It's Summer Time!!
Sending Your Child to Camp
Summer camp can be a lot of fun. During the games, songs, and group activities, children learn new skills. Children can solve problems, practice being social with their peers, and build their confidence. Click here to learn more about sending your child to camp in this article from Navigate Life Texas.
Water Safety Tips for Families
As summer approaches, families may be preparing to spend time near the water to stay cool. Click here to check out water safety tips from the American Red Cross.
Summer Camps
SPEND A SPECTACULAR SUMMER WITH US!
Established in 1996, The River, located at the Metropolitan Multiservice Center at 1475 West Gray, provides an affordable, accessible fine arts education for individuals with disabilities and their siblings ages 4 through young adults. A licensed nurse is onsite throughout summer camp. The River engages students in music, dance, acting, and visual arts to experience the world of musical theatre on stage.
Shriners Children’s Camps: All About Giving Kids Opportunities
Camps sponsored by Shriners Children’s are free for our patients and staffed by volunteers, recreational therapy and child life specialists as well as other hospital staff members. Many camps are outdoor-related during the summer months but some locations offer winter activities as well.
After two years of not having in-person camps, Shriners Children’s resumed these offerings in 2022.
Talking Book Program (TBP) Summer Reading Program
The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities that prevent them from reading standard print. The TBP collection consists of more than 100,000 titles, including hundreds of titles in Spanish, and some in French, German, Russian, and other languages.
Registration for the TBP Summer Reading Program is FREE and is open now through August 9. Click here for more information.