By: Kaylee Simmons

Summer camps provide kids great opportunities to get out of their comfort zone and have fun! Bellbrook has many different summer camps for kids. Below are a few that many kids love.

Bellbrook Sugarcreek Schools have some Summer-Youth Sports Camps. These sports camps are for grades ranging from K-8.

The sports that are offered for these camps are Girls and Boys Basketball (grades 2-8), Girls Softball (grade K-8), Girls and Boys Soccer (grades K-8), Football (grades K-8), Volleyball (grades 3-8), Cross Country (grades 1-8) and Cheerleading (grades K-8).

All of those sports camps are in June or July. The time, locations, date, cost, and contact information varies depending on the camp.

Parents can sign their child up for these camps through Final Forms.

For more information about the Bellbrook Youth Sports camps and to sign up go to this link.

“I did sports camps for basketball at Bellbrook when I was younger,” freshman Lyla Dircksen said. “It was pretty good and I had fun.”

The Bellbrook Sugarcreek Park District (BSPD) has a few summer camps on their website. These camps are for kids ranging from 3 to 12 years old.

The BSPD offers the Creative Kids Camp (ages 7-9), Mini Camp Kehl (ages 4-7), Nature Explorers Camp, Craft Camp (ages 3-6), Mini Camp Magee (ages 4-7), and Archery Camp (ages 8-12).

You can also sign up to be a volunteer for some of the BSPD camps above. To sign up or see which camps you can volunteer for, click the link, click on the camp, scroll down and if you can volunteer there, there will be an orange volunteer button.

“[My] kids loved camp when they were little, like going to the basketball kids camp, but I think they also liked it when they were in high school and older,” Bellbrook teacher Julie Giles said. “My boys loved kids’ camps their entire lives. They loved the little kids coming in and being excited.”