Some of the many area camps being offered this summer include:

-- Box of Light Theater in Bloomsburg is offering camps in Danville and Lewisburg this summer. Students have the opportunity to make kung fu films, fractured fairytale videos and crazy commercials as well as take classes in robotics, claymation, and Odyssey Of The Mind style “brain games” this summer.

There are two new summer camp classes: “Interactive Story Telling” for pre-school kids (ages 4-5) and a Stand-Up Comedy Camp for ages 9-14.

Danville camps run the weeks of June 15, June 22, June 29, and July 27. The classes include: Claymation, Robotics, Stage Combat, Stand Up Comedy Class and Kung Fu Film.

Lewisburg camps run the weeks of July 6 and July 13. Students can take Pre-School Interactive Stories, Claymation, Robotics, Crazy Commercials and Kung Fu Film.

To register visit www.boxoflight.org or call (800) 722-1978.

-- Slifer House Museum will be transformed into a Civil War soldier’s boot camp, a literary salon, a Victorian tea room, and an 1860s home for its Third Annual History Summer Camp June 22-26 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Applications are available online at www.albrightcare.org/slifer-house or by calling 524-2245.

The camp is open to children in grades 3-8 (approximately 8-14 years of age). Tuition is $175 and includes lunch and snacks each day. During the week, children will be studying and performing the music, chores, and games of the 19th century as well as participating in sessions on literature, arts and crafts, etiquette, and the life of a Civil War soldier.

Session II will be held Aug. 3-7 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. each day. Session II will include activities that differ from Session I. It will include a mock archaeological dig, an old-fashioned picnic and hayride. The children will also produce a short Victorian play and participate in a watermelon seed-spitting contest. Tuition for session II is also $175 an includes lunch and snacks each day. Alumni of previous year’s camps will be invited to a “I Remember When…” afternoon.

-- Packwood House Museum 2009 Summer Kids Programs, 15 N. Water St., Lewisburg. Call 524-0323.

Tuesdays as listed. Programs are free; registration may be required and spaces do go fast. All sessions 10:30 a.m. to noon with the exception of storyteller Fiona Powell’s visit on June 30, which will be 10:30-11:30 a.m.

June 23: Jennifer Baney, “Board Games for Kids” ages 6 and up, limit of 15. June 30: Fiona Powell, “Soap Tales” all ages, no limit, July 7: Susan Faeder, “Edith’s Pet Rooster Alfie,” a fun appliqué class for ages 12 and up, limit of 15. July 14: Marlin Troutman, “A Nineteenth Century Magic Show,” ages 7 and up, limit of 35. July 21: Tiffini Scott, “Creating Your Own Photographs,” ages 8-15, limit of 15. July 28:

Samantha Ulrich, “Painting Your Own Pottery,” ages 5 and up, limit of 15 and held at In a Glaze, 512 Market St. Aug. 4: Sherry Walter,

“Buttons, Buttons, Who has the Buttons,” button-related crafts and games, ages 6-12, limit of 12. Aug. 11: Sherry Walter, “Making Your Own Buttons,” ages 8-12, limit of 12.

-- The Lewisburg Area Recreation Authority (LARA), 629 Fairground Road, has a wide variety of camps available for the summer. For information, visit www.golara.org or phone 524-4774.

-- The Northumberland County Conservation District and Penn State Cooperative Extension are sponsoring two summer camps for local youth. “YAC” or Youth, Agriculture, Conservation, runs from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. July 14-16 in the Dave Unger Environmental Education Center, 441 Plum Creek Road, Sunbury. Cloverbud Day Camp runs from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. July 28 - 30 at the same location. Registration deadline for both is June 26. For information or to register, phone the conservation district at 286-7114 ext. 4 or the Extension office at 988-3950.

-- The Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA. Sunbury YMCA — 286-5636, at 1150 N. Fourth St., Sunbury, and Arts Center, 286-0818; Milton YMCA — 742-7321 at 12 Bound Ave., Milton.

Both sites offer summer day camp programs for the children who use the Y services after school as well as those children who do not. Camp places fill fast; Sunbury has a waiting list for places this summer and a few are on the list for Summer 2010. Sunbury programs are similar to the Milton program, with different field trip days. For information phone Ann Bausinger at 286-5636.

