The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) presents quality urban recreation and leisure services to residents and visitors to the District of Columbia. DPR supervises and maintains area parks, community facilities, and neighborhood recreation centers as well as coordinates a wide variety of programs including sports leagues, youth development, therapeutic recreation, aquatic programming, outdoor adventure, camping, child care services, and senior citizen activities. Adaptive programs and facilities are available for persons with disabilities. 

DPR Summer Camps offer a diverse array of exciting urban recreation and camping opportunities for youth ages 3 to 17, from June 23 through August 15, 2009, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Each DPR Summer Camp will offer five (5) two-week sessions unless otherwise noted.  

 

DPR Summer Camps include sports camps, aquatic camps, teen career camps, therapeutic camps, and other day camps; Discovery Camps for youth ages 6 to 13, and Little Explorers Camps for youth ages 3 to 5. Before and After Care will be available at many camp locations from 8 am to 9 am and 5 pm to 6 pm. Camp Riverview is DPR’s premier overnight residential camp located on the shores of the Potomac River in Scotland, MD.