Camp SCRAP
ANNOUNCING CAMP SCRAP! Come join us for a week full of fun and educational art projects, activities and field trips! Campers will explore all the amazing things that can be made out of “scrap” materials, while also learning about the three R’s: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!
The mission of Camp SCRAP is to educate and inspire children about creative reuse and promote environmentally sustainable behavior by providing hands-on educational activities and creative projects in a fun and safe learning environment.
Summary of session activities!
Each day of the camp focuses on a material commonly available at SCRAP. Daily activities center around this material theme and consist of at least one art project (two if there are no field trips that day!), an hour of educational games and activities, free time (lots of project and activity ideas provided!), and a quick but educational “discussion” of how the material is produced, reused and recycled. In addition, we will go on three field trips (metro recycling center, The Community Cycling Center and The Rebuilding Center) and have at least two “visiting artists” per session who will teach the campers about their craft!
Here is a glace at what the week will look like (specifics coming soon, please check back to see details as they come up):
Monday-FIBER: Meet and Greet! SCRAPpy name games; Campers decorate their very own SCRAP t-shirt! There will be a local visiting artist and lots more neato activities.
Tuesday-PLASTIC, RUBBER & FOAM: On this day we will focus on some of the most unsustainable material there is: PLASTIC! Field trip to a recycling center to see where it’s all going! And lots of activities to show kids they don’t have to throw it in the trash! This day is co-facilitated by Leave No Plastic Behind, a local organization that encourages artists to save their plastics for 3 months, make art and display the results at one of LNPB art openings (see their website here: http://plastic.cheryllohrmann.com)
Wednesday-METAL: Today we will go on a field trip to The Community Cycling
Center, learn how to disassemble bikes and make crafts out of the junk parts! There will also be projects and activities at SCRAP!
Thursday-TILE & GLASS: Today a visiting artist will teach campers how to make mosaics! Other projects include a simplified stained/painted glass project, and much more!
Friday-PAPER & WOOD: Our last day of camp will be devoted to trees! We will take a field trip to The Rebuilding Center to make a simple project. We will also be writing letter to thank the community members that support CAMP SCRAP. Lots of other projects and games too! And we’ll celebrate our last day of camp with a Pizza Party!
WHEN
Session 1: June 23-27; Session 2: July 7-11; Session 3: July 21-25
9am-3pm
WHO
Kids, ages 6-10, who love creative reuse, art and the environment. We are flexible about the age restrictions so if you have a child who is outside of that age range and would still like to participate, please contact Abby.
WHERE
SCRAP’s Creative Reuse Center
3901-A North Williams Avenue (2 blocks N of Fremont at Failing)
(plus multiple fieldtrips to other Portland area art and reuse organizations)
FEES
$200 per week
Can't come for the whole week? Register your camper for one or a few days at a fee of $45 per day.
(Scholarships available! Contact Abby for more info.)
Register one camper, get the second tuition half off. That's $150 per camper.
Members receive a 10% discount on camp fees. Become a member!!
REGISTRATION
Register now! Click here for registration form and return info to Abby (see contact info below). A $100 refundable deposit is required upon registration. Registration closes two weeks before camp session begins. Limited to 10 participants for each session so don’t delay!
CONTACT
Abby Teel
Workshop & Camp Coordinator/AmeriCorps Member
3901 A N. Williams; Portland, OR 97227
abby@scrapaction.org
503.294.0769 x6
SPONSOR A CAMP SCRAP CAMPER!
We are currently fundraising for the CAMP SCRAP Scholarship Program and we need your help! Our goal is to make our camp affordable to everyone who would like to participate, but to do this we are dependent on the support of community members like you! If you are interested in donating to CAMP SCRAP’s Scholarship Program please contact Abby (see above for contact info). Every little bit counts! Whether it is $5 or $200 (that’s a full tuition for one camper!). In-kind donations are always welcome too! Thank you so much!
Thank to the AmeriCorps LINKS program we are hiring a CAMP SCRAP counselor and we are welcoming your application!
The low-down:
- This is a 300 hour position. There will be three 40 hour weeks (the three camp sessions); the rest of your hours will be spent before this summer, helping to plan camp!
- There is a $1000 education award provided by AmeriCorps at the end of your term. SCRAP will also pay you in $150 of SCRAP dollars!
- Experience needed to children, camp, education: please see a detailed position description by clicking here.
Do you have experience with summer camps, marketing, teaching art activities, fundraising, event planning? Or maybe you just want to have a reason to develop upon some of these skills? You should join the Camp/Wksh Planning support team! We need you’re your help, but you’re level of involvement is completely up to you! You could offer email feedback on camp activities or marketing strategies, if that’s your area of expertise. Or perhaps you would like to help us with promotion, such as postering around town or delivering press releases. There are tons of activities you could take part in!
Specific Activities include: (1) PROMO: brainstorm and help with design of promo materials, deliver press releases, poster around town, post info on online calendars (2) DESIGN ACTIVITIES: teach a workshop, help brainstorm about possible workshop/camp activities (3) BUSINESS SOLICITATION: call or visit businesses and organization around town to ask for money!
Helpful if you have experience with: camp/teaching/kids, fundraising/grant writing, event planning, local arts/education scene.
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