If your child(ren) suffer from "Nature Deficit Disorder" then the time is now to get them away from the electronics and out into the natural world. The BTPD Nature Camp is an outdoor day camp that focuses on activities and experiences set in the great outdoors. Camp is based out of the Willowhaven Interpretive Center located on a 120+ acre park featuring wet lands, ponds, and prairies. Camp features weekly themes that include natural history, astronomy, Native Americans, wildlife, tracking and outdoor survival skills.

Ages: Children Entering 2nd-7th grades (7-12 years) Time(s): 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Location: Whispering Willows Park 1451 N. 4000 E. Road Kankakee, IL 60901		Fee(s): Early Bird- Residents $81 per week / Non- Residents $96 per week After May 15- Residents $91 per week / Non-Residents $106 per week
Pre-Registration is required the Friday before Camp Starts! Nature Camp Motto: "If you didn't get dirty, you didn't have fun!" (and if you ask past camp participants, you will know we have fun!)

2010 Nature Camp
Weekly Camp Themes are Here!
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Pre-registration is required and
all participants must be registered by the Friday before each session begins.

Campers will enjoy: Arts & Crafts Nature Hikes Field Trips Special Events Games & Sports Camp Fires Special Guests plus much, much more!

Details on camp policies, field trips, weekly camp themes, and other cool information can be found inside the BTPD Nature Camp Parents Manual! The Nature Camp Parents Manual also has useful information on inclement weather procedures and recommendations on what campers should bring each day of camp. Nature camp has a 1:10 counselor to camper ratio. Our counselors are trained in first aid, CPR, weather safety, and outdoor education. Notes from the Camp Director: The BTPD Nature Camps are designed around the experiences I enjoyed as a kid. Experiences like exploring off the trail and catching frogs and tadpoles and spending an entire day outside. It is getting in touch with the natural world and making discoveries. Kids do not always have the opportunities I did being allowed to wander in the creeks and woods at their leisure. These camps are designed to get kids outside four walls; to get one on one with Mother Nature and test their skills and imagination. -Nicole Jenkins

For more information please contact the Bourbonnais Township Park District. Phone 815-933-9905.