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Youth Support: Provides a free quarterly grief support series and two free annual bereavement camps, Camp Erin-Twin Cities and Camp Journey for youth and their families who have experienced the death of a loved one. Offers virtual and in-person grief support groups, access to free short-term grief counseling, and family-friendly events that provide a connection to others who have experienced a similar loss. Also provides free support and services for children who are anticipating the death of a parent, sibling, or close family member. Young Adult Support: Provides opportunities to connect with others in the 18 - 26 year old age group through weekend retreats, social events, monthly support groups, grief counseling, and young adult grief support groups.

Provides a Christian-based camp that offers the following programs:

• Facility rentals

• Outdoor education and adventure

• Pathfinders: A retreat experience for adults with special needs ( ages 18 and older), offering a Christian camp experience in a resort-like setting. Activities include outdoor adventures, relaxation, and spiritual growth.

• Summer Day Camps

Camps are designed to meet the needs of each individual participant, whether they are a seasoned performer or someone stepping on stage for the first time. With a focus on process and skill development, additional intensive opportunities, new stories, as well as past favorites for all young theatre artists.

Provides activities and events for community members, including:

• Adult and youth sports leagues

• Art activities

• Health and fitness classes

• Nature activities

• Winter activities: Ice fishing, ice rinks, ice skiing; sledding, skiing lessons, snowshoeing, and more

• Water activities: Beaches, boat launches, boat rentals, fishing, splash pads, swimming lessons, water parks, and more

• Youth programs: Early childhood, school-age childcare, teen programs

For current activities and events, visit the website: https://www.brooklynpark.org/recreation/

• Splash Valley Water Park: Outdoor swimming pool with water slides and a lazy river

• Golf course

• Public skating at Sports Arena

• Summertime arts and crafts activities for youth ages 6 - 10

• Co-rec softball and volleyball leagues

• Weekend family open gym with basketball

• Youth open gym with basketball and volleyball
• Gym rental

• Specialty camps ages 6 - 12

• Exercise classes

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Animal Control: Takes reports of lost, found, stolen, and dangerous animals

• Responsible for the overall safety and law enforcement in the city

• Law enforcement records

• Safety camp for youth in grades 3-5

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

Camp and leadership retreats for youth

Offers several programs for youth classes and camps for ages 6 - 18. Courses include:

• Teen Art Classes: Drawing, painting, photography, comic art, animation, and a variety of media/materials. Scholarships are available for these courses. These are designed for youth ages 12 - 15.

• Pre-College Classes: Offers high school students the chance to learn from professional artists in art and design during the school year or summer session. Classes offered can be earned as college credits. These are designed for students ages 16 and over. A post-secondary enrollment option is offered as an honors program for high-school seniors, free of charge.

• Student Classes: Offers class themes including painting, bookmaking, animation, portraits, and partners with the University of Minnesota Raptor Center for young children ages 6 - 12.

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Preschool programs (creative, recreational, and socialization) for children ages 3 - 5 including basketball, ballet dancing instruction, jazz dancing instruction, track and field, tennis, hiking, musical instrument instruction, and day camps

• Youth programs for children ages 6 - 12 including field trips, playgrounds with birthday parties, classes, fishing, and special events

• Teen programs for teens ages 13 - 17 such as field trips and special events

• Adult sports providing recreational league play for basketball, boot hockey, broomball, flag football, sand volleyball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and wiffleball

• Senior activities and recreational opportunities including bingo, craft projects, quilting group, book clubs, monthly potlucks and speakers, and field trips

• Family programs available to help parents and children explore and have fun as a family

• Banquet and meeting facilities available at Eagan Community Center

• Group fitness classes, running track, gymnasium, and weight training available at Eagan Community Center

• Ice hockey and public skating available at Eagan Civic Arena

• Retreat center available at Moonshine Park 1317 Jurdy Road

• Cartooning, ceramics, drawing, jewelry making, painting, and sculpting classes at Eagan Art House

• Fitness facility at Eagan Community Center

• Accepts passport applications

• Dog park at Thresher Fields Park 3200 Brochert Lane features open spaces and lake access. The area is fenced in and includes a separate area for smaller dogs.

