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Fox Valley YMCA members play parachute games at the Bulls/Sox Academy in Lisle.
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Kendall County serves up season chock full of events By DAVID LANZAFAME
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dlanzafame@shawmedia.com
chools have closed their doors and children have an abundance of free time, which can only mean itâs summer. Thankfully, for children and parents alike, Kendall County is offering children special summer events and camps to keep their minds and bodies active.
Kidâs Connection at Oswego
All through the year, the Oswegoland Park District hosts Kidâs Connection, a recreational program that works in conjunction with School District 308. Throughout the summer, as well as during the school year, kids will have the opportunity to play games, learn and keep active at locations like Wheatlands Elementary, Churchhill Elementary, Southberry Elementary and the Southpoint Park Distirct. âItâs a before- and after-school program,â said Cheral Gerstung, coordinator of Early Childhood Special Projects at the Oswegoland Park Distirct. âAnd we have a summer camp which is a 12-hour-a-day program [with an] athletics mini camp and engineering program.â Shemeka Wesby of Oswego has been taking her three children to Kidsâ Connections since her oldest, Shemaiah, was still
âThey love swimming, they go swimming every other day. They love the field trips. They recently went to Medieval Times and had a ball.â Shemeka Wesby Oswego mother who takes her three children to Kidâs Connection in kindergarten. According to her, itâs been a convenience for her and a joy for her children. âThey love swimming, they go swimming every other day,â Wesby said. âThey love the field trips. They recently went to Medieval Times and had a ball. They do cooking classes. They do paintings. They do a lot of art work. I love it, but they really love it. When your kids
Participants in the Oswego Kids Connection took a field trip to Brookfield Zoo in 2014. can come home and fall straight asleep, thatâs a good thing.â Wesbyâs children, Shemaiah, 9, Joshua, 6, and Faith, 5, all attend the Kidâs Connection and Jr. Kidâs Connection. According to Wesby, though the programs might be different between her children, they are together in one place and their activities often overlap. âHaving all three of them in one central location doing age appropriate things is a great thing,â Wesby said. âThis year, their favorite part was going to Prairie Fest. They loved it so much they recreated it at home with their own snacks and their own games. They pretended to sell tickets and have rides. It was cute.â
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Members of the Fox Valley YMCA enjoy a day or roller skating at Funway in Batavia.
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