Earth Camp 2010 will be held at the Abington Community Park on Winola Road in Clarks Summit.This is the third year of this exciting and successful program.

 Camp activities include: fishing, canoeing, rocketry, digital photography, geocaching and orienteering, drama, ceramics and watercolor painting, team building activities, non-competitive sports, professional tennis instruction from Birchwood Racket & Fitness, roasting marshmallows and hot dogs over a campfire…a so much more. Campers are in small groups supervised by trained adult leaders.

      The Ultimate Sport Frisbee

       "When a ball dreams, it dreams it’s a frisbee.”unknown

This game provides constant exhilaration and team playing—best of all, it can be learned by people of a wide variety of athletic ability. With the right techniques, Frisbee will provide countless hours of entertainment at the park, beach, or college lawn. Whether you are interested in learning Frisbee basics or want to understand the concept of Ultimate Frisbee and play with friends, come to the Abington Area Community Park on Winola Rd. on August 11^th-13^th from 6-8 pm.  

Kids in grades 2-7 can come to the open field next to the community garden; parents may park in the Abington Senior Center parking lot. Older students in 8^th grade and above who already know Frisbee basics should come to Stroney Field to learn Ultimate Frisbee from Spencer King.

Baseball Skills Camp August 3-7th at Ackerly Field 

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball."  They say, "Play ball." ~ Willie Stargell, 1981 

Baseball was made for kids. ~ Bob Lemon

Be a part of America’s Pastime with other kids in the community and  learn key skills for the exciting game of baseball This camp, in partnership with the AAJRB, will be from August 3-7th at Ackerly Field. Coached by Kenny Spangenberg, Jr., Keystone College Baseball Team and Staff, and members of the Abington Heights HS State Champion Baseball Team. This elite coaching staff will enable each child to have personalized experience to learn “base”-ic skills like: Pitching, Base-running, Hitting, Bunting, Defense Skills.  There will also be a professional baseball player at the camp for a day who will sign autographs AND will give  tips!!

Click here for online registration.  Click here to download the paper registration form. 

      Exciting Opportunity for Fun Summer Adventures in an Outdoor Setting -                           for children entering 5^th -7^th grades in Sept. ’09.

This is recreation, education, and exploration with memory-rich programming like: fishing, canoeing, 4-H, digital photography, sketching in field journals, hiking, drama performances, scanning the heavens through a telescope, rocketry, and much more!

We will offer day field trips too. One trip is already scheduled to be held at Birchwood Tennis and Fitness Club. The use of the facility and tennis lessons are donated by Birchwood Club.

Everhart Museum will host a camp day as well! Again, we have the Abington Community Library working with us to build laughter and learning for these campers. Keystone College students will share their skills to create nature art in an ‘Outdoor Studio’.

The campers will have experiential learning as we lay down the groundwork for life-long learning about the natural world. There will be opportunity for personal growth, collaboration, and to develop strong bonds of friendship after a few weeks of immersion in shared activities.

Our skilled, friendly staff can’t wait ‘til summer to meet the campers, so sign up now!

  Our Growing Collectionn of Sponsors Include:

 Lackawanna County, People’s National Bank, Citizen’s Bank, P & G Inc., Fidelity Bank, Jerry Durkin, Gerrity’s Supermarket. Birchwood Tennis & Fitness Club, Geri-Scan, Happening's Magazine, Lisa Ragnacci, Marie King, Christine Tsaklas, JP Mascaro, Digital Graphics, Viewmont Mall.

Golf  Camp  -- In partnership with Summit Hills Golf Course -18 hours of tailored professional instruction-learn the vital skill fundamentals.  5th grade and up.

Each session features a 3-hour  with PGA Pro Gene Moore.

Tuesdays campers will be at Summit Hills' Driving Range and Thursdays  at Summit Hills' Gofl Course.

In the event of rian and thunder that occurs during camp session, campers will go to the ClubHouse at Summit Hills to review golf techinique and more. Questions, call Diane Vietz 575-0264. or Christine Tsaklas ,586-9316 (day) at the          Clarks Summit Boro office.

Teaching Golf Pro, Eugene Moore.

 Earth Camp is a resounding success! Director Ms. Jennifer James says, "The 5th to 7th graders will have a full morning of activities! They made  turtle whistles out of clay,  shot rockets towards the clouds and made spectacular solar prints from discoveries from their nature hike!"  Campers created banners and flew kites, learned orienteering, fishing and boat safety. They applied what they learned when they fished and canoed this past Thursday  on Lake Eston Wilson. Learning how to juggle  taught by Mr. Smith topped it all off!Session One is finished and all gained a great comraderie,  wonderful summer memories and  some new skills too.

Session Two began today, AND IT IS SUNNY!