• Adapted therapeutic sports programs for children ages 6 - 13 with autism and physical disabilities

• Cascade Bay Water Park

• Safety camp for children with information about fire safety, fire prevention, personal safety, and how to play it safe in everyday situations. Other day camps also available.

• Walking program

Offers a full range of recreational and sports activities year-round at neighborhood recreation centers. Activities vary by center and include:

• Adaptive Recreation Program for persons with mental and physical disabilities

• Arts and craft classes

• Basketball courts

• Community based preschool

• Computer lab for public use

• Golf courses

• Gymnasium

• Meeting space

• Playgrounds

• Team sports

• Skate park

• Skating rinks

• Skiing

• Special interest day camps

• Swimming pools and beaches

• Youth recreation, education and personal developement activities

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Artist-in-residence programs in schools.

• Community education and after-school programs.

• Fall, Winter, and Summer classes where participants create and perform plays, learn acting skills, and develop life skills.

• Interdisciplinary Theatre Arts Program for schools.

• Summer day camps.

Adjustment to Blindness Training:Offers training to help individuals with significant vision loss learn core skills needed to remain involved and independent in all aspects of their daily life. Educators and trainers work one-on-one with individuals to ensure they can achieve their goals at home, school, and work, as well as within the larger communities where they live. For individuals who need more intensive support, training can be provided on-site at the Lighthouse Center for Vital Living Youth Transition Program: Provides training to youth ages 14 - 21 who are blind and visually impaired in skills and knowledge needed to live independently after completing school. The program provides training through a school year program that runs from October to June and summer camps.

Instrument based summer camp experience that provides opportunities for exploration and musical skill building. Available to people of all musical levels.

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Preschool programs (creative, recreational, and socialization) for children ages 3 - 5 including basketball, ballet dancing instruction, jazz dancing instruction, track and field, tennis, hiking, musical instrument instruction, and day camps

• Youth programs for children ages 6 - 12 including field trips, playgrounds with birthday parties, classes, fishing, and special events

• Teen programs for teens ages 13 - 17 such as field trips and special events

• Adult sports providing recreational league play for basketball, boot hockey, broomball, flag football, sand volleyball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and wiffleball

• Senior activities and recreational opportunities including bingo, craft projects, quilting group, book clubs, monthly potlucks and speakers, and field trips

• Family programs available to help parents and children explore and have fun as a family

• Banquet and meeting facilities available at Eagan Community Center

• Group fitness classes, running track, gymnasium, and weight training available at Eagan Community Center

• Ice hockey and public skating available at Eagan Civic Arena

• Retreat center available at Moonshine Park 1317 Jurdy Road

• Cartooning, ceramics, drawing, jewelry making, painting, and sculpting classes at Eagan Art House

• Fitness facility at Eagan Community Center

• Accepts passport applications

• Dog park at Thresher Fields Park 3200 Brochert Lane features open spaces and lake access. The area is fenced in and includes a separate area for smaller dogs.

• Adapted therapeutic sports programs for children ages 6 - 13 with autism and physical disabilities

• Cascade Bay Water Park

• Safety camp for children with information about fire safety, fire prevention, personal safety, and how to play it safe in everyday situations. Other day camps also available.

• Walking program

• Concerts in the Charlson Thun Community Bandstand at Bayfront Park

• Field trips

• Playground programs including day camps

• Preschool programs including day camps

• Youth programs including baseball, basketball, soccer, sports camps with volleyball, tennis, and more

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

Community Education provides many classes, activities, and events in the some of following areas:

• Adult Basic Education: Offers free English language classes for adults, 17 and older, who are not enrolled in school. Learn and practice English speaking, reading, and writing skills with others in the community.

• Adult Programs: Offers a wide variety of adult enrichment classes in the areas of art, fitness and recreation, health and safety, and lifestyle.

• Aquatics: Swim lessons, group, private, adaptive, diving, and Lifeguard training.

• Kids Connection: Provides enriching out-of-school-time activities before and after school, on non-school days, and during the summer.

• Youth: Youth enrichment and sports camps. Clubs, programs, and classes are designed for every youth in mind.

• Tiger Preschool: Offering Tiger Preschool with before and after care through the Kid Connection program. Tiger Preschool will be available for half days or full days, with the choice of 2, 3, or 5 days per week for students ages 3 - 5 years old.