Registration Open for SCPC Therapeutic Recreation Summer Camp

From SCPC: Registration is now open for the Somerset County Park Commission Therapeutic Recreation Camp Okee Sunokee at the TR Activity Center at Park Commission Headquarters, 355 Milltown Road (at North Branch Park), in Bridgewater, New Jersey

Camp Okee Sunokee is a six-week day camp for children ages 7 to 14 with learning disabilities or Asperger’s Syndrome, high functioning autism, communication impaired or intellectual disability. The summer activities at Okee Sunokee encourage the development of recreation and social skills and enhance self-confidence and educational growth through the participation in a variety of activities including arts & crafts, sports & games, music, cooking, trips, and swimming.

The camp will begin on Monday, June 26, 2017 and participation will be limited to 30 children who will be accepted on a first come-first served basis. All children must reside in Somerset County. Applications for out of county residents will be available as of May 2, 2017 if space permits.

Applications are available online at www.somersetcountyparks.org on the Therapeutic Recreation page. For additional information please call 908 526-5650.

Therapeutic Recreation is run in partnership with 16 Somerset County municipalities. Programs provide opportunities for any child or adult needing specially designed programs and residing in Bedminster, Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Bound Brook, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Green Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, Montgomery, North Plainfield, Raritan, Somerville, South Bound Brook, Warren, or Watchung to avail themselves of program offerings.

To obtain more information about Therapeutic Recreation, call 908 526-5650 or log onto www.somersetcountyparks.org.

Rich Reitman

The Reitman Group

908-526-1390

rreitman@thereitmangroup.com

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