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THIS WEEKEND! The 2nd Annual Summer Camp & Recreation Expo is here.

January 24, 2018

The 2nd Annual Summer Camp & Recreation Expo will take place on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Chestermere Recreation Centre, in the MPP Room, from 10:00am - 3:00pm. 

Hockey, skating, soccer, horseback riding, sailing, gymnastics, robotics, dancing, singing, overnight camps, swimming, language skills and many more summer adventures await at the Summer Camp & Recreation Expo. Come and find your summer fun.

Sponsored by Macaroni Kid Chestermere and Macaroni Kid Strathmore-Wheatland, there will be a wide variety of day camps, overnight camps, specialty camps, recreation, fitness and academic programs from Calgary, Chestermere and Strathmore.

Charlene's Creative Creations will be providing amazing face painting for your little ones, and there will be a fun scavenger hunt. Macaroni Kid will also have a craft and sensory bins set up. Swag bags will be given to the first 100 people through the doors and entry is FREE! Plus we have some special door prizes donated by Fit Together to give away to some lucky guests.


Participants include:

  • Chestermere Recreation Centre - Exciting day camps for kids ages 3 – 12. Full summer, weekly and daily options are available as well as pre and post camp care starting at 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. 
  • Camp Chestermere - We offer summer camp programming, leadership training, and rental opportunities. 
  • Engineering For Kids Calgary - STEM programs / camps/ workshops
  • InterVarsity Pioneer Camp Alberta -  Kids Summer Camp, Year Round Rentals, Gap year LEAD program for young adults
  • SAIT Summer Camps - We are a summer camp program for youth entering grades 4-12, located in Calgary, Alberta. We are known for its hands-on learning environment and non-traditional offerings including business, construction, manufacturing, automation, culinary, engineering and more!
  • Outdoors In - Outdoors In offers Nature Connections Camps (spring & summer) as well as many types of school nature programs.
  • Calgary Yacht Club - Sailing and Water Sports Camps
  • Camp Kuriakos - Kuriakos is a year-round camping and outdoor education centre, specializing in summer camps and school programs for all ages.
  • Hockey Conroy - I shall teach your kids to play better hockey and to be better little people.
  • Ice Edge Skating Club - Ice Edge Skating Club is a non-profit organization that offers various programs for children 3 and up, designed for developing basic skating skills that can be used for any on-ice activity including hockey, figure skating, ringette or recreational skating.
  • Cobb's Adventure Park - Join us for any of our exciting weekly camps! All of Cobb's day camps are active and engaging. Children have an opportunity to enjoy ALL Cobb’s attractions, specialized camp games (eg. hide and seek in the corn maze!), themed crafts, and exciting science experiments!
  • Youth Singers of Calgary - Gleek Out! summer camps - Sing, dance, act! with the Youth Singers of Calgary at our week-long music performance camps for ages 6 - 15
  • Lasting Strides Equine Assisted Learning - Equine Assisted Learning programs, Leadership Development programs, horseback riding
  • SpacePort - School Programs / Summer Camps / Birthdays 
  • Calgary Gymnastics Centre - Gymnastics camps
  • Inner Equine Journeys - Summer horse camps with equine learning and riding and care of horses
  • Fairouz Academy - Fairouz Academy provides fun Arabic Language programs for kids ages 4-12. Programs include language courses, summer camps, PD day camps and themed clubs.
  • Dexterity Dance Studio - Infant/Children/Adult dance studio in Chestermere offering recreational and competitive classes.
  • Chestermere United FC - Grassroots Soccer for Beginners, Boys & Girls Ages 5-11 ~ Competitive Soccer for Boys & Girls U10 to Adult
  • Wynchemna - We are a French and English Language Camp that combines learning a second language with outdoor adventure for students around the world aged 9-17. Students learn a second language fast through a combination of classroom study and exciting activities like kayaking, horseback riding, and camping. Camps start in June and run between 2 and 5 weeks until the end of August
  • Wheatland Society of the Arts - Offers art classes and camps for youth.
  • Chestermere Lemonade Day - Lemonade Day is a free, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business – a lemonade stand.
  • Twirl Dance Company - Twirl Dance Company offers fun, recreational dance programs in Jazz, Tap, Preschool Dance and Mom & Baby classes. Our positive and encouraging atmosphere will inspire the dancer in you or your child. No dance experience required.
  • Abstract Dance Academy - Recreational and competitive programs available. We offer Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Acro, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Preschool, Parent 7 Tot, Booty Barre Fitness for ages 18 months to adult.
  • YOUR PEAK - Fitness classes for children and adults and fun workshops for children 
  • Stampede City Gymnastic Club - Gymnastic Club that provides gymnastics for all starting at 18 moths of age.
  • Prairies to Peaks Consulting Inc. -  offers training to individuals and families who have a lived experience with either a mental health concern or have a family member who has had a mental health concern.
  • Bell Music - Bell Music provides in-home music lessons for students in Chestermere and Langdon.


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