Every year for the past 44 years, the Sun Foundation has hosted a camp called Art & Science in the Woods for 200+ kids the second full week of June. I was fortunate enough to have the time to volunteer as a Teacher’s Assistant this summer for the first time. My daughters, ages 8 and 11, also attended camp for the second time.

Despite the humid 95 degree weather, despite using port-a-potties for a week, despite the half-hour drive there and back each day, despite the lush poison ivy and mosquitoes, I was in heaven. I got to go to summer camp! It brought back all of the memories of every summer and every camp I ever attended. Going to camp as a kid was an opportunity to discover, and grow, and get dirty, and have fun!

Art & Science In The Woods, as you can probably guess by the name, gets kids out into nature to explore their creative side while learning about the science of the natural world. Each kid get’s to choose their own adventure, so to speak, from a list of “Majors” and “Minors.” The Major class is from 9:00 A.M. to noon each day. My daughters chose Imagination Nation (A) and Comedy in the Woods (G) as their majors. The Minor classes change each day in the afternoon from noon to 3:00 P.M. I can’t remember each of the minors since each girl had five, but some of the classes include: Watercolor in the Woods, etc.