2020 SUMMER A.C. PLUS FIELD TRIPS - WEEK 1: 6/22 6/226 - Orchard Park Recreation
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ORCHARD PARK RECREATION 2020 SUMMER A.C. PLUS FIELD TRIPS WEEK 1: 6/22 - 6/226 WEEK 2: 6/29—7/3 Woodlawn Beach State Park - Wednesday Evangola Rim Trail Hike—Tuesday A giant sandy beach, playgrounds, nature boardwalk - We will enjoy a guided tour of a spectacular part of need we say more? This trip has it all. As with all of our Evangola we have not seen before! We will join the field trips that have swimming, we will be sending life- NYS Interpretive Nature Staff for a walk on the wild side guards in addition to the regular camp staff to help keep as we explore the rim trail to see Bald Eagles in their everyone safe. https://parks.ny.gov/parks/47/ natural habitat. After our hike we will enjoy the large details.aspx sandy beach and wonderful green space for which Evangola is known. Whitewater Rafting - Thursday A thrilling (but safe!) adventure Hidden Valley Animal Adventure—Wed. awaits our campers! We will be raft- This is a day of making new friends as we meet and ing with Adventure Calls Outfitters feed animals up close. Zebras, camels, yaks, highland who has been in the business for 36 heifers and emu’s are just a few of the creatures we will years! Our group will navigate the see on our trolley ride and small animal walking adven- Genesee River taking on friendly rapids while getting breathtaking ture. Adventure Camp Plus will be going with Day views of the gorge! Everyone will be issued a helmet, pad- Campers on this trip. https://hiddenvalleyadventure.com dle and lifejacket. http://www.adventure-calls.com/about.html Six Flags Darien Lake —Friday OP Community Center - Friday Nothing says summer like the sights and sounds of an Let’s explore the new Community activity center located at amusement park! Campers will spend the day enjoying 4500 California Rd! 2 gyms, 4 classrooms, outdoor sport all Six Flags has to offer with our staff supervising the facilities and rolling hills of nature will give everyone plenty of fun! As with all of our water field trips, we will be send- room to run, jump and play the day away! ing lifeguards in addition to the regular staff https://www.orchardparkny.org/community/community- https://darienlake.com/rides-thrill/ activity-center/ WEEK 3: 7/6—7/10 Central Rock Gym— Tuesday This NEW indoor rock-climbing gym is a work of art. With 22,000 square feet of climbing surfac- es, our campers will have plenty of room to scale at their own pace. CRG trained and friendly staff will be on belay for all of our climbs making sure everyone has a safe and successful day. https://centralrockgym.com/buffalo/welcome/gym-tour-amenities/ Niagara Power Vista —Wednesday “The geology of Niagara . . . the argument between two electricity titans. . .the chance to design your own dam . . . to operate a power grid during a storm . . . and to walk through a turbine . . .a high-tech virtual ride that takes you plummeting from the sky and into the Niagara River; shooting through the pen- stocks and swirling around a spinning turbine then zipping at high speeds along high-tension power lines across the landscapes of New York State”- Whew! And, that is only a small part of what our campers will get to experience at this interactive attraction. The hardest part about this trip will be getting everyone to leave! Adventure Camp Plus will be going with Day Campers on this trip. https://www.nypa.gov/communities/visitors-centers/niagara-power-vista Ellicott Creek Park Frisbee Golf Course—Friday This frisbee golf course is known for its beautiful views and friendly 18 holes that will be fun for any experience level. Campers are more than welcome to bring their own discs if they have a favorite, otherwise OPREC has plenty to share! http://www2.erie.gov/parks/index.php?q=ellicott-creek
ORCHARD PARK RECREATION 2020 SUMMER A.C. PLUS FIELD TRIPS WEEK 4: 7/13—7/17 WEEK 5: 7/20—7/24 Destroyer Golf— Tuesday Adventure Landing —Tuesday A mix between golf and croquet this unique and incredi- Not your average mini golf course, Adventure Plus bly fun sport is fun and easy for all ages to excel! Campers will love the challenge of weaving their way http://www.destroyerparkgolf.com/index.cfm? through the tunnels, waterfalls and mountains on this fuseaction=page.display&page_id=40 course! After 18 holes we are off to the arcade for more games! https://buffalo.adventurelanding.com/ Get Air– Wednesday attractions/miniature-golf/ Jump on it! Jump Jump Jump on it! The one place were kids are encouraged to jump and launch off of Wacky Wednesday Wild Inflatable Race— everything they Wednesday see! Two hours at Back by popular demand, Niagara Frontier Recreation the trampoline and Parks Society is hosting the Second Annual Inflata- park will ensure ble Race and Fun Day and we are incredibly excited to everyone gets to participate! Campers jump until they will test their skills as drop and enjoy they make their way every inch of Get through a six-piece in- Air! Adventure flatable obstacle Camp Plus will be going with Day Camp on this Field course. No times or Trip. http://getairbuffalo.com/ scores will be kept as everyone who tries is a Roycroft Campus—Friday winner in our book! This wildly unique field trip will take campers on journey This was one of the through time from the past, present and into the future most loved field trips from 2019 and we can’t to do it all as they dive into this authentic Arts and Crafts Commu- over again in 2020. https://www.facebook.com/pg/OPRecreation/photos/? nity located in the heart of East Au- tab=album&album_id=10157401602769383 rora. We will tour the different build- ings including the first Print Shop Think Rink - Friday that still works today. At the print A blast from the past on this trip! Campers will come shop our campers will create their home tired after a day of roller skating and yard games own pressed page and add it to their at the Health Zone Rink! Classic roller skates and roller own bound book they create later in blades will be available for everyone to test out as they the tour. A scavenger hunt awaits glide around to music and play roller rink games. When us in the Elbert Hubbard Museum and we will get to skating everyone must wear a helmet. The rink has meet and chat with a few of the resident artists to round many to loan out but parents are encouraged to send out our experience. bike helmets with their campers. Campers can also https://www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com/index.php/ bring their own roller skates or blades with them. Ad- education/school-field-trips venture Camp Plus will be going with Sports camp on this trip.https://www.thinkrink.org/ Field trips are subject to change due to weather, availability, or other circumstances beyond our control. Questions? Contact: OPREC, 200 North Lake Drive, 716-662-6450, email: oprec@orchardparkny.org
