Camp Jefferson plans 11th season

JEFFERSON — The Jefferson Township Recreation Department will host its 11th season of summer day camp at Camp Jefferson for nine weeks weeks from June 23 through Aug. 22 in a safe and natural environment at the township’s 94-acre facility.

Registration is ongoing at this time with a policy of registration and payment due two Tuesdays Before the week you want your child to attend.

Camp Jefferson’s facilities include a spring-fed lake for boating and fishing, open grass fields, an amphitheater, fire pit with seating, numerous themed cabins, a main community lodge with full kitchen, a recreation hall with table games, basketball courts, a picnic pavilion, high and low ropes courses, an archery range, a 40-foot rock climbing wall with a vertical playpen and a 250-foot zip line, two GaGa Pits, and a state-of-the-art playground.

Camp Jefferson offers a five-day week or a three-day week (both 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. — participants choose the days. A discount is offered for campers who are Jefferson Township residents; and on 5-day weeks, each additional sibling registered within the same five-day program week gets a $10 discount!

The pre-school program is open to all children 3 years old as of June 23 and completely potty trained, an elementary school-aged program for those children entering kindergarten through 5th grade in September 2014, a ‘Tween program for children entering 5th and 6th grades in September 2014, and a Teen program for children entering seventh and eighth grades in September 2014.

Camp Jefferson’s program is a` la carte – you pick and choose any and all options or choose none and let your child just enjoy an exciting regular fun-filled camp day. Before and/or after camp care, electives, special trips, and morning only bus transportation are available for an additional charge as well as lunch options four times a week at very reasonable prices.

For more information, call the Recreation Department at 973-663-8404 or log on to www.jeffersontownship.net and click on the Log Cabin icon for Camp Jefferson Summer Day Camp for everything you want to know about summer camp in Jefferson Township.