University of California, Davis, offers a variety of camps for children and teens that are listed and briefly described below. Journalists who wish to cover these activities during the summer months should contact UC Davis for more information, more specific times, or to set up visits. Parents of most campers already have granted permission for media coverage, but please check with individual media contacts listed.

Variety of camps

Children ages 4 and up will explore a wide variety of activities — from robotics and outdoor cooking to sewing and other crafts, and swimming lessons — in summer programs offered through Campus Recreation and Unions at UC Davis. Nearly 200 sessions are being offered through Aug. 22. Almost 2,500 places have been filled; programs that still have openings include woodworking, contemporary dance, flag football, fitness and wellness, and intramural frenzy. Swim lessons are also available.

General information: Enrollment ranges from $58 for a two-week swim lesson session to $395 for four days of camping at a national park. For more information, see http://campusrecreation.ucdavis.edu/content.cfm?contentID=81.

Media contact: Julia Ann Easley, UC Davis News and Media Relations, (530) 752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.

Program helps youth manage diabetes

Youth already being treated for diabetes will develop skills for managing their disease at a weeklong day camp at UC Davis July 14 to 18.

A pilot program, the Diabetes Camp is offered to current patients, ages 6 to 12, of the pediatric diabetes team at the UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

The camp will be held on the Davis campus. Counselors, instructors and trainers from the Fitness and Wellness program at the campus’s main activities and recreation center will lead activity sessions, and the pediatric diabetes team from the children’s hospital will lead diabetes education sessions.

Participants will explore the seven dimensions of wellness — including physical, intellectual and social — through a wide variety of activities including hiking, yoga, rock climbing and swimming.

Media contact: Julia Ann Easley, UC Davis News and Media Relations, (530) 752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu.

Theater and dance

In theater camps (June 23-July 3 and Aug. 4-15) students will learn improvisation techniques, vocal projection and basic production design while creating unforgettable characters. On the final day of the session participants will perform a short play for fellow campers, families and friends.

Dance camps will focus on contemporary dance techniques (July 21-Aug. 1) and dance fusion involving modern, ballet hip-hop and jazz (Aug. 4-15). Dancers will practice expression through dance and movement as they study the styles of well-known choreographers and companies and experiment with basic choreography. On the final day students will give a performance for families and friends. Classes are held at the UC Davis Memorial Union and ARC (Activities and Recreation Center.)

Contact: Jeff Heiser, senior assistant director, recreation, UC Davis, (530) 752-2955, jcheiser@ucdavis.edu. Media contact: Jeffrey Day, UC Davis News and Media Relations, (530) 752-3683, jaaday@ucdavis.edu.

Division I coaching staff-led sports programs

Intercollegiate athletics coaching staff, student-athletes and former players from UC Davis will lead more than 30 sports clinics and camps in more than 10 sports for hundreds of boys and girls and youth up to age 18 through mid-August. Among those leading sports camps are Ron Gould, head football coach, and Twila Kaufman, head coach of the women’s soccer team. Some camps will introduce participants to the games; others will focus on developing elite players for collegiate competition.

More information: http://ucdavissportscamps.com.

Media contacts: Mike Robles, Athletics Communications, (530) 752-3680, merobles@ucdavis.edu; Julia Ann Easley, (530) 752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu

Educational enrichment

Robotics, battery-making, volcano-building, television production, chemistry found in the kitchen and even training in 3-D modeling software are some of the skills available through the School of Education. These camps are offered at sites in Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin, Sacramento, Vacaville and other cities.

More information: http://education.ucdavis.edu/post/adventures-enrichment-summer-camps-uc-davis.

Media contact: Karen Nikos, (530) 752-6101, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu.