Summer Camps at Belle Meade

Summer Camps at Belle Meade

Belle Meade Day Camp located at 353 F.T. Valley Road in Sperryville will be offering summer fun for boys and girls 6-13. They will have five twoweek sessions, June 19-30, July 3-14, July 17-28, July 31 - August 11, August 14-25. Camp activities include swimming, canoing, hiking, arts and crafts, archery, informal sports. Belle Meade Swim Camp has three one-week sessions: June 5-9 for 3-6 year olds, June 12-16 and August 28 - September 1 for 4-8 year olds. For more information visit www.bellemeade. net/camp or call Susan Hoffman at 9879748.

Arts and Crafts Camp

Arts and Crafts Camp gives children the opportunity to spend a week working on unique projects with a professional artist and percussionist Janet Kerig . The location is the Pavilion at the Rappahannock County Park across from Little Washington. The emphasis is on creativity, fun, games and the great outdoors! The multi-media experience includes: tie dye, basket weaving, paper making from plants, watercolor painting, sketching, bead work, beeswax candle making, Cherokee plant prints on scarves, plant identification, natures walks and drumming! The goal of camp is for children to express themselves freely and to provide an atmo-. sphere that nurtures the young artist, improve their hand skills and to give them the techniques to improve their sense of color, form and materials. Hours are Monday thru Friday 9am to 3pm. Dates are session 1; July 10 to July 14, session 2 is Aug 7 to Aug 11, session 3 is Aug 14 to Aug 18, session 4 is Aug 21 to Aug 25 .The cost is $155 per session, second sibling $55 For registration call (540) 9878670 or email artsandcraftscamp@yahoo.com . Janet Kerig has a BA from the Universjty of Maryland, is an exhibiting fiber artist, percussionist, and a joyful teacher specializing in Earth basketry, natural dyeing and children's folk arts. She has taught workshops at Mountain Laurel Montessori, Rappahannock Public Schools, Hearthstone School, Wakefield Country Day School,Sidwell Friends, Middle Street Gallery and the National Park Service at Glen Echo Park, Md.

Sperryville Pottery Clay Camp

Registration is beginning for the Sperryville Pottery’s Summer Clay Camp. Weeks are June 2024, July 25-29 and August 8-12 for kids ages 5-11, June 27-July 1 for Advanced kids 5-11, and August 1 -5 for Teen Throwing. Hours will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The cost is $225/wk. For more information or to register, call Suzanne at (540) 987-1000.

Contestants for Amissville

Volunteer Fire and Rescue

The Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company is now seeking contestants for Honorary Fire Chief ages 13-20, Junior Miss ages 8-12, and Little Miss, ages 3-7 for their annual carnival to be held June 21-24. For tickets and information call 937-4218.