ORCHARD PARK RECREATION 2019 SUMMER A.C. PLUS FIELD TRIPS 2020 WEEK 6: 7/27—7/31 WEEK 7: 8/3—8/7 Buffalo Battleground—Tuesday Boxing at KC Fitness—Tuesday Laser tag, mini bowling, huge arcade and Snookball!? One of Orchard Park’s best kept secrets is KC Fitness’s We will be hard pressed to get everyone back on the Youth Boxing Program. Campers will get a taste of this bus to go home from this one! fun and invigorating sport as they work through fun box- https://www.buffalobattleground.com/ ing foundation drills and exercises. Warning- your camper will come home tired today. Holiday Valley – Wednesday http://kcsfitness.com/youth-boxing/ Climbing Forest and Mountain Coaster Tree Climbing with a twist! At Holiday Valley campers Overnight Campout! - Thursday will explore the Climbing Forest – a 3D version of a Green Lake/ Yates Park has never been climbing wall built up a series of massive trees. After more fun! Campers who demonstrate they taking in the view from the tree tops each camp will get are mature and ready for an overnight will two rides down the mountain coaster then hike up to enjoy cooking over a campfire, glow in the dark games, secret Spruce Lake for a lakeside picnic lunch. movies and more on this nighttime adventure! **Please note we are only using the climbing forest and mountain coaster, not the full Ariel park. https://www.holidayvalley.com/summer/sky-high- adventure-park/climbing-forest-kids-activities-new-york/ https://www.holidayvalley.com/summer/sky-high- adventure-park/sky-flyer-mountain-coaster/ Day Camp Olympics—Thursday Day Campers will have a blast representing their color group at the annual day camp Olympics! Each event has been sumercamp-ified making for not-your-average Olympic games! Campers will be using shelter 14 and all the green space and playground surrounding it. Ad- Color Run venture Camp Plus will be creating a few of the events & BAMF Ninja Warrior Course—Friday and helping to put on a day all the day campers will Adventure Camp Plus will help OPREC make the color remember! run a favorite memory for all and of course run it them- selves! Afterward, we will head off to BAMF to try our hand at their Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course. American Ninja Warrior Finalist Jeremy Guarino and his Field trips are subject to change staff have an action-packed visit lined up for us! The due to weather, availability, very professional team will make sure everyone is safe while testing out their skills on the Ninja Obstacle cours- or other circumstances beyond our control. es jumping, flipping, tumbling, a dash of parkour and Questions? Contact: OPREC, more! https://www.bamf.fit/ 200 North Lake Drive, 716-662-6450, email: oprec@orchardparkny.org
ORCHARD PARK RECREATION 2019 SUMMER A.C. PLUS FIELD TRIPS 2020 WEEK 8: 8/10—8/14 WEEK 9: 8/17—8/21 Kayaking at RiverWorks– Tuesday Cave of the Winds—Tuesday A fish’s eyes view of the Buffalo Water Front by Silo Get closer to Niagara Falls than you ever imagined! City is what awaits us Campers will don for our kayak excursion their yellow rain based out of River- slickers and head Works. Grab your sun- out to feel the glasses and sunscreen falls! After we will for a day out on the check out the water! NEW indoor multi- https:// media experience buffaloriverworks.com the World Changed Here Buffalo Botanical Gardens—Wednesday Pavilion. https://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/ Have you been to the Botanical Gardens recently — attractions-and-tours/cave-of-the-winds seen the newly renovated spaces—walked over the indoor river and pond — gazed at GIANT coy fish only Hamburg Pool—Wednesday inches from your toes? Our campers and their imagina- A day of fun in the sun at the Village of Hamburg Pool! tions will be lost in jungle on this trip! A guided tour, This hidden treasure has a zero-entry shallow end, mid scavenger hunt, and hands-on plant experiments will all -section for play and a deep end with two diving be a blast at this one! boards! Not feeling the big pool? No sweat! We will https://www.buffalogardens.com/pages/history keep you cool in their wade pool with fountain and sprayers. Adventure Camp Plus will be going with Day Ice Bumper Cars—Friday Camp on this trip. https://www.villagehamburg.com/ Slide, slip, bump vertical/sites/%7B9527545F-C617-472A-B743- and skate! Pack 5D4E3EA56F04%7D/uploads/ your gloves and an Hamburg_Swim_Center.pdf extra layer for a full Eternal Flame Hike—Friday day of fun on the A natural wonder hidden in our own backyard! Chest- ice! Campers will nut Ridge park is known for many things including the love the wild ride of Eternal Flame! Campers will start out on the trail head the Ice Bumper cars off of Chestnut Ridge Rd (The old Erie County Horse and get a chance to Show Arena) and wind their way down to the Eternal Ice Skate making Flame. this a very “cool” summer camp trip! https://daytrippingroc.com/eternal-flame-hiking-trail/ www.cornerstoneicearena.com/ice-bumper-cars/ Field trips are subject to change due to weather, availability, or other circumstances beyond our control. Questions? Contact: OPREC, 200 North Lake Drive, 716-662-6450, email: oprec@orchardparkny.org
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