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Clinton Y Gearing Up for Camp Osage

It's almost summer camp time for the Clinton YMCA.

 

School has about four weeks left and as soon as the kiddos walk out of the classroom for the last time, the Y fires up its annual summer camp. Executive Director Rennie Cluver is touting the way camp keeps kids active throughout the summer.

 

 

According to Cluver, some camps at various YMCAs around the country have parents pay to reserve the spot of their child but the Clinton Y doesn't do that. He points out you just need to register your child.

 

 

Last year, the Y increased the cost for pre-and-post care for kids but they found not many kids were there early enough to continue to offer pre-care so they are opening camp later in the morning and kids still need to be picked up by 6 pm.

 

 

Camp Osage in years past has touted itself as a place for kids to get outside and play on the playgrounds at Weldon Springs or fish and the motto was "your kids will return dirty, tired, and hungry". While there are those opportunities still, Cluver points out they have added components of camp for kids to read or do artwork and appeal to those individuals that enjoy those activities.

 

 

Cluver indicates for each additional child that attends camp after the first child, there is a ten-percent discount for each additional child. He also points out they are charging for camp by the day and have done away with the weekly rate they used to offer. 

 

The Y is offering a Pre-K this summer again as well as a camp in Monticello. We'll have more on the Monticello camp coming up on Regional Radio News.

 

Get more information about Camp Osage or registration by visiting clintoncommymca.org or stop into the Y at 417 Sout Alexander Street in Clinton.

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