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Kids liven up CSU campus

	Parents and siblings watched as youngsters from Group B of the NYSP summer camp play Mission Impossible at this year’s Family Day. The object of the game is to get the entire group from one point to another using certain equipment, such as hula hoops. While the game is not "impossible," the kids had to use a lot of imagination and teamwork to succeed.
	Mission Impossible was one of 12 games planned for the kids last Friday afternoon. Counselors came up with an inventive and fun group of activities for the youngsters to play while their parents observed, including Drip, Drip, Drench, which involved wet sponges to cool off in the hot afternoon sun. It was based on the game, Duck, Duck, Goose.
	Group K members from left to right) LaTasha Warren, Tahera Hasen, Alphonso Ray, Reo Cannon, Reginald Williams, Lhiana McCurdy, and Whitney Miller smile for the camera as they move from one game to the next. Family and friends of more than 200 children attended the get together, enjoying time outside and a picnic lunch on the open field near the tennis courts at the corner of Payne Avenue and 18th Street.
	Two-year-old Ariah Jones, daughter of Tenora Jones, activity director for the five-week camp at Cleveland State, ran around in her bare feet and enjoyed the day of games.

Photos by Caroline Nicolay

Fun and games highlight event as campus kids entertain parents during Family Day

By Caroline Nicolay

The National Collegiate Athletic Association sponsored its National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) this summer, for its sixth year, at Cleveland State University from June 14 to July 19.

The summer camp has 350 children, ages 10 to 16, participating in 10 different activities, including soccer, softball, volleyball, tennnis, flag football, swimming, basketball, boot camp, drug and alcohol awareness, and health education.

Eve Kutchman, liaison officer for NYSP, said that this year’s camp had a waiting list of more than 100.

Last Friday, the camp had Family Day. All family members were invited for a picnic and a day of games.

The day of games was set up at 12 different stations and the kids would move in their set groups of approximately 10 to15, to play each game.

The groups were fomed at the beginning of the five-week program based on age.

Games included an obstacle course (to be completed blindfolded), spider tag, marble madness, sock throw, and Drip,Drip,Drench (a very wet version of Duck, Duck, Goose), among others.

Kutchman said that this year’s family day was successful. The parents of more than 200 of the children attended the event.

The NYSP camp is free and open to all children in Cuyahoga County who qualify based on financial need.