLANCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION PARENTS PEACE OF MIND: CAMP STAFF Our quality staff sets LSF apart from others! Our camp staff are carefully selected for their enthusiasm, experience, and professionalism. Before camp begins, all of LSF Camp Staff is extensively trained in policies and procedures, CPR/First Aid, and how to effectively work with campers. We maintain a much lower staff to camper ratio than other programs so that your child has better supervision and support. Each camper is carefully placed in an age appropriate group that has consistent leaders throughout the summer. Each group has a Team Lead who has had a great amount of experience working with kids, typically in the fields of education, recreation, or a specialty sport. Many of our counselors attended LSF Camps as kids, so they carry on long lasting traditions. SUMMER FULL OF FUN: ACTIVITY LINE UP All LSF camps are based in our 185,000 square-foot state-of-the-art athletic facility, which includes a large outdoor rooftop play area and indoor/outdoor pool. All camps travel to surrounding neighborhood parks as well as many exciting locations in the Chicagoland area. Creative and innovative fieldtrips are a big part of the LSF camp experience. FLEXIBLE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES Parents can sign up for just a day, a week, or the entire summer! We are one of few camps in the area to offer a daily registration option for our traditional day camps. Campers can arrive as early as 7:30am and stay until 6:00pm, with Pre Camp and After Camp options. Hot, healthy lunches and snacks are included daily (snack only for half day camps). Fieldtrip days will include a cold sack lunch. All meals are designed by our Executive Chef and offer campers a balanced diet. If children have allergies, dietary restrictions or are picky eaters, we will prepare a safe meal for these campers. LSF Camps are NUT-FREE. PAYMENT DETAILS To reserve your spot in camp, a non-refundable deposit of $25 per camp day is required. You can adjust your camp dates or remove them up until May 15th without a penalty. The final payment is due May 15th. No refunds on any camp purchases after May 15th. Payment plans are available. Any date change after May 15th will result in a $5 processing charge per day unless a doctor s note is submitted. DISCOUNT DETAILS Lakeshore offers a 10% discount for each sibling after the first. This discount applies to all camp programs, including extended day options. Early bird specials, promotions, and other discounts other than sibling discounts do not carry over when adding additional camp days. Multiple discounts can be applied to each campers account. PARENT REFERRAL PROGRAM Refer your friends, family, and neighbors to Camp Lakeshore this summer and save money on your camp purchase! When you refer a new camper who purchases a minimum of 10 days, you receive a $100 credit which will be applied to a future camp purchase. The camper you refer receives a 10% discount on their purchase. Complete the referral form on your online camp account. EXTENDED DAY REGISTRATION OPTIONS See below for our Pre Camp & After Camp pricing. Parents are welcome to register in advance with a reduced rate, or simply use it as a drop in program and be charged after attending. All package options expire August 30, Package and advanced purchase daily option dates must be selected at time of registration. Advanced purchase daily option is available prior to May 15th. Advanced Purchase Package Options Drop In Daily Rate Daily Options Pre Camp: 25 days at $8 each ($200) $10 / day $15 / day After Camp: 25 days at $15 each ($375) $20 / day $30 / day All Day Fun Package 25 days of Pre & After Camp at $20 each ($500) REGISTRATION REQUIRED Due to our full enrollment and meal preparation, we require all camp days to be requested and confirmed by the Friday prior to the week of the new dates being added. Any camper who attends camp without prior confirmation and/or is signed up after 12pm on Fridays for the following week, will be charged a last-minute convenience fee of $50 per family, per day. SPECIAL RATES FOR LSF MEMBERS Membership rates are availble to those who join LSF before May 15th and who remain a LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

