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Arts camp
Sponsor: Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida.
Ages: 3-14. Dates and times: 8:30 am - 12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, May 22-July 14. Classes range from four days to nine days; deadline for registration is one week before start of each session.. Site: VAC, 19 E. Fourth St., Panama City.
Costs: $50-$150 per session for members, $95 to $195 per session for nonmembers. Activities: Clay, drawing, mixed media and sculpture for ages 7-14; themes for ages 3 to 6 include animals, cowboys and Indians, rainbows, everything that flies, under the sea and robots and aliens.
Registration, information: 769.4451, www.vac.org.cn
Bay BASE
Sponsor: Bay District Schools.
Ages: Kindergarten through fifth grade.
Dates and times: 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, May 22 through July 28 (closed for holidays May 29 and July 4).
Sites: Tommy Smith, Tyndall and Waller elementary schools still had openings as of May 11.
Costs: $45 to $65 a week for first child in a family; $45 to $57 for each additional child; $17 per child per day for preregistered drop-ins (registration limited); registration fee $20 (nonrefundable); first week’s fees due at registration.
Activities: Arts and crafts, music, games, field trips, home-work assistance, sports and story telling.
Registration: Started May 3 for new students.
More information: Frances Carey at 872-4292 or Joan Edwards at 873-7149.
Boys and Girls Clubs
Sponsor: Boys and Girls Clubs of Bay County.
Ages: 6-18.
Dates and times: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, May 30-July 18; in-house sign up began March 27, registration for public begins April 3; spaces are limited.
Sites: C.C. Moore Unit (swimming pool location) and L. Charlie Hilton Activity Center, 3404 W. 19th Street, St. Andrews/Panama City (763-3546, Terry Sasser); Chapman Unit, 3030 E. Third Street, Millville/Panama City (785-2747, Wanda Jones); Frank Brown Park Unit, 1620 Back Beach Road, Panama City Beach (236-3030, J.C. Schwab). Costs: $250 per child for entire program, includes breakfast and lunch. Families with more than three children pay only for the first three.
Activities: Swimming, recreation, weekly field trips, skating, movies, educational programs by police and fire departments.
Registration, information: At each site.
Camp Braveheart
Sponsor: Hospice of the Emerald Coast.
Ages: 7-14, for children who have lost a loved one. Space is limited
Dates: July 16-19
Site: Lake Martin, north of Montgomery, Ala.
Cost: Free
Activities: Children share feelings and explore healthy mechanisms to cope with grief.
Registration, information: (850)769-0055.
Dogwood Acres
Sponsor: Presbytery of Florida, Presbyterian Church (USA).
Ages: Completing grades 2-12.
Dates and times: June 11-Aug. 4, day/night half- and full-week sessions Sunday-Tuesday, Wednesday-Friday or Sunday-Friday.
Site: 3320 Harmony Road, off County 279 between Vernon and Chipley.
Costs: $142.50 to $295.
Activities/themes: Arts and crafts, recreation, nature exploration, challenge course, drama and improv, Bible study, fellowship.
Registration, information: (850) 535-2695; www.dogwoodacres.org
Drama camp
Sponsor: Imagination Factory Children’s Theater.
Ages: Elementary through high school.
Dates, times: Morning camp 9 a.m.-noon, afternoon 1-4 p.m.; Monday through Thursday May 23-June 24.
Site: Arnold High School Fine Arts Center.
Cost: $375.
Activities: Acting, voice and dance; accelerated program in which students work toward a production of “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.