Pal Camp 2019 Registration and Information
Pal Camp will run for 8 weeks in the summer of 2019.
Pal Camp serves children ages 5 to 12 with the youngest campers being those headed into Kindergarten.
Please contact us with any questions at palcamp@discovery-museum.org
Scholarship and additional information listed below camp and leadership opportunities
Pal Camp serves children ages 5 to 12 with the youngest campers being those headed into Kindergarten.
Please contact us with any questions at palcamp@discovery-museum.org
Scholarship and additional information listed below camp and leadership opportunities
Camp Dates: June 17th - August 9th
Kids have been spending time outdoors and making new friends at The Redwood Discovery Museum’s Pal Camp for over 67 years. Art, theater, science, and community resources are combined to delight their senses in the spirit of discovery. Campers and teen counselors participate in activities that promote leadership and personal development.
Pal Camp includes many traditional camp activities such as arts & crafts, games, singing camp songs, cooking, experimenting, swimming in Freshwater Pool, hiking, water games, and storytelling. Thursdays are family potlucks and optional sleepover nights for campers going into the 4th grade and up. Each week camp also hosts professionals or experts from the community to lead themed activities.
Pal Camp offers an extraordinary place and setting for fun, educational and meaningful learning. The 10+ acre site borders Freshwater Creek and includes a beautiful Redwood grove, offering children the true summer camp experience. The camp was established in 1951 when the Pacific Lumber Company partnered with Camp Fire Girls to establish a summer nature camp. In 2005 Pal Camp merged with the Redwood Discovery Museum, which has continued its rich traditions. After the consolidation of the Pacific Lumber Company in 2008 the Humboldt Mendocino Redwood Companies continued the support of Pal Camp and the Redwood Discovery Museum.
Session activities may subject to change.
Extreme Eats
Week 1: June 17 - 21
Kick off your summer vacation exploring the science of food! Explore tastes, textures, and smells in and outside of the kitchen! Engineer food structures, eat artistic creations, and learn about how food gets from the farm to the table. Lot’s of snacks, baking, and even edible slime awaits for you!
Savvy Scientists
Week 2: June 24 - 28
From rocket blast offs, to bubbling test tubes, discover the scientific process of physics, chemistry & more!
Create and test hands on science experiments. Bring your curiosity, imagination, questions, and open minds to see how the world works.
Capture the Flag Chaos
Week 3: July 1 - 3
(No Camp: Thursday July 4th or Friday July 5th)
It’s BACK! Three amazing days of team building, team cooperation and your favorite game, Capture the Flag! Get ready to run and jump through the forest for a strategically sporty week!
Please note that due to the holiday there will NOT be an overnight or potluck.
Earthly Eco Explorers
Week 4: July 8 - 12
Become an outdoor expert by exploring the plants, animals and ecosystems of the forest! Build tools and practice ways to survive in the wilderness while you discover the world of sustainable energy and outdoor engineering.
Moon Landing Martians
Week 5: July 15 - 19
We live on the third rock from the sun, but what else is out in space? Come explore our place in the universe! Look through telescopes and discover space with astronaut minds.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first humans to land on the Moon!
Carnival Kids
Week 6: July 22 - 26
Juggling, hula hooping, popcorn, and cotton candy! Come create our very own circus in the forest! Use your artistic, sporty, or performance skills in this colorful camp carnival.
Art Frenzy in the Forest
Week 7: July 29 - August 2
Paint, draw, color, and glue, release the inner artist in you! Make your own Eco-art, crazy crafts, or musical creations.
Come to create, sing, and dance under the canopy of the Redwoods!
Enchanted Forest Fables
Week 8: August 5- 9
Wonder and fascination abound in fantasy and storytelling.
Explore and re-create your favorite legends, fables, and folklore through art, performance, and a mythical quest in the forest!
*Session activities may subject to change.
Kids have been spending time outdoors and making new friends at The Redwood Discovery Museum’s Pal Camp for over 67 years. Art, theater, science, and community resources are combined to delight their senses in the spirit of discovery. Campers and teen counselors participate in activities that promote leadership and personal development.
Pal Camp includes many traditional camp activities such as arts & crafts, games, singing camp songs, cooking, experimenting, swimming in Freshwater Pool, hiking, water games, and storytelling. Thursdays are family potlucks and optional sleepover nights for campers going into the 4th grade and up. Each week camp also hosts professionals or experts from the community to lead themed activities.
Pal Camp offers an extraordinary place and setting for fun, educational and meaningful learning. The 10+ acre site borders Freshwater Creek and includes a beautiful Redwood grove, offering children the true summer camp experience. The camp was established in 1951 when the Pacific Lumber Company partnered with Camp Fire Girls to establish a summer nature camp. In 2005 Pal Camp merged with the Redwood Discovery Museum, which has continued its rich traditions. After the consolidation of the Pacific Lumber Company in 2008 the Humboldt Mendocino Redwood Companies continued the support of Pal Camp and the Redwood Discovery Museum.