4 2019 SESSION DATES Week Week 1 June 3-7 Week 2 June Week 3 June Week 4 June Week 5 Week 6 July 8-12 Week 7 July Week 8 July Days July 1-5 (No Camp Thursday, July 4th) Week 9 July 29 - August 2 Week 10 August 5-9 Week 11 August Week 12 August Week 13 August CAMP RATES Traditional Camps CAMP DATES & OPTIONS Daily Member Cost Daily Guest Cost Weekly Member Cost Weekly Guest Cost Half Day Camps $59 $79 $280 $395 Full Day Camps $99 $129 $465 $600 PeeWee Lunch Bunch (Wed & Fri) $20 $30 N/A N/A Sports Camps Tennis Camp Half Day $69 $89 $345 $445 Tennis Camp Full Day $109 $139 $545 $695 Sports Camps (Tough Tigers, Go Girls, Basketball) N/A N/A $545 $695 Stingrays Swim Camp N/A N/A $725 $795 Specialty Camps Specialty Camps N/A N/A $545 $695 Counselors In Training N/A N/A $200 $250 Camp 48 Camp 48 N/A N/A $650 $775 CAMP OPTIONS! Traditional Camps Camp Times Ages Pee Wee 9 12: Pee Wee Lunch Bunch 12:30-1: Half Day 9 12: Full Day Sports Camps Camp Times Ages Tennis Half Day 9 12: Tennis Camp Full Day Sports of All Sorts Sports of All Sorts Tough Tigers Training Go Girls Boot Camp Basketball Academy Stingrays Camp Specialty Camps Camp Times Ages Adventure Artists Edible Engineering Animation Domination Drama-O-Rama Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Counselors in Training Camp 48 Camp Times Grades Adrenaline th-8th Sweet Home Chicago 9 4 4th-8th Future Chefs 9 4 4th-8th Horseback Riding 9 4 4th-8th Water Park Week 9 4 4th-8th Chicago Sports Galore 9 4 4th-8th Adrenaline th-8th Into the Wild 9 4 4th-8th Mixed Media 9 4 4th-8th Best of the Best! 9 4 4th-8th Week Week Week Week LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

5 TRADITIONAL CAMP: HALF DAY TRADITIONAL CAMP: FULL DAY PEE WEE 2-4 years June 3rd August 30th 9:00am 12:30pm M-F Pee Wee is a half day academic enrichment based program for ages 2-4. All camp activities are led by teachers who are experienced in Early Childhood Education. Our Pee Wees focus on academic enrichment each day by practicing letters, shapes, numbers and colors. Music and yoga are offered weekly, and swim lessons are offered 5 days a week. Campers receive a morning snack each day which always includes a fresh fruit and a bagged snack. Staff to camper ratio is 1:4. Daily and weekly registration options available. PEE WEE LUNCH BUNCH 2-4 years June 3rd August 30th 12:30pm 1:30pm W & F Extend your Pee Wee s day for lunch and extra special activities related to our weekly theme. We ll garden, cook, learn Spanish, construct towers, and so much more! This prgram is an addon for any registered Pee Wees. HALF DAY CAMP years June 3rd August 30th 9:00am 12:30pm M-F Our half day traditional camp is a great introductory camp for our younger participants, ages Camptivities include sports, art, theater/drama, music, nutrition and more! We have specialists in each of these areas to plan and lead activities. Each week is theme-based with a special event or guest speaker to match! Swimming takes place 5 days a week our instructors provide swim lessons on Mondays and Tuesdays, while the rest of the week is fun swim. A lifeguard is always on duty and all counselors swim with the campers. Campers receive a morning snack each day which always includes a fresh fruit and a bagged snack. Campers will visit a local park each week. All campers must be potty-trained. Daily and weekly registration options available. FULL DAY CAMP years June 3rd August 30th 9:00am 3:00pm M-F Our full day traditional camp is our largest and most popular summer camp, dedicated to campers ages This program runs daily from 9:00am-3:00pm, with extended day options. Camptivities include sports, art, theater/drama, music, nutrition and more! We have specialists in each of these areas to plan and lead the activities. Swimming takes place 4 days a week our instructors provide swim lessons on Mondays and Tuesdays, while the rest of the week is fun swim. A lifeguard is always on duty and all counselors swim with the campers. Campers receive lunch and a snack every day. Wild Wednesdays are a very special day each week from Camp Prom and all Camp Olympics to Water Wars and a Luau Cookout, we spend Wednesdays together as a full camp with silly games and special events. Plus, there are weekly fieldtrips! Daily and weekly registration options available. Week 1: Wonders of Wilderness Week 2: Grossology Week 3: Imaginarium Week 4: Commotion in the Ocean Week 5: Heroes & Warriors Week 6: Lab Rats Week 7: Going Green WEEKLY THEMES Week 8: Color Games! Week 9: Defying Gravity Week 10: Animal Planet Week 11: Passport to Fun Week 12: Time Bandits Week 13: Lakeshore s Got Talent Camp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

