By Daily Press staff
With summer coming to an end and the school year right around the corner, local students for the past week have enjoyed one last hurrah at a camp in Big Bear.
Kids attending the Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica’s “Makin' Magik Kamp 2003” at the Santa Monica YMCA’s Camp Big Bear at Big Bear Lake will return today.
Makin' Magik Kamp features character building group exercises, leadership and diversity training workshops, an outdoor challenge course to learn how to work as a team, as well as archery, swimming and arts and crafts. Camp Big Bear is the only lakefront camp in Big Bear and participants also enjoy kayaking, canoeing and sailing activities.
The student organization of the Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica and UCLA Circle K, acted as camp counselors. Campers were selected from various local youth servicing organizations affiliated with the Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica. These groups include the Police Activities League, YMCA, YWCA, Red Cross of Santa Monica, the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica and St. Joseph’s Center, which serves the needs of homeless families and children.
The goal of the program is to help Santa Monica teens become more aware of their surroundings and to build and support the healthy development of teens in the community. The development programs will assist participants in building the foundation for becoming community leaders, to gain meaningful group building and communication skills and to build personal character and decision making capabilities.
The Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica was founded in 1922 as a branch of Kiwanis International. The primary objective of the local organization is to serve the community while placing children as its first priority. The Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica meets every Wednesday for lunch at noon. Membership is open to the public. For more information and meeting locations, call (310) 828-1766 or visit kiwanisclubsm.org.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 29, 2003. Read the original PDF.