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When you’re sending your kids off for fun-filled days, you want to know they’re in good hands. That they’re being guided, nurtured and protected. With Kids Playing, you can relax and enjoy your free time, too. Not only are our camp instructors elementary and high school teachers and college students, but they’re also all trained in CPR and First Aid. Directed by a team of dedicated adults, Kids Playing is designed to play up fun and safety. And boy, do they know what they’re doing.
Camp Director: Kathy Chuckas, President, Kids Playing Camps. Kathy is the founder of A Sporting Chance Foundation (now Girls in the Game) and has been a coach and a mentor for the past 23 years. She has received numerous awards and public recognition for her work with youth, including the prestigious Mercedes Mentor of the Year Award and Sports Women of the Year Award - Non-Profit from the National Sporting Goods Association. Kathy is the mother of four children.
Professional Team Leaders: Kids Playing Camp hires professional teachers, social workers and instructors to lead the children. Our Professional Team Leaders are from throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.
College Coaches: Kids Playing Camp hires college students from throughout the country to be a part of our team. Our College Coaches attend Villanova, Temple, University of Illinois, Augustana College, DePaul and University of Wisconsin - Madison; just to name a few!
Guest Coaches: Kids Playing Summer Camp will have weekly guest coaches from the Chicago area to teach the children in the areas of music, arts and crafts, child safety and Kids in the Kitchen.
High School Youth Leaders: St. Scholastica Academy students serve as youth leaders for the summer. These outstanding young women assist in playing games and activities with the campers, serving as a role model one-on-one and assisting in administrative tasks.
Bottom line, we know kids. And we know how to have fun.
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