In Our Community...

**Canvas The Courts Project Launched Last Week**

MINGLE Board member and Canvas the Courts Project Liaison Shelanda Deas regarding the Canvas the Court Project. The Canvas the Courts Project will transform and beautify several parks within the City of Florence by painting basketball court murals. I've attached the PDF file for easy viewing and the Word document if you'd like to be able to copy and paste the information. I have also attached a list of project dates.

**The Quarterly Grants Program**

The Quarterly Grants Program for Organizations & Individual Artists is designed to provide support for a wide variety of quality arts projects, as well as for professional development opportunities for artists and arts administrators. Organizations must be based in Florence County with a Florence County mailing address and be registered charitable organizations with federal non-profit status. Individual artists must be practicing artists in dance, literature, music, theatre, or the visual arts and have a Florence County mailing address. Individual artists must be over the age of 18 at the time of application. Individual artists cannot apply for funding for projects that are related to academic credit or be a degree-seeking, full-time student during the grant period. The deadline is August 15 for projects beginning in October, November or December and ending before June 1

**Florence Family YMCA**

The Florence Family YMCA offers a Summer Day Camp with all the special activities that make summer fun! This camp is for children entering K-5 through 6th grade. Hours are from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Camp runs all summer long in weekly sessions. You can choose to come all summer or select certain weeks.

Some of the 2021 weekly themes include Superhero Week, Safari Week, Carnival Week, and Water Extravaganza Week. They will also offer sports camps throughout the summer.

Phone: 843-665-1234

Website: www.florenceymca.org

Location: 1700 Rutherford Dr., Florence.

**Girls University Summer Camp (Florence, Hartsville, Digital Attendance)**

Girls University camps are centered around improving the well-being of girls. They believe in each girl's individuality and intentionally focus on three key areas: creativity, education, and passion. Camp themes and offerings vary by the week and focus on science, technology, engineering, creative arts, and academics. Camps are for girls, rising 5K through 6th grade. Topics include roller coaster engineering, cooking science, career exploration, cosmetic chemistry, robot building, slime tennis lessons & more!

Phone: 843-407-7937

Website: www.facebook.com/girlsuniversity

Locations: Florence, Hartsville, or offered digitally

**Florence Little Theatre**

The Florence Little Theatre will offer two different camps this year: Acting Up! Summer Camp and

Encore! Summer Camp.

Acting Up! Summer Camp is geared toward theatre, fun, and friendship. Your child will learn through age-appropriate lessons designed to inspire their creativity and ignite their imagination.
Encore! Summer Camp where campers control every aspect of a theatrical production. Over the course of the week, campers will learn about various elements of theatre through an immersive experience that allows them to create original performances.

Phone: 843-662-3731

Website: www.florencelittletheatre.org

Location: 417 S. Dargan St., Florence

**Lynches River County Park (Coward)**

The Environmental Discovery Center Summer Camp program immerses your child in exciting activities that reinvent summer fun! Campers will experience new adventures while learning about the outdoors and making new friends. The camps run Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The camps include Garden Growers, Creature Keepers, River Explorers.

Phone: 843-389-0550

Website: www.lynchesriverpark.com

Location: 5094 County Park Road, Coward

**Girl Scouts Summer Camp**

The Girl Scouts Summer camp takes place at Sandy Ridge in Bennettsville Sunday through Friday. Camps are for girls in 1st through 12th grades. Girls do not have to be Girl Scouts to attend. There are several weeks to choose from. Check out the camp brochure here.

Contact: 843-479-6814

Website: www.girlscoutsesc.org/camp

Location: 3680 Girl Scout Road, Bennettsville