Kids Sea Camp

REALITY CAN WAIT

By the end of the week, we had been to the ostrich farm, observed stalactites forming in the Hato Caves and dined at the one-of-a-kind European village of Kurá Hulanda while the kids reveled in their very own gourmet Pizza and Movie Night.

By then, asking the kids to tell you their favorite memory yielded everything from snorkeling and diving to pizza and prizes. The adults, however, recognized that swimming with dolphins and sea lions is not something that every kid gets a chance to do. These  programs are experiences of a lifetime, a fact that our children will one day appreciate.

GROWTH RINGS

Thinking about the upcoming fifth anniversary of the program and how it’s grown from just 26 kids over one week to a projected 200 over eight weeks this summer makes me proud to be a part of it. My daughter is now in middle school, she’s a PADI Junior Open Water certified diver, and she’s looking forward to the Ocean Discovery program being offered this year for kids her age. An 11-year-old on a dive boat with her peers — I’m not sure even Margo would’ve imagined that.

There are so many repeat families who want to reconnect each year that there’s a designated Alumni Week. Enthusiasm for the experience is contagious, and so it grows. The kids report on Kids Sea Camp at school, and it’s a cool thing. And everyone with a pre-teen knows that it’s good to be cool.

For more information on all Kids Sea Camp programs, call 800-934-3483 or visit www.kidsseacamp.com.

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