Camp Registration Opens March 21st, 2025
Register via link here: Camp Carpenter 2025 Registration Form
Camp Carpenter 2025 Dates:
- Campers can only sign up for one week in order to give more kids the opportunity to participate.
- Participants must be able to commit to a full week-long session.
- Campers should have a genuine interest in self-guided exploration through construction, collaboration, and outdoor activities—devoid of screens.
Cost: $400 for non-residents. Scholarships available for Hamtramck and Detroit 48212 residents.
For more information, email poppspacking@gmail.com or call 248-568-9167
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Camp Carpenter is an outdoor adventure day camp for Neighborhood youth ages 7-14 set in and around Popps Packing’s dynamic buildings, art installations, and green spaces. Camp Carpenter takes place over 2 weeks each summer.
What do kids do at Camp Carpenter? Youth work alongside local professional artists and builders from the community and learn how to use basic hand tools, to take their designs from idea to reality, to collaborate across age groups, to tell imaginative stories through theater games and role playing and more.
Please consider a tax deductible donation to support Camp Carpenter and related programs in Carpenter Park this summer!! or donate via Venmo. here
We are always seeking donations to support Camp Carpenters scholarships, pay our professional art educators and help maintain all camp facilities. Your support is vital to the success of this program.Your donation will support camp scholarships that prioritize neighborhood youth living in the Hamtramck, Highland Park and District 3 Detroit zone. Camp Carpenter is part of a 501c3 Not for Profit Organization. Your donation is a 100% tax deductible
Thanks to the Michigan Community Center Grant through the Michigan Community Service Commission we are able to offer Full Scholarships to families in the 48212 zip code who have trouble paying their bills.
