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Our belief is that, in a relaxed, nurturing, and playful multi-age setting where children are safely guided yet free to make their own choices, a child can enhance friendship making skills, try something new, learn from experience, and extend their interests and talents, all of which are critical life-long skills. Our goal is for every child to feel comfortable with whom she or he is, be respectful of all others and the environment, and grow strong, physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually. We aim to assist every child in growing as an individual and as a member of the community.
To quote Piaget, "Play is children's work". We take that "work" very seriously.

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Extension of discount

Danielle Green , long time camper as well as long time counselor
made this video of our summer camp Fun in the Sun.
She did an amazing job. It totally illustrates what our camp is all about.
Thank you Danielle! You totally Rock!!!

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It has come to our attention that having Jan. 15th as our cut off day

for our 10% off special (when paying in full for 9 or more weeks) 

is a bit too early due to all the holiday bills and expenses. 

We thought about it and decided to change our 

Fun in the Sun 2013 10% off SPECIAL* to February 15th.

10% off  Registration MUST be sent in by 

Friday,  February 15th

*We are running a special again this year of 10% discount
for those families who sign up their child(ren) for a minimum of 9 full weeks and pay in full for those 9 weeks no later than February 15th: 

10% off 9 full weeks or more. 

10% discount runs through January  FEBRUARY 15th.

Click here to get all the information.

Click here to see the 4 new 2013 forms. click on each one individually and download them.

Make sure to check out the forms because there is dated information.

On our website,

Any questions?
email: funinthesun3@comcast.net
or call
Bonnie at 610-659-1064 or Dora at 215-680-0922

Mail your check, made payable to Fun in the Sun Inc, to the mailing address below.
FUN IN THE SUN inc.
P.O. BOX  797
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA.19462

Our best to all of you!

Bonnie & Dora

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3 more weeks

Hello friends,

We have 3 more weeks to have Fun in the Sun!

Our last day of camp is Thursday, August 30th.

I wanted to share something special from 2 of our counselors:

* Danielle Green , long time camper as well as long time counselor made this video of our camp.

She did an amazing job. It totally illustrates what our camp is all about.

Danielle will be a freshman at American University starting in a few weeks.

She will be majoring in film.

Thank you Danielle! You totally Rock!!! — at Fun In The Sun Summer Camp.

Click on links below to watch video

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 * Zach Port, counselor for the 2nd year, organized a field day called “The Color Competition”.

He did this as his community service for his school grad project.

He will be a senior this coming school year at Wissahickon High School.

The competition took place last Wednesday.  Each camper was assigned to one of the color teams”.

Following are some pictures of the event.

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Having Fun in the Sun

Camp started on June 11th and we have been busy having

Fun in the Sun since then.

 

Last week one of our campers came in and told us:
“Every day when I’m around the corner on the way to camp I start to tickle inside
it’s like the happy feeling I get when I’m in the airplane and it’s ready for take off”
by 8 yr. old camper
 
If you would like your child/children to come to
Fun in the Sun this summer you can still register them. 

 

Click here to get all the forms and information

 

 To read our Welcome letter and see everything your child will need
when she/he comes to camp click  below

 

We are looking forward to having your children at Fun in the Sun!
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Fun In The Sun Inc.

P.O. Box 797

Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462

Bonnie Templin – 610-659-1064  or  Dora Ficher – 215-680-0922

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Camp starts June 11th

We are so excited…camp starts so soon! 
Summer is almost here!!!

 

First Day of Camp is Monday June 11th
Last Day of Camp is Thursday August 30th

 

If you would like your child/children to come to Fun in the Sun this summer you can still register them. 

 

Click here to get all the forms and information

 

To read our Welcome letter and see everything your child will need when she/he comes to camp click  below

 

We love this time of the year when the days are longer, pools open up, school is almost out, and summer vacation begins.
We are looking forward to having your children at Fun in the Sun!

See you in a few weeks!

Love,

The Fun in the Sun Staff

 

Fun In The Sun Inc.

P.O. Box 797

Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462

Bonnie Templin – 610-659-1064  or  Dora Ficher – 215-680-0922

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34 days 12 hours Till Camp

Welcome to Fun in the Sun 2012!

Summer is almost here

Only 34 days 12 hours until the beginning of camp (but who”s counting)

We want to let you know about our

Open House

Come and meet the directors and the counselors.

Take a walk around the grounds of the swim club.

Meet other families.

Date: May 20

Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm

at the Plymouth Swim club

1724 Gallagher Road

Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462

If you would like your child to come to camp this summer

and you have not register them yet.

Please do so at this time!

