The Crayon Box is offering two educational day camp experiences for children entering Grades K–5. Camp Kindness is geared toward children entering Kindergarten–Grade 2. Camp Cardinal is geared toward children entering Grades 3–5. The theme for 2025 is “God Does Marvelous Things.”
Each day will include age-appropriate team-building activities, worship, and a camp council, where children will be encouraged to take ownership over the day’s activities. Camp Kindness will feature an alphabet countdown, and each day will have a letter theme counting down back to school.
The first five weeks of camp will focus on the theme “I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” and remind children how special they are because they are made in God’s image. The last five weeks will focus on the theme “God is the Center of Everything” and remind children of all the amazing things God has made.
“A camp favorite is our Michigan Tasting, where we taste Michigan-made foods, including grape juice from a local vineyard, corn flakes, locally grown blueberries and Eggo waffles,” says Kristy Conklin, camp director. Each week will also include a special spotlight event, such as visits from local zoos and animal sanctuaries, a water slide with the local fire department, or on-campus field trips to some of Andrews University’s departments and attractions. Both camps will oversee their own gardens that they will plant, maintain, and harvest.
The camp will be held from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with before-camp and after-camp care available.
The Andrews University Early College Experience is an in-person summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors as well as incoming freshmen. The initiative is part of the Explore Andrews program, which is designed to help students find a desired academic plan as well as career and life goals through intentional support and personal advising.
“Come join us for three weeks of learning and fun on the campus of Andrews University. Each student will take one 3-credit-hour college course in addition to participating in seminars, activities, and local travel,” says Aaron Moushon, assistant dean for Undergraduate Education and Explore Andrews Program director.
“Students can choose from one of the following general education courses: College Writing, World Civilizations, Communication Skills and Scripture.”
Applications are open now. The deadline to apply is June 30, 2025. More information can be found on the Explore Andrews website.