Milton has space for 100 children, and currently has 90 enrolled, with room for 10 more. Milton’s program includes: field trips throughout the summer to the community pool, Knoebel’s Grove, Little Buffalo, Roller Skating, and a trip to a Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees game; Summer Food Service Program: children can receive a free brown bag lunch throughout the summer if they wish to. The lunches are made at the Milton YMCA, there is no charge attached with this program. Activities are fun filled, age appropriate; children are grouped as Cubs (Grades K-3), Big Bears (Grades 4-6) and CIT’s (Counselors in Training, Grades 7 and up); Full Day (9:00am-4:00pm), Early Care (6:30am-9:30am) and Late Care (4:00pm-6:00pm). For information, contact Liz Fuentes at the Milton YMCA, 742-7321.

-- Susquehanna University. Elementary and middle school children can engage in a unique educational experience at Susquehanna University’s Kids’ College during three summer sessions in July and August. Kids’ College is open to all students who have completed grades 2-8. The camps are designed to challenge students academically and help them develop their creative, critical thinking and cooperative learning skills in a welcoming educational environment.

All sessions are held on the campus of Susquehanna University. Because of the interactive nature of the activities, sessions are limited to 15 campers each. For more information or to register, call the Office of Conference and Event Management at 372-4354 or visit www.susqu.edu/cem.

July 20-24: Grades 2-5. The morning session will be held 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. daily. Fees for both the Primary Kids’ Summer Camp and Intermediate Kids’ Summer Camp packages are $185 per student.

This is the first year that pre-third graders can participate in the Primary Kids’ Summer Camp. The self-contained program, “Explore! Learn! Play! Create!,” will foster hands-on creative discovery experiences around cultural and historic topics in an age-appropriate setting.

The Intermediate Kids’ Summer Camp for students who have completed grades 3 through 5 features a three-session package, including the workshops “How to Think Like Leonardo,” “Westward Ho!” and “The CANS of Creativity.”

“How to Think Like Leonardo” lets kids imagine themselves apprentices of the great master Leonardo Da Vinci, focused on immersion, discovery and exploration of the world that inspired the artist’s creative genius and expression.

“Westward Ho!” takes student campers back to the days of U.S. westward expansion, giving them a taste of prairie life through a variety of activities, including eating pioneer food and constructing covered wagons.

“The CANS of Creativity” is a workshop that develops creative thinking skills and shows students all they CAN do.

Afternoon session students will have the option of continuing their day at camp to explore an afternoon special interest topic. The afternoon session, from 12:45 to 3 p.m. daily, includes a brown-bag, supervised lunch and costs $70.

Afternoon sessions for students who have completed grades 2 and 3 will include a choice between “Bug It Up!”, a nature-related arts and crafts workshop, and “Cinq Jours En France: Un Voyage Incroyable!,” a simulated travel experience focused on French life and culture. Students who have completed grades 4 and 5 can choose between “From Plant to Plate,” a science/cooking workshop that follows the journey of food from field to kitchen, and “Curtain UP!,” an interactive theater and improvisation workshop.

Aug. 3-7: Grades 6-8. Junior Writers’ Workshops for middle school students will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon daily. Students will work closely with trained instructors and Susquehanna creative writing majors to develop communication and writing skills and build confidence. The fee for the workshop is $165 per student. Students attending the writers’ workshop also will have the option of continuing their day at the teen camp to explore an afternoon special interest topic.

The afternoon session will be held 12:45-2:30 p.m. daily. Cost is $70.

Students may choose a version of the “From Plant to Plate” workshop adapted for older campers; “Journey to Japan,” an exploration of the daily life and traditions of Japanese culture; and “Let’s Get Creative!,” a dynamic workshop of diverse creative experiences, from cartooning to problem solving to scavenger hunts.

Aug. 10-14: Grades 3-5. Held from 8:30 a.m. to noon daily, the Junior Writers’ Workshop offered the previous week to middle school students is adapted for students who have completed grades 3 through 5. No afternoon session is available.