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This week-long, evening camp fills up every year because the professional workshops and activities are incredibly fun and the camp helpers pour their hearts into everything the kids do. Each year we dream up a new theme. And it typically takes place the last week of July. Plus you can't beat the price! To find out more or to register for this year's GraceCamp, please visit GraceCamp.
On Monday through Thursday campers will follow a schedule like you see below. Volunteers from the church and community will be assigned to each group of campers and will accompany their group through all activities for the week.
Monday - Thursday
6:00 All Campers Group Time
6:20 Small Group Discussions
6:40 Silly Games
7:10 Snack
7:20 Professional Workshops
8:20 Reflections and Slideshow
8:30 Parent Pickup Time
On Friday, everyone is invited (extended family and friends included) to the free BBQ at 6:00 PM. We will all come together and celebrate the camper's accomplishments. Then we will finish is off with a final slideshow from the week.
Professionally led workshops are different every year but usually include active, scientific, and artistic content. Here are just a few examples of the high caliber of GraceCamp workshops and leaders from previous years:
Bethany Dellapolla
Bethany is an actress who teaches, choreographs, and directs various theater camps, productions, and classes throughout Long Island and Manhattan. She has worked with the Broadway Dance Center, Gateway Playhouse, Pierson Middle and High School, TADA! Youth Theatre, Westhampton Beach PAC, and NexGen Youth Theatre, her own youth theatre company based in NYC. As an actress, Bethany has performed in independent film, radio and theatre. Favorite credits include: Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (BroadwayWorld.com nomination - Best Actress in a Musical), Steph in Reasons to Be Pretty (Broadwayworld.com nomination - Best Actress in a Play), and the Fairy Godmother in a touring production of Cinderella.
In 2023 (Where in the World is GraceCamp?) Bethany’s workshop taught the campers a flash/impromptu dance similar to what would be seen at an amusement park which was performed on the last evening during the slide show.
Joseph Gemellaro
Joe is a manager of the Education Department and an Entomology assistant at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY. Joe also owns and operates Ectothermic Endeavors, a business where he breeds and sells reptiles and invertebrates and provides educational experiences with them.
In 2023 (Where in the World is GraceCamp?) Joe introduced the campers to some interesting and often misunderstood insects and reptiles from around the world. The campers learned how these creatures lived their everyday lives and developed an understanding and appreciation for them.
Wendy Gotlieb
Wendy has an Associate in Arts from Bard College and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Southampton College. She continued her graduate training in the Montessori Method at Southampton College and the College of New Rochelle. Wendy currently teaches art at the Parrish Art Museum and area schools.
Wendy has led several artistic GraceCamp workshops over the years including Chinese watercolor, and upcycling old bottles into planters.
Keith Leaf
Keith is a trained juggler, object manipulator, variety performer, and circus arts instructor. He has worked for the National Circus Project, teaching and performing in schools for many years. He has also appeared at other prestigious venues such as New Years Eve in Times Square, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the Barnum Museum to name a few.
In 2018 (GraceCamp Circus) campers had a blast using their tracking, timing and coordination skills while practicing juggling, spinning, and balancing, with many different types of props.
For more information, don't hesitate to contact Lesley Middlekauff at 631-726-6100 or by .