Highland Park The Highland Park Neighborhood of Pittsburgh

The Highland Park Community Council has been providing a summer program for children for over fifty years. If you are unfamiliar with H.P.C.C. Day Camp you are really missing out on a wonderful neighborhood treasure. It's a wonderful way to meet neighborhood children, get a little physical exercise your creativity and socialize Our program runs for six weeks each summer from 9:00 am to 12:00. This year we are in session from June 18 to July 27, 2007. Parents are free to choose which weeks they are interested in and can sign up for one or all six weeks. The program is based at the Highland Park Farmhouse (use the "Farmhouse" link on the left when you visit this link) and offers your child an opportunity to make new friends while enjoying a morning of activities. If you haven't tried this program before please consider creating this wonderful memory for your child, we still have space available.The campers range in age from four through eight years of age. They spend their mornings in small, age-appropriate groups working on activities/projects or engaged in gross motor activity. We take advantage of the park surroundings and hike to different pavilions for a change of pace and equipment. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we spend an hour swimming in the small Highland Park pool. We are swimming by permit so we are usually the only group in the pool at that time and the city does staff it with a lifeguard. The pool is only three feet deep at its deepest point so if your child does not know how to swim it's not a problem.Day camp costs $90.00 a week for HPCC members and $100.00/wk for non-members. A membership to the club is only $25.00 and entitles you to the monthly newsletter for the whole year as well as the discounted day camp rate. Applications made after June 1, 2006 will have to pay an additional $25.00 late fee. Details are on the registration form. If you are interested in camp or have any questions please contact Janice Burgett at 412-361-2195 or check us out at http://www.highlandparkpa.com/org/hpcc/camp.htm