2010 YGP Summer Day Camp

Each week has an exciting theme!  Each theme comes with a week full of fun and educational activities.
The 2010 themes are:



Wilderness Adventure Week: May 24 -28 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Join us for an action packed week of primitive skills adventure!  Know how to take care of yourself and others in the great outdoors while learning about all that nature has to offer. Discover where to find the wild grocery store, wilderness apartment building and natural clothing boutique. Become the expert!

Hogwarts Garden Academy: June 7-11 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
We’ve brought back one of our favorite themes this summer! Come meet the gnomes, fairies, sprites and other garden creatures that live at YGP.  This week we will explore garden magic and mystery with potions, games, tricks and more!


Musical Masters: June 14-18 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Come, Maestros! Make your own instruments, share favorite songs and boogie down in this music filled week. Guest musical appearances by local musicians will help bring out your inner melody.
 
Mad Scientists and Crazy Mathematicians Week: June 21-25 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Mwah ha ha ha! Come join the genius! Learn to be your own Einstein and think like a computer in our science-tastic week.  Create gooey experiments, explore strange phenomena and build the best egg space ship of all time!

Adventurous Artists: June 28- July 2 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Imagination will take you to amazing places! Set out on the road of discovery as we paint, sculpt and build the wildest creations you can come up with.  This week will include a painting a permanent mural in our community.  Become a master!
 
Wild Water Week: July 12-16 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Keep cool in the boiling heat of summer by exploring all you can do with water in Moab! We will build boats,
paint with ice and play buckets of water games. The week will end with a splash when we go on a rafting trip on the Colorado River!


Master Chefs July 19-23 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Do you like to play in the kitchen? Learn to become your own fantastic chef with delectable desserts, tasty treats and garden goodies. Write your own cook book to take home and astound your friends and family!  


Wabi Sabi Fashion and Costume Design Week: July 26-30 ~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
All of fun of the annual Wabi Sabi Fashion Show, but for kids! Meet with real fashion designers, design and build your very own monster or fairy costumes and end the week with a smashing runway show for parents and friends.

YGP on Broadway: August 2-6
~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Everyone’s a STAR at YGP’s On Broadway!  Join us for a week of acting, sets, costumes and a grand finale performance for the whole community. A local Moab thespian is writing our original garden script this year, so come on down and bring a smile!

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superhero Week! August 9-13
~ NOW FULL, Waitlist available
Become a Superhero! Design your own costume and alter ego, learn what it takes to be someone above and beyond and meet the superheroes in our own community!  

Desert Safari: August 16-20
Lazy lizards, raucous ravens and prickly pears! Come explore the exciting world of canyon country as we discover all the hidden secrets of this special desert. Bring your sunhats!

Earth Week: August 23-27
This week we’ll celebrate our amazing planet for a whole week! We will spend time examining life in the garden, make cool crafts from recycled materials and learn fun ways to care for and interact with this special planet we call home.

**Scheduling Note: There will not be Summer Camp offered during the weeks of
May 31-June 4 and July 5-9.
Youth Garden Project Programs

In 2001, YGP began offering programs year round, instead of just during the growing season. This same year, YGP became an AmeriCorps sponsored program. As the Moab community grows, the Youth Garden Project looks forward to expanding our educational opportunities to meet the needs of the youth in the community. Our current programs are:

AmeriCorps: YGP is an AmeriCorps sponsored program, and YGP receives nearly half of our yearly funding from the Utah Commission on Volunteers, the state level of AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps is a National Service Organization that promotes mobilizing community volunteers to increase community assets. AmeriCorps’ motto is “Getting Things Done”. To continue our partnership with AmeriCorps YGP must increase volunteerism and provide direct service to the community. AmeriCorps members are the backbone of our programs, serving in every program that we offer.
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High School Science in the Garden Class: The High School Science Class focuses on Agriculture and Natural Resource concepts. It is offered to a cross-section of 9th through 12th graders during the spring and fall trimesters for science credit. The focus of this class is to engage students, through hands-on experience, in the gardening process and help them develop stronger connections with the land and their community. Class concepts include soil biology, germination, photosynthesis, native plants and their uses, nutrition, and organic gardening techniques.
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Garden Apprentice Program: YGP is sponsored by AmeriCorps, a national service program. Each summer ten youth have the opportunity to serve at the garden in our Apprentice program, where they learn every angle of operating and managing a production garden, as well as the entrepreneurial skills of marketing and creating value added products. Apprentices also assist as mentors during our other summer programs. Apprentices earn a living stipend and financial award for higher education.
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Garden Classrooms: First through sixth grade students visit the garden during the spring and fall trimesters for fieldtrips that explore basic gardening and science concepts related to what students are currently studying. This experiential opportunity builds on classroom learning to strengthen the students’ understanding of science.
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Pluggin’ In: In cooperation with the Seventh District Juvenile Court, the Pluggin’ In Program provides Grand and San Juan County juvenile offenders who have received court-ordered community service hours an encouraging environment to repay their community. Youth work with YGP mentors on tasks around the garden and within the community on service projects. This program has proven to instill confidence in youth, build self-esteem and develop a strong work ethic. It has also reduced the amount of youth that return for a second offense, as noted by Bill Engle, former Chief Probation Officer of the Seventh District Juvenile Court.
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Summer Garden Day Camp: The YGP Garden Summer Day Camp was created in response to the communities’ need for a fun and recreational summer-time program for children that included responsible, adult supervision. This is a full day, five-day a week summer garden camp that captures the fun in learning through teaching elective topics while in the beauty of the garden. Camp activities include art lessons, theatrical productions, plant ecology experiments, reading, journal writing, and team building games, with field trips to nearby National Parks for nature hikes and the Moab Swim Center for swimming lessons. The Kids’ Summer Camp is provided to Grand County youth in partnership with the City of Moab, G.C.R.S.S.D, B.E.A.C.O.N, and Canyonlands Field Institute.
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After School Programs: Instead of finding Grand County’s intermediate and middle school children at home watching television and playing video games, you’ll find them getting dirt under their nails, starting plants from seed in the greenhouse, transplanting tomatoes into freshly turned rows, harvesting organic produce, learning to turn vegetables into snacks and meals, and creating crafts created from garden produce.
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Teen Center: YGP AmeriCorps members serve at the teen center site to provide recreational programs for Grand County youth at an adult supervised site. The teen center also offers drop in programming, tutoring and homework assistance.
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Family and Community Events: Communities need fun and inspiring events! YGP hosts a number of events so that families and community members can make connections and have FUN!

  • Weed and Feeds from May-October: In an effort to promote community service, YGP prepares healthy organic meals in exchange for a few hours of light garden work. Held every other Wednesday.
  • Chocolate Lovers’ Fling in February
  • Pumpkin Chuckin’ in October.
  • Movie Nights: Bring a blanket and enjoy organic popcorn while watching a movie al fresco! Movies are projected on the side of the Shafer Home and begin at dusk.
  • Harvest Celebration and other Local Foods events.
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Youth Garden Project - 530 South 400 East - Moab, UT 84532
Phone: (435) 259-2326 - Fax (435) 259-2329