Join us for youth summer cooking camps!
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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 8-11. Camp registration will open on Jan. 3 for the summer 2025 camps.
Summer Camp Information
Camp Details
Location: 502 W. Lake St.
Monday – Thursday 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday – 9 a.m.-noon
Cost: $350 per camper (scholarships applications will be available)
Ages: 8-11
Administrator: Zara Hopkins
Director: Joseph Chaisson
Instructors: TBD
Camp limit: 20 per camp
DATES: TBD
Camp 1 - Baking Extravaganza
Spend each day baking breads, quiche, muffins, cookies, cakes, and more!
Weeks available: TBD
Camp 2 - TBD
Spend each day ….
Weeks available: TBD
Volunteers Needed!
Do you work on the CSU campus and have time in the summer to come help us out for a week volunteering? Are you a CSU student who would like to volunteer for a week at our camp? 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 p.m. – Outdoor activity
- 3-3:30 p.m. – Pickup