2020 marks the fourth year the Kroc Center has been able to partner with Grand Rapids Public Schools to teach basic swim lessons to second-grade students. The program started with Brookside Elementary in 2017, then grew to three schools in 2018, and four schools in 2019. Last spring, 225 total students participated from Brookside, Burton, […]
UPCOMING JULY CHANGES: We are in the process of finalizing plans for how Kroc Center guidelines, processes, and activities will change as most of the state’s COVID restrictions are dropped as of June 22 (we may choose to start making changes then, but we will not adjust the recreation schedule until July 1). Some of the
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CAMP KROC BEGINS: Welcome to summer! Camp Kroc starts today and continues through August 20. Every week is now essentially full, although camp administrators are attempting to add kids from the waitlist if ratios allow as they create camper groups. Note that day camp will be using the full Fireside Hall as their home base.
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CAMP KROC UPDATE: Our Camp Kroc summer day camps are almost completely full. There may be limited opportunity to add junior counselors (ages 13-17) or kids from waitlists as camper ages and ratios permit, but we will no longer be actively promoting camp registration. Day camp starts next Monday, June 14, and runs weekdays through August
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CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: Heading into June, there are a lot of new things that will be going on around the Kroc Center. Please be sure to pay close attention to changes to activity schedules as we start day camp (the week of June 14) and the summer program session (the week of June 21). On top of this,
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