6 SPORTS CAMP: TENNIS SPORTS CAMP: STINGRAYS SWIM TENNIS CAMP 4-13 years June 3rd August 23rd Full Days: 9:00am 3:00pm M-F Half Days: 9:00am 12:30pm M-F Lakeshore Tennis Camp is a uniquely designed recreational program which accommodates the beginner and intermediate level player. Our Tennis Camp is geared for 4-13 year old campers and we offer flexible registration options, including half day and full day options. We will use all QuickStart and 10 & Under Tennis teaching methods in conjunction with experienced development methods for competitive and successful Jr. High School performance. Campers will be divided into groups based on age and ability to best maximize education and activity. Our team of tennis professionals and counselors will focus on improving technique, movement, footwork and knowledge of tennis strategy. We focus on the importance of development while learning to enjoy the challenges of tennis. We offer a mix of instruction, cooperative, competitive and rally based drills, in addition to conditioning, games and competitions. Campers will learn new and existing tennis activities daily, as well as create lasting memories and develop lifelong relationships! STINGRAYS SWIM CAMP 8-18 years June & July :00am-3:00pm M-F, 1-4pm Sat Location: Lincoln Park LSF & Loyola University This summer the Stingrays Swim Team will be running two six day swim camps. These camps will include a variety of skills training for swimmers with a wide range of abilities, including a focus on the development of specific strokes each day and team building activities. A threetime Olympian - Sebastien Rousseau -- will be a guest coach during portions of the camps, providing advice, swimming with the athletes and sharing stories of his experiences All coaches are current USA registered coaches with a wealth of personal competitive experience in the water as well as significant time coaching on deck. Space is limited to maintain a strong coach to swimmer ratio, ensuring a focused enviornment for individual attention and feedback. Two meals are included daily and campers will receive special take-aways, such as a picture with Sebastien, custom swim cap and t-shirt. This is a great camp for swimmers looking to get a competitive edge for the Summer Swim season. Weekly registration required. Please register on our Team Unify site which can be found at Become the best swimmer you can be! Campers who attend the full day program will receive lunch and a snack each day. They also have optional fun swim every afternoon. Campers have the option to play chess, create artwork and origami, play soccer, basketball and tennis baseball. Daily and weekly registration options available LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

7 SPORTS CAMPS SPORTS CAMP: BASKETBALL SPORTS OF ALL SORTS years June 17-21, July 8-12 & August :00am-3:00pm M-F 5-10 years July & August :00am-3:00pm M-F Join us as we explore 8 sports each week! Each day offers a different variety - from baseball and soccer to archery and ping pong, we ll learn the fundamentals, practice our skills, and build good sportsmanship! Fun swim included! Weekly registration required. TOUGH TIGERS TRAINING CAMP 5-10 years June 24-28, July & August :00am-3:00pm M-F Your kids will get a headstart on a healthy life in this special camp taught with our professional training team! Kids will learn about nutrition, staying fit, conditioning, and fun ways to keep their bodies active. We ll utilize training studios, work-out on the rooftop, make special meals, and have so much fun that they will love being healthy! Fun swim included. Weekly registration required. LSF BASKETBALL ACADEMY 6-13 years June 24-28, July 29-Aug 2 & August :00am - 3:00pm M-F LSF Summer Basketball Camp will be running three, week-long camps this season. These camps are designed to instill confidence, teamwork, and discipline, all while making new friends. We invite boys and girls with a wide range of abilities and skill sets looking to take their game to the next level. Players will participate in performance drills, workouts, skill video analysis, nutrition and game play suitable to their talent. The camp focuses on building dribbling, shooting, passing and conditioning skills. Court awareness and scrimmages will also be a focus with an emphasis on offensive and defensive strategy. During each camp, all players will also participate in a series of skills competitions, with the goal to improve their individual scores and challenge their teammates. We promote teamwork, sportsmanship, and celebrate success and hard work. Lunch, fun swimming and basketball gear will be included. Weekly registration required. GO GIRLS BOOT CAMP 5-10 years July 8-12 & August 5-9 9:00am-3:00pm M-F Girls only! Join us for a week of learning about what makes you so special! We will work out, find our inner beauty, talk about positive role models, make special meals, and much more! We ll walk away from the week feeling super confident and healthy! Fun swim included. Weekly registration required LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

