Join us for youth summer cooking camps!
Is your child interested in honing their cooking and baking skills while learning about nutrition? The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition offers summer cooking camps for youth ages 8-12. Camp registration will open on Jan. 3 for the summer 2024 camps. See photos from our 2023 camps!
Summer Camp Information
Camp Details
Location: 502 W. Lake St.
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Friday – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: $350 per camper (scholarships applications will be available)
Ages: 8-12
Administrator: Zara Hopkins
Director: Joseph Chaisson
Instructors: TBD
Camp limit: 20 per camp
DATES: June 3, 10, 17 and 24
Camp 1 - Baking Extravaganza
Spend each day baking breads, quiche, muffins, cookies, cakes, and more!
Weeks available: June 3, 10, 17, and 24
Camp 2 - Edible Science
Spend each day making edible science experiments!
Weeks available: June 3, 10, 17, and 24
Volunteers Needed!
Do you have a teenager (ages 15-19) who would like to volunteer by assisting our camp instructors? or Do you work on the CSU campus and have time in the summer to come help us out for a week volunteering? Reach out to Zara Hopkins, camp administrator, for more information.
Sample Schedule
- 8:45 – 9 a.m. – Arrival
- 9 – 9:15 a.m. – Introduction to the day’s activities
- 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Kitchen Time
- 10:45 – 11 a.m. – Sampling/Cleaning
- 11 – 11:45 a.m. – Crafts
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
- 12:30 – 2 p.m. – Kitchen Time
- 2 – 2:15 p.m. – Sampling
- 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. – Cleanup!
- 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. – Outdoor activity
- 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. – Pickup