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Camp is a great place for your kids to make new friends, and learn new things while having tons of fun. Below are some great benefits for kids attending summer camp.

An Opportunity to Give Back

Community service camps are a great way to give your kids the opportunity to make a difference and give back to their communities, in addition to learning skills that they will use throughout their lives. At community service camps, your kids will spend their days helping others, which will make them feel great, and create a greater sense of community and kinship.

An Opportunity to Make New Friends

As you grow and age, adding new friends to your life is invaluable and enriches your life at any age. Some kids that attend the same camp every year get a chance to meet with their old friends year after year and build new memories. For other kids, it is their first time at camp, and they are not only able to hone their social skills, but they get to interact with new people their age outside of a school setting. Being in close proximity with people their age and doing fun activities helps kids get closer faster.

An Opportunity to Learn New Things

Whether your child attends a camp to learn more about horses or a specific sport, they will have an entire day, week, or even longer to immerse themselves in different activities that are focused on their interests. Your child might find a new passion that they never knew existed before, and could be helpful in their life outside of camp.

An Opportunity to Develop a New Hobby

When your child is not being distracted by the TV, video games, or smartphone, they can redirect their focus on developing a hobby in a creative way. These days, you can find a camp for any interest that your child might have. There are camps for animal lovers, athletes, children, Girl Scout camp, Boy Scout camp… and the list goes on!

Get to Stay Active

Gone are the days that your child spends their whole summer in front of a screen. When your child attends camp, their smartphone and video games are long forgotten, and they are focused on making new friends, doing fun active activities like hiking, bike riding, or swimming, depending on the camp that they choose.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in a camp, look no further than Vaughan Sportsplex. Your child will get to use our 80,000 square foot facility to play indoor soccer, and so much more! It’s never a boring day at our day camp. Enroll today!