8 SPECIALTY CAMPS Camp Lakeshore is offering premium specialty camps for K-4th graders in 2019! These camps are designed to be progressive, week long camps that have a dedicated focus on a featured interest. This allows the campers to fully immerse themselves in the subject of the camp, improve skill sets and create awesome projects! Weekly registration required. ADVENTURE ARTISTS years June 24-28, July & Aug :00am-3:00pm M-F Calling all young Van Goghs! Our young artists will explore multiple mediums, styles and techniques of art as they make original masterpieces! We ll use our adventures as inspiration for our artwork. We ll splash in the pool and explore water colors, visit the park and paint with grass, and play outside and work on shadow art. Join us for a week of inspiring, exploratory, hands on, paint splattering fun! Fun swim included. EDIBLE ENGINEERING 5-10 years June 24-28, July 8-12 & Aug 5-9 9:00am-3:00pm M-F Engineers, builders and taste testers unite! Talk about food for thought...culinary campers will be challenged to think as an engineer this week as they build cars out of pantry ingredients and construct solar powered ovens. We ll use food science to make candy crystals, force soda explosions, and so much more! After all, hands on science experiments are much more fun when they happen in the kitchen! This week of candy chemistry and edible experimenting will be sure to give your camper a sugar rush! Fun swim includued. ANIMATION DOMINATION 5-10 years June 10-14, July & Aug :00am-3:00pm M-F Join us as we celebrate cartoons and animation! This week is all about creating your own comics, games, videos, and more! Let your creativity run wild because in this camp dreams come true, toys come to life, and happily ever after really exists! From the conception of the idea, to a week s end presentation, our campers will create their very own project that requires graphics, editing, and creativity! Fun swim included. DRAMA-O-RAMA 5-10 years July & Aug :00am-3:00pm M-F Lights, Camera, Action! The fine arts explode this week with theater, music, comedy, dancing, broadcasting, and more! From children with stage fright to those who thrive in the spotlight, all campers will have the opportunity to grow artistically and socially as they improve their confidence and creativity. Our performers will show off their skills with a live talent show for parents to attend on Friday! Fun swim included. NUTS, BOLTS, AND THINGAMAJIGS 5-10 years June & July 29-Aug 2 9:00am-3:00pm M-F We have the blueprint for summer camp fun! This week of fungineering will be filled with creative contraptions and terrific tinker toys! Young inventors will construct hands on creations as they design roller coasters, build bridges, and power cars with air. We ll focus on problem solving and innovation and encourage campers to get their hands dirty! So put your thinking cap on and get ready to design inventions that could change the world...or at least our camp day. Fun swim included. COUNSELORS IN TRAINING Ages: years Dates: July 8-August 30 9:00am-3:00pm M-F Join our CIT program and use the summer to prepare for the best position in the world - Camp Counselor! The day is spent with a morning meeting, observing and leading campers through the first half of the day, team building exercises, debriefs, and training exercises in the afternoon. LSF loves to hire staff who have participated in the CIT program! Fun swim included LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

9 CAMP 48 for 4th-8th graders Camp 48 is LSF s fieldtrip based specialty camp program for 4th-8th graders! We ll travel around the Chicagoland area to seek out the best adventures and highest quality experiences! Daily lunch is included. Weekly registration is required. Camp runs from 9:00am-4:00pm, Monday through Friday. ADRENALINE 1.0 June 3-7, June & August 5-9 A week full of exciting, heart-pumping, thrill seeking, skill building activities! We ll be going rock climbing, zip-lining, paintballing, cart racing, and capping off the week with an extended day field trip to 6 Flags Great America on Friday! Start the summer off right and get your heart racing this week! SWEET HOME CHICAGO July 1-5 (No Camp on July 4th) & July 29-August 2 Your family lives in the city, but do you take full advantage of it? Do your kids get a chance to see the best sights and visit the best attractions that Chicago has to offer? This week, we re hitting all the hot spots - Sky Deck, Millennium Park, Navy Pier, and more! And we want to go where the kids want to go! On the first day of the week, the kids will get to have a say and vote on where we go for our Friday field trip! Will it be the Shedd Aquarium? A boat tour? Join this camp to find out! FUTURE CHEFS June & July 8-12 We ll be guests in several different kitchens around the city this week and learn directly from their chefs! Each day will feature a different cuisine or cooking technique. We ll get to see how it all happens from behind the scenes at some of our favorite restaurants and we ll even get a special lesson from our very own LSF Executive Chef, using the kitchen at our downtown location. On Friday, we invite the families