Making Memories

On Saturday, October 29th, over 80 kids and their families from our summer program descended on the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the city's’ most prestigious venues. While at the museum, our Dragonfly Away campers were given the opportunity to make memory books, memory boxes, frames and memory calendars.

The event was held at the Wintersteen Student Center which is located deep within the Art Museum. This hauntingly beautiful room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling holds artist John Gregory’s one-third-scale model of Eastern Civilization.

While the campers were reliving their memories from camp, their parents and siblings were given guided tours of the museum’s exhibits.

This Reunion Post-Camp Event was designed to provide Dragonfly Kids with the opportunity to see their fellow campers after spending time with them this summer. It also gave parents and guardians a chance to share their experiences with one another.

“The Dragonfly Away camp program was organized into three parts – Anticipation, Camp, and a Reunion,” says Fred Weiner, Program Director for Dragonfly Away. “We wanted to have a venue that allowed our campers to share their camp memories, relive the fun and
remember some of the lessons learned that they took home from camp.”

Our campers left the museum with pages of old memories and many new memories and new friends.