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National Park Service & Working Waterfront Festival team up to offer Free Summer Camp Program
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the Working Waterfront Festival are teaming up to offer 2 one-week summer camp programs for New Bedford children ages 9-10 (entering grades 4 & 5 in the fall of 2013). Designed to give kids an introduction to the history and culture of the working port from whaling days to the present, camp activities will include: hands-on marine science, arts and crafts, daily fieldtrips, chantey singing and more.
The camp will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during the weeks of August 5th and August 12th will be based out of the National Park’s Corson Maritime Learning Center (located adjacent to the Visitor Center on William Street). The camp will be offered free of charge.
Interested families must complete and submit an application form by June 24th. Campers will be selected through a lottery process and notified by July 1st . If you are interested in obtaining an application form, please contact the National Park at 508-996-4095 or the Working Waterfront Festival office at 508-993-8894. Applications may also be downloaded from http://www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org OR http://www.nps.gov/nebe/index.htm