of our campers to come join us for dinner that our young chefs will be making! HORSEBACK RIDING June 10-14, July & August Participants will get a wide range of horse handling experience from riding a multitude of different ways/styles (bareback, backwards, side saddle, walking, trotting, galloping and more), to feeding the horses and learning all about caring for them. This is a comprehensive and progressive week of full-day lessons that will get the kids exploring their animal loving instincts. WATER PARK WEEK July 8-12 & August 5-9 Soaking up summer is what we do best at Lakeshore! Who doesn t love lazy rivers, massive slides, water tubes and cannon balls? A week filled with all water parks, all the time! Five of Chicagoland area s best water parks are on the lineup for this week. Let s soak up as much summer as we can! CHICAGO SPORTS GALORE July & August Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Hawks, Wildcats - Chicago is all about our sports teams! We ll spend this week learning, touring, and cheering for our home town teams. This week is perfect for the sports enthusiasts and for those who are interested in becoming sports fanatics. Be sure to wear your favorite jerseys, hats, and gear! ADRENALINE 2.0 July & August We are at it again join us for a second round of thrill seeking fun as we head back to rock climb, zip-line, go cart race and more! At the beginning of the week, the kids will vote for the Thursday & Friday activities! INTO THE WILD July & August Shake off that city dust and get ready for a week of adventurous, outdoorsy exploration. Featuring kayaking, rock climbing, hiking and fishing this week of camp will be unlike any other! Survival skills such as fire building, campfire cooking and compass reading will have your kids ready to take you on an expedition into the jungle, by the week s end! MIXED MEDIA June & July 29-August 2 Photography, graphic design, sketching, sculpting and more -- those who love to create can t miss this week of camp! We ll learn from some of the best around the Chicagoland area and go home with unbelievable projects to showcase! Artists of all abilities and interests are welcome! BEST OF THE BEST! August All of our favorite activities wrapped into one week! We ll have the campers vote for each fieldtrip location this week and visit our very favorites one last time! Will it be go karts or rock climbing? Cooking or the beach? We ll wrap up the summer the best way we know how with the kids in charge of our destinations! LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com

10 SUMMER CAMP SHOWCASE Sundays: January 27th, February 24th, March 31st, & April 28th Join us at these Family Fun Fairs for some indoor winter fun, learn more about camp and take advantage of special offers. Fun Fairs run from 3-5pm. They include fun and games, inflatables, face-painting, and more. Admission is free. If you are a guest of LSF, please RSVP to Membership@LakeshoreSF.com. PARENT ORIENTATION Thursday, May 30th CAMP SPECIAL EVENTS CAMP 48 ALL NIGHTER AT LSF Friday, July 12th The Camp 48 fun continues into the evening of July 12th, with a full night of fun within our Lakeshore walls, just for 4th-8th graders. We ll play massive games of capture the flag, compete in scavenger hunts and have a huge glow in the dark pool party. When (and if!) campers are ready to sleep, we ll have indoor sleeping quarters set up. Cost is $99 for the evening. All food and snacks are included. CAMP 48 OUTDOOR CAMPING EVENT Saturday, August 10th Join us for a true overnight camping adventure, complete with tents, fires, wildfire, and the great outdoors! We ll travel to our favorite camp site, and your favorite camp counselors will chaperone an entire evening under the stars. We ll build our own fires and cook our meals; we ll sing songs and tell stories and play games in the dark. Tents are available to rent. Cost is $149 for the event. All food, snacks, and supplies are included. Parents and campers are encouraged to join us for an introduction to summer camp! Camp counselors will be ready to lead games and get to know campers, while our camp management team will present details about each of our camp options. Camp t-shirt pick up will be available this evening as well. FAMILY ROOF-TOP CAMPOUTS Friday, July 19th & Friday, August 16th Want to take your family camping, but not quite ready for the true wilderness? Join us on the rooftop for a night of camping, Lakeshore Style, with dinner, games, songs, crafts, movies, snacks, swimming, breakfast and more! Tents are available to rent. Adult beverages available for purchase. Cost is $149 for one child & one adult. Additional adults are welcome for $25 each and additional children are welcome for $15 each LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com LPCamp@LakeshoreSF.com