Events

Have you considered paddling our local waterways this summer but feel you need more experience and expert advice? Learn about water safety, paddling gear, paddling spots, water hazards, and more from certified American Canoe Association (ACA) instructors. Leave with the knowledge and skills to feel comfortable taking you family and friends on a new adventure. […]

Enhance your culinary skills by paring quinoa with unique ingredients to create flavorful and healthy meals. Participants will make four different types of quinoa meals including: a vegetarian hot quinoa dish, a hot chicken and quinoa meal, and a cold quinoa salad. Also learn how to best use leftovers by creating a fourth dish from […]

Have you considered paddling our local waterways this summer but feel you need more experience and expert advice? Learn about water safety, paddling gear, paddling spots, water hazards, and more from certified American Canoe Association (ACA) instructors. Leave with the knowledge and skills to feel comfortable taking you family and friends on a new adventure. […]

Get your hands dirty while learning clay! Kids will experience a pottery studio, different types of clay, hand-building, wheel throwing, how to glaze, and the firing process. Each day will feature a new skill to learn. Participants will take home multiple projects over the course of the week. Join us starting Monday, July 19, 2021, […]

Discover new flavors from Great Britain, Italy, China, Mexico, and Southeast Asia without leaving Lynchburg! Aspiring chefs will learn a new culinary dish each day and leave with food to share at home. Chef Ronnie Blankenship, who has over 41 years of experience in the hospitality and food service industry, will instruct campers on food […]

Experience the Blackwater Creek Natural Area like never before! The evening will be spent canoeing around the creek starting from Hollins Mill Park. This is an opportunity to see natural features of the Blackwater Creek that others don’t often get to discover. Children under 8 are welcome and do not need to pay for registration; […]

Paddle into a peaceful summer evening and experience the sounds of nature on Clemmons Lake. Take the night off to learn new paddle skills or simply get on the water in a kayak or canoe. No need to rush for dinner. We’ve got you covered with a picnic by the lake. Join us on Thursday, […]

Learn valued lessons through the interactive telling of The Little Red Hen fable! Children and parents may become part of the show as popular children’s books and fairy tales leap from the page through interactive storytelling and performance. Enjoy a themed snack after the story has ended. Join us on Saturday, July 24th from 9:30-10 […]

Adventure back to a time of dinosaurs, knights, princesses, pirates, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Greece! Join siblings Jack and Annie of the Magic Tree House chapter book series for this week of camp! After reading the first two chapters of a different book each day, campers will partake in STEAM activities that follow the books’ […]