Are you ready for an adventure? Our Summer Camps have been designed for the hands-on, imaginative child ready to embrace summer and the beauty, majesty and creativity it offers as a fresh landscape for learning.
Each camp is unique and meant to inspire and enliven the hearts of the young with a spirit of adventure and creativity.
Ranger Camps
The Riverside Ranger Camp is an outdoor adventure experience that will guide your son along the adventurous pilgrimage to heaven. He will experience brotherhood through outdoor adventures, imaginative storytelling, and prayer.
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RANGER CAMP I (Ages 12-14)
May 30 – June 3 (Monday – Friday)
12-14 year old boys
May 30: Canoe Trip
May 31-June 2: La Salle Manor Retreat Center, Plano – Overnight
June 3: The Forge, Lemont
$550 per boy
The Riverside Ranger Camp for older boys is a 5-day camp with two overnight stays at the 40+ acre property La Salle Manor Retreat Center in Plano. Ranger Camp is an outdoor adventure experience that will guide your son along the adventurous pilgrimage to heaven. He will experience brotherhood through outdoor adventures, imaginative storytelling, and prayer. Activities will include canoeing, hiking, swimming, air soft, campfire cooking & more!
RANGER CAMP II (Ages 8-11)
June 13-17 (Monday – Friday)
8-11 year old boys
8-11 year old boys
Day camp from 9:00am – 3:00pm
June 13-16: La Salle Manor Retreat Center in Plano
June 17: The Forge, Lemont
$450.00 per boy
The Riverside Ranger Camp for younger boys is a day camp running for 5 days. The first four days will be at the 40+ acre property of the La Salle Manor Retreat Center in Plano. Ranger Camp is an outdoor adventure experience that will guide your son along the adventurous pilgrimage to heaven. He will experience brotherhood through outdoor adventures, imaginative storytelling, and prayer. Activities will include canoeing, hiking, swimming, air soft, campfire cooking & more!
Theatre Camps
The Arts have the power to awaken a greater vision of life in each person. The Arts inspire us, enliven us, and give us hope. Riverside Theatre is an opportunity for boys and girls to grow in imagination, creativity, fellowship, and faith. This summer each camp will be focused on theatre and performance include singing, acting, choreography and set building with a final performance.
THEATRE CAMP I
VARIETY SHOW
***NOTE: Registration is closed. Please email us at mail@rside.org to be placed our waiting list.***
July 18 – 22
St. James at Sag Bridge, Lemont
9:00am – 3:00pm
Performance on July 23 ~ Location to be announced.
$300 per child
Ages 8 – 14 boys & girls
Vaudeville was the birth of American Musical theatre. This summer join us for our grandest Variety Show to date! Entertaining acts including famous songs, comedy routines, musical numbers & skits.
THEATRE CAMP II
SOUND OF MUSIC
Join us for our Performances ~ Tickets on Sale Soon!
Thursday, June 30th ~ 7:00pm
Friday, July 1st ~ 7:00pm
Wheaton Academy Fine Arts Centre, West Chicago
The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide with cherished songs, including “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Sixteeen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, “The Sound of Music”. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows a young woman sent to serve as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain Von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire Von Trapp family must make a moral decision.
Imagination Camps
Imagination is one of the greatest gifts God has given us. Through it we can take ideas in our mind and heart and make them realities here on earth. We are born to be co-creators- From creating an epic adventure story, to a song that inspires many, to stories and sketches about nature. These camps will challenge your son and/or daughter to grow in imagination, fellowship, and faith.
NATURALIST STORYTELLERS
July 12 – July 14 (Tuesday- Thursday)
7-11 year old boys & girls
St. James at Sag Bridge, Lemont
9:00m – 3:00pm
$200 early bird registration/$250 registration after April 15th
Learn the art of naturalist sketching and storytelling based on the books of Brian Jacques. This camp will have active exploration in the outdoors.
FOLK DANCE
July 12 – July 14 (Tuesday- Thursday)
9-14 year old boys & girls
St. James at Sag Bridge, Lemont
9:00m – 3:00pm
$200 early bird registration/$250 registration after April 15th
Come and take part in the fun and merriment of Folk dance! Learn multiple, challenging dances in the folk and contra dance styles. This three-day camp will give boys & girls a chance to participate in a time-honored tradition that encourages teamwork. The dances will build a better understanding of rhythmic movement and increase their knowledge of social dance that can be used for parties and the stage! An advanced folk band will accompany the various dances.
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DISCOUNT FOR EVERY SIBLING/MULTI-CAMP DISCOUNT
Questions? If you have questions about any of the camps above, please email us with the Camp Name in the subject to mail@rside.org.