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 First location continues to be in Chestnut Hill at:

The Crefeld School

8836 Crefeld St.

Philadelphia, PA. 19118

Second location is in Plymouth Meeting at:

(this location is FOR MEMBERS ONLY)

The Plymouth Swim Club

1724 Gallagher Road

Plymouth Meeting,  Pa. 19462

In order to be eligible to sign up for 

the Plymouth drop off location, 

your family HAS to be a member of the club.

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If you go to our Website,

Click on ”forms“ and you will see the 4 new2012 forms click on each one individually and download them.

Check out the forms because there is dated information.

As all this preparation for a summer of fun must begin well in advance of your

child’s attendance, we would greatly appreciate your response ASAP.

Any questions? email: funinthesun3@comcast.net

or call

Bonnie at 610-659-1064 or Dora at 215-680-0922

@Fun in the Sun

Mail your check, made payable to Fun in the Sun Inc, to the mailing address below.

FUN IN THE SUN Inc.

P.O. BOX  797

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA.19462

My best to all of you!

Bonnie & Dora

 

See you on May 20th

Don”t forget:

We would love some NEW TESTIMONIALS!

Tell us what you LIKE about Fun in the Sun.

This is for parents, campers, alum campers,

alum parents…

we need some good testimonials for our Website:

Email them to us:

funinthesun3@comcast.net

 

We LOVE to hear your comments!!!

 

See you in the summer!

Love,

The Fun in the Sun Staff

 

Fun In The Sun Inc.

P.O. Box 797

Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462

Bonnie Templin – 610-659-1064  or  Dora Ficher – 215-680-0922

funinthesun3@comcast.net

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Philadelphia Day Camp…Very affordable

You can still register your children at Fun in the Sun

We still have room!!!

Fun in the Sun is the most affordable camp in the Philadelphia area.

We accept children between the ages of 5-14 years old

No charge for before or after care. One low price 7:30am to 6:00pm…Get all the info….

Check it all out, go through our pages and read what we are all about

Go to our website,

Click on each “forms” and get all the information you need!

Words about Fun in the Sun from one of our campers who then became a counselor:

Comments on Fun in the Sun

Too often in summer camps, scheduled activities and pre-planned fun inhibits the very magic that summer camps hopes to inspire in children. Fun in the Sun not only encourages freedom for fun at Plymouth Swim Club, but also encourages freedom for imagination. 

As both a camper and counselor, I’ve been at Fun in the Sun since 1994, only taking two years off to life guard at two other summer camps in the area. The jovial feelings that are invoked by the changing of the seasons from spring to summer always remind me of my imagination and child like innocence that I enjoyed during so many years at camp. As a life guard at these other summer camps, I saw structure and time sensitive activities stifle the natural innocence of summer. Fun in the Sun surrounds it’s campers with a diverse set of kids and puts them in an environment where the imagination can run wild.

I remember as a camper at Fun in the Sun spending endless hours in the pool living as Bulbasor (my favorite Pokemon at the time) as I explored the Pokemon world with Pikachu and Charmander. I wasn’t Bulbasor for just 50 minutes until my counselor told me it was time to do arts and crafts, I was Bulbasor until I decided that I wanted to be Volpix, a Pokeman that can harness the element of fire.  

Fun in the Sun fosters the delightful and playful imagination that summer camp should be all about. It encourages parents to ask their child not “What did you do at camp today?” but rather, “How did Bulbasor fair against Team Rocket today?”

Joey Bilyk

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Follow the directions below to register your child/children:

Click on each “forms” and get all the information you need!

click on each form individually and download them.
Check out the forms because there is dated information.
Hope to see you all back at camp this summer!

Download the forms and follow all the instructions.

Click on the forms below to download them:

Description-Summer of 2012

Information-Summer of 2012

Registration – Summer of 2012

Emergency Form-Summer of 2012

Please return the completed registration and  emergency form along with your deposit to make sure that we have a space for your child/children. All written correspondence and deposits should be mailed to the following address:

FUN IN THE SUN inc.

P.O. Box 797

Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462

Bonnie Templin – 610-659-1064            Dora Ficher -  215-680-0922

funinthesun3@comcast.net

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Let’s have more “Fun in the Sun”in 2012

Welcome to Fun in the Sun 2012!

I can’t believe that it’s that time of the year when we start getting ready for camp. We are very happy to again have 2  locations for drop off this coming summer.

First location continues to be in Chestnut Hill at:    

The Crefeld School 

8836 Crefeld St.

Philadelphia, PA 19118

Second location is in Plymouth Meeting at:

The Plymouth Swim Club

 1724 Gallagher Road

 Plymouth Meeting,  Pa. 19462

(this location is FOR MEMBERS ONLY)

In order to be elegible to sign up for the Plymouth drop off location, your family HAS to be a member of the club. 

