Tour Jefferson Township’s 96-acre facility at Camp Jefferson on Sunday, March 20and learn firsthand what it has to offer your child this summer during the Recreation Department’s eighth annual summer day camp program!  The facility is located at 81 Weldon Road in Lake Hopatcong, NJ, easily accessible via Routes 80, 15, or 23.

Parents/guardians and children are encouraged to drop in anytime between 1 and 4 PM to tour Camp Jefferson.  Visit the spring-fed lake for boating and fishing, outdoor sports facilities, open grass fields, amphitheater, fire pit with seating, skate park, numerous themed cabins, main community lodge with full kitchen, recreation hall, basketball courts, movie theater, picnic pavilion, high and low ropes courses, archery range, and a state-of-the-art playground.  Summer Camp offers ping-pong, foose ball, pool, air hockey, tetherball, croquet, shuffleboard, trail walks, hopscotch, horseshoes, bocce ball, and so much more. Camp Jefferson’s summer camp directors and several staff members will be on hand to answer your questions with summer day camp brochures and registration forms available for you to take home. 

The 2011 Jefferson Township Recreation Department’s summer day camp program at Camp Jefferson will run from June 27 through August 26 for a total of nine weeks in a safe and natural environment.  Early bird registration price specials will be offered again this year but only until April 15.

In mid-February, log on to www.jeffersontownship.net, click on “Residents” tab, then “Form Center” and scroll down to “Recreation” as all 2011 summer day camp registration materials will be available to view or download prior to the Open House.  You can call the Recreation Department office at 973-663-8404 or e-mail CPUNTURIERI@jeffersontownship.net for more information. 

In the event of inclement weather, the Open House will be held on Sunday, March 27.