Session activities may subject to change.
Extreme Eats
Week 1: June 17 - 21
Kick off your summer vacation exploring the science of food! Explore tastes, textures, and smells in and outside of the kitchen! Engineer food structures, eat artistic creations, and learn about how food gets from the farm to the table. Lot’s of snacks, baking, and even edible slime awaits for you!
Savvy Scientists
Week 2: June 24 - 28
From rocket blast offs, to bubbling test tubes, discover the scientific process of physics, chemistry & more!
Create and test hands on science experiments. Bring your curiosity, imagination, questions, and open minds to see how the world works.
Capture the Flag Chaos
Week 3: July 1 - 3
(No Camp: Thursday July 4th or Friday July 5th)
It’s BACK! Three amazing days of team building, team cooperation and your favorite game, Capture the Flag! Get ready to run and jump through the forest for a strategically sporty week!
Please note that due to the holiday there will NOT be an overnight or potluck.
Earthly Eco Explorers
Week 4: July 8 - 12
Become an outdoor expert by exploring the plants, animals and ecosystems of the forest! Build tools and practice ways to survive in the wilderness while you discover the world of sustainable energy and outdoor engineering.
Moon Landing Martians
Week 5: July 15 - 19
We live on the third rock from the sun, but what else is out in space? Come explore our place in the universe! Look through telescopes and discover space with astronaut minds.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first humans to land on the Moon!
Carnival Kids
Week 6: July 22 - 26
Juggling, hula hooping, popcorn, and cotton candy! Come create our very own circus in the forest! Use your artistic, sporty, or performance skills in this colorful camp carnival.
Art Frenzy in the Forest
Week 7: July 29 - August 2
Paint, draw, color, and glue, release the inner artist in you! Make your own Eco-art, crazy crafts, or musical creations.
Come to create, sing, and dance under the canopy of the Redwoods!
Enchanted Forest Fables
Week 8: August 5- 9
Wonder and fascination abound in fantasy and storytelling.
Explore and re-create your favorite legends, fables, and folklore through art, performance, and a mythical quest in the forest!
*Session activities may subject to change.
Waiting List!
With cancellations, there is some availability in weeks throughout the summer.
Please register online to be added to the waiting list.
You will only be charged if a space opens for your camper.
The Waiting List is first come first serve.
With cancellations, there is some availability in weeks throughout the summer.
Please register online to be added to the waiting list.
You will only be charged if a space opens for your camper.
The Waiting List is first come first serve.
Please email palcamp@discovery-museum.org with questions or call the Discovery Museum at: 707-443-9694
Costs
Discovery Museum Members $170 per week
Non-Members $180 per week
Junior Counselors $75 per week
Afternoon Extension Hours
$10 per day per child or $35 per week
(Afternoon extension hours are available from 3:30 - 5:30 M-W, and F)
Discounts available for multiple sessions and will be automatically applied by the registration program.
Week of July 1-3 ONLY
Discovery Museum Members $100
Non-Members $110 per week
Junior Counselors $45 per week
Afternoon Extension Hours
$10 per day per child or $25 per week
(Afternoon extension hours are available from 3:30 - 5:30 M-W)
Discounts available for multiple sessions and will be automatically applied by the registration program.
Payment Policies
Camp payment option #1 – Pay in full at time of registration
Camp payment option #2 – Payment plan:
A deposit of $25 is due at time of registration.
Payments are broken up into four installments and camp must be paid in full at least 14 days prior to the start date. Your credit card will be automatically billed.
Refund Policy
In order to receive a refund for weeks paid for in full, you must email the Discovery Museum at least 14 days prior to the start date. Please send refund request to director@discovery-museum.org.
There are no exceptions.
In any case, a $25 deposit per week per child will be kept for dropped weeks.
Afternoon extension hours are available from 3:30 - 5:30 M-W, and Friday. The cost is $10 per day per child or $35 per week and payment is due with registration. In order to receive a refund for weeks paid in full you must call the Discovery Museum at least 14 days prior to the start date to cancel your registration. Please note that non-attendance does not relieve responsibility of payment. There are NO extension hours on Thursdays.
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Junior Counselors must be at least headed into the 8th grade for the 2019 school year.
Please register as a camper on the form above and pay using the Junior Counselor option.
Junior Counselors undergo leadership training during camp. They are responsible for acting as positive role models, assisting with activity set-up, delivery, and clean-up, making silly awards, and walking campers (in buddy pairs) to the lodge to use the bathrooms. Junior counselors and staff are not left alone with individual campers at any time. Interview and training dates along with a supplemental questionnaire will be emailed to your Junior Counselor and parent/guardian after registration.
Scholarships are available for our Junior Counselor program.
Training will be held June 8, 2019
