Cities to Again Partner on Imagination Station Day Camp

RICHMOND HEIGHTS — An ongoing summer day camp in Richmond Heights will feature weekly themes and visits to such places as the St. Louis Zoo and the St. Louis Science Center.

Imagination Station, now in its 11th year, will be hosted at and . It runs from June 6 through July 29 and is a joint venture of Brentwood, Maplewood and Richmond Heights.

The camp is offered as a series of weeklong sessions, each with a different theme, said Kate Whaley, recreation supervisor at The Heights community center. Registration begins Thursday at that location. Parents interested in signing up for the camp can do so on a weekly basis and have until the Sunday before the start of the next session to register.

"I had really good counselors" last year, Whaley said. It is her second year running the camp.

Weekly themes this year will include Wonders of Nature, Time Warp and the seasons. During the week focusing on seasons, participants might engage in such activities as cutting out snowflakes on a winter-centric day and celebrate summer, spring and fall on other days. During Wonders of Nature, participants will take a field trip to Weldon Spring.

Other camp events will include trips to the Ballwin and Webster Groves swimming pools and a barbecue.

The camp is open to participants with disabilities and staff will be on-hand to provide assistance, Whaley said. Camp leaders all have CPR training and counselors are all required to have first-aid training.

The best-attended weekly session last year had 130 participants, Whaley said.