We are running a special again this year of 10% discount
for those families who sign up their child(ren) for a minimum of 9 full weeks and pay in full for those 9 weeks no later than January 15th: 10% off 9 full weeks or more. 9 weeks x $195 = $1755….-10% ($175)=$1580 (special is only valid for 9, 10, 11 & 12 weeks)

If you go to our website,

Click on “forms” and you will see the 4 new 2012 forms

click on each one individually and download them. Check out the forms because there is dated information. Hope to see you all back at camp this summer!

If you choose to pay weekly, Please return the completed application and emergency form along with a non-refundable deposit of $195.00 by January 15.

As all this preparation for a summer of fun must begin well in advance of your child’s attendance, we would greatly appreciate your response by the due date.

Any questions?
email: funinthesun3@comcast.net
or call
Bonnie at 610-659-1064 or Dora at 215-680-0922

Mail your check, made payable to Fun in the Sun Inc, to the mailing address below.
FUN IN THE SUN inc.
P.O. BOX  797
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA.19462

Happy Holidays from Fun in the Sun!!!

In this most magical of seasons,

may you find peace, love

and much happiness.

Wishing all of the Fun in the Sun campers, Families and staff

A very Healthy & Happy 2012!

Our best to all of you!
Bonnie & Dora

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And we all had “Fun in the Sun”

Time has flown by and camp has come to a close. Where has the summer gone? 

I was walking around the girl’s locker room on Thursday afternoon and saw some sad campers & counselors. I heard their conversations but stayed in the background: “I’m so bummed” “I Love Summer”… and so on…..and then one of the counselors (our dear Anna) said: “Don’t think about it being over…think of all the good things that happened and how much fun you had”.

That stayed with me because I loved her perspective about something “good”, “happy”, “fun”. It’s a great way to look at our life’s funnest moments. Campers & counselors, Thank you for all those “fun” moments !

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Your wonderful children will be returning to school this week and the school year routine will begin. 

We wanted to let you know that…We have enjoyed your children! We loved playing with them. We loved listening to their stories. We had so much fun….They are totally awesome!!!

Your children have done lots of swimming, in fact lots and lots of swimming. We had such wonderful weather all summer that we spent it at the pool mostly four days a week.

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On trip days the children have golfed (miniature), bowled, roller skated, Happy Tymed, climbed, saw a movie or two, bounced and climbed some more, got splashed with a big bucket full of water, went down water slides, sat on a tube, tied dyed, learned how to spend money in the snack bar….

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They did sports… soccer, basketball, kickball, capture the flag…..etc, etc, etc.

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But most of all they have played. Then they played more, and then they played even more. They met lots of new friends, connected with old friends, and played some more.They used their imagination and creativity, played games indoors and out, invented their own games, spent LOTS of time inside and outside in the mornings and making full use of the great 11 acres at the swim club in the afternoons.

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We wish you all a happy school year!

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of your child’s summer fun.

Love from
The Fun in the Sun Staff

Bonnie, Dora, Sarah, Jessie, Jane, Aaron, Joey, Allie, Dillon, Michael, Zach, Katie, Charley, Anna, Danielle, Kyle, Nayo, Cameron, Peter, Monica, Chad, Julian, Ethan, Annie, Tamika, Jason, Tyler, Jamaar, Kayla, Aaron S., Justin, Gordie, Henry, Daniel, Grayson, Sana.

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Fall News:

One more thing I would like to let you know about:

As many of you know, I (Dora) am a full time artist during the year. 

My studio is located at 915 Spring Garden in the Fairmount section of Philly.

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours for my studio will be held on October 15th & 16th.

I would love it if you can stop by on any one of those days with your children.

Main website —> POST (Philadelphia Open Studios). 

click to see——> My website: Dora Ficher Art

 

 

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And…One more thing:

Don”t forget:

We would STILL love some NEW TESTIMONIALS!

Tell us what you LIKE about Fun in the Sun.

This is for parents, campers, alum campers, alum parents…

This week I will be hopefully updating and adding all the new testimonials we got so far. 

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Camp is Open

Attention FITS families:

Camp will be open tomorrow Monday 8/29

Thank you!

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So we have come to our last week

of camp for 2011.

Don’t forget to “like” us on facebook! And…follow us on Twitter

Reminder that camp is open M-Th only this week.

Thursday, September 1st is our last day of camp!

There is no trip this week.

We will go to the pool every day.

Our Annual PENNY CARNIVAL is on

Wednesday 8/31  in the morning

PLEASE:

Have your child bring in 100 pennies in a quart size zip-lock bag with his/her name on it.

