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Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2008
Contact: Ellen London
202-939-1383
Project My Time Brings Free Summer Camps to Three DC Middle Schools
Washington, DC – If DC middle school students are looking for fun this summer, Project My Time has spots for 600 kids at free summer camps at three DC middle schools. Kids will be able to do everything from tennis to dance to photography to basketball.Project My Time is a major initiative of the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust to provide District youth with more high-quality after-school and summer programs, especially in neighborhoods that most need them.
The three free camps will be held at Kelly Miller Middle School in Lincoln Heights, Lincoln Middle School in Columbia Heights and Johnson Middle School in Southeast. The camps begin June 30 and will run weekday afternoons until Aug. 1. Camp hours are 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.
At Johnson, 1400 Bruce Place, SE, activities will include Olympic style boxing, tennis, youth leadership development and mentoring, Batter Up baseball program, digital photography, computer skills, and a teen pregnancy prevention program.
At Kelly Miller, 301 49th Street, NE, activities will include basketball, tennis, flag football, boxing, soccer, chess, and martial arts as well as dance, theater, visual arts & media arts.
At Lincoln, 3101 16th Street, NW, activities will include hip hop dance, DJing, sports, literacy, arts, and more.
Parents can sign up their children by calling 202.347.4441.
On Aug. 1, youth from all three camps will celebrate with games and activities at Community Sports Day at Kelly Miller Middle School.
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The DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation is a public-private partnership chartered by the District to help a wide variety of organizations in the city improve the quality, quantity and accessibility of services and opportunities for every child in the District. For more information, visit www.cyitc.org