Spotlight on St. Marys Summer Camp

During this week-long day camp, take a deep dive into St. Marys’ and Cumberland Island’s history, ecology, cuisine, and more through:

• Hands-on activities and crafts, such as pottery making and cast netting
• VIP entrances to its historic buildings and popular eateries, such as the Goodbread Inn, Cumberland Island Museum, and Seagles Restaurant
• Access to the outdoors, such as Cumberland Island, Oak Grove Cemetery, foraging in the park, and much more!

St. Marys and Cumberland Island boast so many cultural and natural wonders – experience them first-hand with us!

5 days

Monday, June 9, to Friday, June 13

Monday, July 14, to Friday, July 18

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Howard Gilman Waterfront Park Fountain

201 St. Marys Street

St. Marys, GA 31558

1-5 (ages 6-11)

$299

(See below for all inclusions)

$275

• Learn about the original Native American inhabitants of our area as you visit the Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum to see up-close their way of life and touch tools they used.
• NEW! Gain VIP access to the Cumberland Museum’s archive to view artifacts not accessible to the public.
• Forage just as the Native Americans would have for natural resources to use in our next craft!
• It’s pottery making time! Use your foraged items to decorate a clay pot, which will be fired for you to take home!

• Discover the history of St. Marys – and gain VIP access inside its historic buildings – as you go on a scavenger hunt through downtown!
• It’s game time! Let’s play wiffleball, mimicking games that locals would have played in St. Marys a century ago.
• Learn how African Americans would have gathered seafood by cast netting in the St. Marys River!

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

(Note: This is the only day with different start and end times and different drop off and pick up locations)

• Today, we visit Cumberland Island to discover thousands of years of history, from the Native Americans to the Spanish, early Americans to the Gilded Age, and beyond!
• See haunting ruins, view wild horses, and learn of the nature of Cumberland Island.
• Now for the beach! Here, we will seine for fish in the ocean and run relay races just as the Carnegie family did 100 years ago!

• We are back in St. Marys to explore the St. Marys Submarine Museum and view its countless artifacts with the museum’s director!
• Then, we will do crafts based on unexpected submarine residents: animals!
• Now it’s time to discover graves’ hidden symbolism on a scavenger hunt in Oak Grove Cemetery!

• Today is all about local food! Make your own pizza at Seagles Restaurant, enjoy a slice, and then end with a sweet treat!
• NEW! Explore inside the historic Riverview Hotel, which has a reputation for being haunted!
• Finally, we will do crafts and act out a skit highlighting our favorite parts of the week!

Mid-morning snacks (although you may send more snacks with your child if you wish)*

Food from demonstrations

All crafts

Ferry transportation to and from Cumberland Island

All activities/demonstrations

*Please alert us to any food allergies/intolerances on the sign up form

Water

Bug spray

Close-toed shoes

Sunscreen

Rain gear

Extra snacks if needed

Backpack