Tree Shade Summer Project
The Tree Shade Summer Project is a unique summer camp designed for kids ages 7-16 that lasts six weeks, Tuesday through Thursday from 1pm to 3:30pm. Our Tree Shade Project begins on Tuesday, July 10th and will come to a close on Friday, August 17th with an End-of-Camp Party to celebrate the accomplishments of our campers!
Each year, Tree Shade campers and staff combine their efforts, skills, and talents to breathe life into a summer-long project. For our fifth camp, Summer 2012 campers will learn what it means to be a listener, storyteller, and artist. The project, Conversations in the Garden, will ask the kids to answer this question: What’s Your Story? Through reading, writing, the arts, talking with community members, and taking field trips to live storytelling destinations around the city, everyone will discover why story is important to rebuilding a community.
Then, Tree Shade campers will work in partnership with Urban Blazers to explore Wissahickon and Fairmount Parks, talk with the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation to explore historic story-holders like the Uptown Theater, and learn from live storytelling experts at WHYY. Campers will then take what they have learned and decide what medium they would like to use to tell their story.
Campers will also learn from guest artists how to use photography, craft-making, and music to tell story.
Price: $30 for 6-week program
Scholarships available by filling out this form!
“We play games and we read books in the tree house. Tree House is fun. The people that come to Tree House are nice. The people that work at Tree House are nice and polite, and they use their manners. People feel happy to be here and for everything.”
—Shahada, age 8
Registration forms can be found here and can be returned to Tree House Books, 1430 W. Susquehanna Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19121 or emailed to Lauren Macaluso at lauren@treehousebooks.org.
Are you interested in providing scholarships for our campers? If so, please contact lauren@treehousebooks.org! Help us have a successful camp!
You can also purchase fun items for camp from our Amazon Wishlist!
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UPDATE: Tree Shade Summer Project 2011: Canvas and Plate Institute wrapped up on August 12, 2011.
Check out photos from our End-of-Camp Party here.
Check out our FIRST EVER Tree House Books Cookbook here:
We are grateful to the big family that made our summer magical!
Our Camp Director: Lauren Macaluso
Our Expert Chefs: Will Macaluso & Art Staddon
Our Tree Shade Root Sponsors: The Rosenlund Family Foundation, The Seybert Foundation, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, The Junior League of Philadelphia
Our Program Partners: Howard Brosius & Chipping Hill Micro-Farms, Adam Hill at Marathon Garden, Andrea Swan and the Temple University Office of Community Relations, Fresh Grocer, Nutritional Development Services, Urban Blazers, Whole Foods, Mitch Wolfson, Ceramic and Glass Departments of the Tyler School of Art, Young Friends of Tree House Books- Professional Chapter, Tim Adams and Field House Bar & Restaurant
Our Tree Shade Seed Sponsors: Lauren & David Rosenberg, Hope Luken
Our Interns: Lili Dodderidge, Lily Glickstein, Ijshanya Williams, Stephanie Alleman
Our Counselors: Nina Rosenberg, Cory Popp, Christine Castro, Satia Koroma, Mira Kim, Celine Haber, Sharon Turner
Our Artist: Emily Culver, Bart Lyons, Timi Tanzania
Our Work Ready Staff: Brittany, Kiana, Darren, Sheron, Nona, and Rynesha
Special Thanks to Lili Dodderidge and Cory Popp for designing our cookbook!
