Moorestown Friends School will host its 23rd Annual Camp Fair on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school’s Field House.
The event is the largest Camp Fair in south Jersey, featuring dozens of summer opportunities. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. The Camp Fair is sponsored by the MFS Parent Council.
There will be face painting and other entertainment for children, as well as refreshments and lunch available for purchase.
A wide variety of summer camps will be represented, including day and residential camps for young people in preschool through high school. There will be camps from the South Jersey/Philadelphia region, as well as camps based in New York, Colorado, Texas, Vermont, California and Florida.
The Camp Fair will also feature programs that offer opportunities to travel internationally. For example, ActionQuest, www.actionquest.com, and Lifeworks International, www.lifeworks-international.com, offer adventure travel, cultural immersion and community service programs in locations around the globe. Global Works, www.globalworkstravel.com, runs a service-based program with international trips to Central and South America, Europe, China, Africa and the South Pacific.
Traditional camps will be present, as well as specialty camps with programs in art, sports, academic enrichment, advanced science, technology and service. An example of an academically oriented program is Discovery Internships, www.discoveryinternships.com, which offers pre-college programs for high school and middle school students. Programs run at 13 top universities in the United States and abroad. They offer over 300 college credit or non-credit classes and 1,000 plus internship opportunities. Sports camps attending the Camp Fair this year include the Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Academy, Philadelphia Union Soccer Schools and Sixers Camp.
Moorestown Friends School Summer Programs will also be represented at the Camp Fair. New Summer Scholars courses include Virtual Rocket Engineering, Pets and Vets, Model U.N., Minecraft, Digital Art, Hot Dog Economics, Journalism and Publishing, Design Thinking, Wearable Technology, E-Sports, and more! Many popular courses from previous summers are also returning to MFS Summer Programs.
In addition, Moorestown Friends is home to ESF, www.esfcamps.com, summer day camps for children ages 3 to 15.
Moorestown Friends School is minutes from the Moorestown Mall, at the intersection of Main Street and Chester Avenue in Moorestown. Directions to the school can be found at www.mfriends.org. Parking for the Camp Fair is in the back lot and the entrance to the Field House is near the tennis courts.
