Summer Camp

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Every summer, The Bridge holds a six week summer camp program on their main campus and at each of their satellite locations.  On average, over 700 children and youth enjoy a safe, productive camp experience.

Activities are designed around a theme and coordinated to provide educational, cultural and recreational experiences that tie into the theme. Field trips are planned to be educational as well as fun and can include visits to museums, the library, and the zoo and city businesses that provide an experiential component for the camp theme.
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Students attending Bridge camps are afforded the opportunity to take swimming lessons. The Bridge encourages camp participants to learn this important safety skill to overcome startling statistics on children drowning.

Statistics:

  • Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children between the age of one and 14. (Center for Disease Control, 2003)
  • African-American children between the ages of five and 9 are 2.6 times more likely to drown than Caucasian children in the same age group. (Centers for Disease Control, 2003).
  • In the swimming pool, African-American boys, between the ages of 5-19 are 12-15 times more likely to drown than their Caucasian peers. (National Institute of Health, 2001).
  • Approximately 75% of child drownings occur because of a lapse of adult supervision of less than five minutes.
  • Two-thirds of all drownings occur between May and August. (Orange County California Fire Authority).