Dare to Imagine Summer Camp 2017!
Photo by ERIN JEROME Dare to Imagine Summer Camp 2017 was the biggest Dare to Imagine camp yet!
Arts and crafts was among the most popular events at the Dare to Imagine Summer Camp.
Welcome to the Dare to Imagine Imagination Station!
Campers were able to show off their basketball skills during the camp's basketball sessions.
Cooking was one of the activities more geared toward older kids.
Making music at Dare to Imagine 2017!
More than 250 local children took part in Dare to Imagine Summer Camp 2017.
This year’s edition set the benchmark for attendance and it wasn’t very hard to see why.
The first two editions of the camp offered kids a fun place for them to come and play, but this year the camp directors took the camp to a whole new level.
In addition to activities like basketball, arts and crafts, drama, music, and other general activities, the camp offered mountain biking, cooking, a science program with the Mobius Science Center, and an aeronautics and aviation program.
The local school superintendents partnered with the local Ministerial Association to make the camp happen.
“We, Silver Valley superintendents are very committed to a collaborative relationship with the Ministerial Association,” Mullan Schools superintendent Les Wells said. “All of us are seeking the mission of, ‘Daring Our Youth and Adults to Imagine’ how good our valley can truly be.”
Wallace Schools superintendent Bob Ranells commented on how successful this year’s event has been and believes that the additional, diverse choices in activities have been the catalyst.
“Our summer camp this year has been a tremendous success with great numbers of students attending,” Ranells said. “We had fantastic community support and a large variety of activities for students to select from to learn and enjoy and we benefited from that.”
Worship Center pastor Corey Berti spoke on behalf of the Ministerial Association and gushed about how well the camp went.
“The number of volunteers this year has averaged just over 100,” Berti said. “One of the greatest accomplishments with DTI Summer Camp is the number of volunteers from all over our community coming together to make the best camp possible for our kids. I think there's a lot to be said for our small community when school volunteers, church volunteers, community organizations, local businesses, and several individuals who take time off from their everyday schedule can all work together for the love of our next generation to offer this exciting opportunity.”
With the addition of Angel Wing's Vacation Bible School for the 4-5-year olds this year the camp averaged over 250 kids a day, with Wednesday’s 266 kids being their biggest day ever.
On Thursday the campers were treated to a barbecue and a free morning of fun in Silver Rapids Waterpark.
Kellogg Schools superintendent Woody Woodford was thankful for the support and echoed some of Berti’s sentiments.
“We want to thank everyone who has worked to make this happen,” Woodford said. “The volunteers were fantastic, the Idaho Servant Adventures young people did amazing things and the Ministerial Leadership was great.”