They will use the pennies to play the carnival games and the bag to carry the prizes.

Make sure your children are in camp no later than 9:30 on that day so they don’t miss any activities.

Please check the LOST & FOUND! It is overflowing with towels,

shirts, shoes, hats…etc…etc…

 

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And…some more Reminders:

We can be contacted at all times on our cellular phones.

610-659-1064 (Bonnie)                      215-680-0922 (Dora)

We can also be contacted at all times via email:

funinthesun3@comcast.net

* Your child NEEDS to bring a bathing suit, towel, and SUNSCREEN every dayPack these items even if the weather looks threatening because the weather may change and, if it does, we will go to the swim club.

Please be sure your child always has a pair of socks in his/her backpack in case the weather causes us to make last minute adjustments and take a trip to a place that requires socks. Just keep a pair in a zip lock bag, labeled with your child’s name, in your child’s backpack to be ready for a rainy day.

 

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Week 10

 

Wow! Summer is really winding down.

Only 2 more weeks of camp left for 2011.

Hopefully we have all dried up from the  very rainy and wet week.

Happy to see the sun shining!!!

Last week we took not 1, not 2, not 3…but YES…4 trips!!!

Monday – Thursday trips galore. The Wednesday (only sunny day in the 4) trip to roller skating was programmed before camp even started so we kept it.

Your children were happy to go back to some of their favorite places like Happy Tymes on Mon., Bowling on Tuesday, Roller Skating on Wednesday & Movies on Thursday. Finally on Friday the sun came out and we all happily went swimming!!!

Trip for the week of August 22nd

We will be going back to Bouncetown  on Wednesday August 24th

VERY IMPORTANT: 

YOU MUST DOWNLOAD, SIGN, AND BRING WITH YOU BOUNCE TOWN’S WAIVER:

CLICK here to download —>>> WAIVER

PLEASE HAND THE WAIVER TO US BEFORE TUESDAY!!!

IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT HAVE A SIGNED WAIVER THEY MAY NOT PLAY AT BOUNCE TOWN.

THIS IS BOUNCE TOWN’S POLICY.

And….Again for this trip…———>>>

Your children NEED SOCKS! SOCKS SOCKS SOCKS…………………

SOCKS! SOCKS SOCKS SOCKS……….

Cost for this trip is $10.

This includes a snack, drink, and afternoon playing at Bouncetown.

If you would like to pay for the pool/trip money all at once on Monday the total in cash for this week will be $34.00

That will cover 4 days of pool @$6 and the WEDNESDAY trip @$10.

Remember that the pool/trip money has to be in cash.

Thank you!

 

@Fun in the Sun 2011

 

The children will be doing  TIE DYE in art next week

A note from Jessie:

TIE DYE in arts and crafts this coming week!

Please have your child bring a plain white t-shirt with her/his name written in the back

AND a plastic trash bag, if they wish to participate in the activity.

The shirts are taken home in the plastic bags and need to sit for a day.
Very Important Instructions – After the dye has soaked:

  • You rinse the shirt in cold water
  • Untie the rubber bands and rinse again
  • Wash the shirt ALONE in the washing machine in cold water
  • Dry
  • Repeat but with hot water and dry

 Bellow is a pictures of last year’s tie dye! 

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A reminder that —–>we have a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

If you have a facebook account you can “Like” our page and share it with your friends.
Same goes for the twitter account. You can now email us, tweet us or leave a message on our facebook page.

 

Trips

  • August 24 (Wednesday) – Bouncetown 
  • August 31 (Wednesday) – Penny Carnival (more info to follow)

There is no trip the last week of camp (The week starting on Monday 8/29).

Reminder that—> we are only open Monday-Thursday that week.

So, that’s August 29, 30, 31 & Sept 1st is our last day of camp.

 

We will go to the pool every day.

Our Annual PENNY CARNIVAL is on

Wednesday 8/31 in the morning

PLEASE:

Have your child bring in 100 pennies in a quart size zip-lock bag with his/her name on it.

They will use the pennies to play the carnival games and the bag to carry the prizes.

Make sure your children are in camp no later than 9:30 on that day so they don’t miss any activities.

Thank you!

Bonnie & Dora

 

Any questions? email:—> funinthesun3@comcast.net

or call

Bonnie at—>610-659-1064 or Dora at—>215-680-0922

FUN IN THE SUN Inc.

P.O. BOX  797

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA.19462

One more thing:

Don”t forget:

We would love some NEW TESTIMONIALS!

Tell us what you LIKE about Fun in the Sun.

This is for parents, campers, alum campers, alum parents…

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