Summer Blast

A weeklong, half-day kids camp! Kids ages 4 years through 5th grade (in the coming Fall) will experience a high-production yet biblically focused, welcoming environment. They’ll build community with friends and make new ones through fun music, skits, interactive Bible stories, and creative science and craft lessons. 

Yes. If your child would like to be placed in a group with one friend, please indicate the friend request when registering your child online. We will place a maximum of 2 friends together in the same group, your child plus their one friend. 

Friends of different grade levels can be placed together if there is a grade level difference of only one year. Both children will be placed in the younger of the two grade levels. Example: a 2nd and 3rd grade friend can be placed together in a 2nd grade crew. 

We are only taking online registrations.

A welcome letter will be sent in June that will include your child’s drop-off and pick-up location. Participants should be walked to their drop-off location by an adult each day. We encourage you to drop off your youngest child first. 

For the safety of all children, pick-up information will be required for each child each day. Bring your pick-up letter or a photo of it and pick up your child in the same location where you dropped them off. 

Please give them a pick-up letter or text them a photo of the letter. If they will not have a pick-up letter, advanced notice from the parent will be required and the pick-up person will need to show a photo ID. Email summerblast@pathfinderstl.org to communicate pick-up plan. 

ANYONE without a pick-up letter, including parents, will be required to show a photo ID to Summer Blast staff at the Information Station in the Sanctuary lobby or to a Pre-K/Kindergarten Hallway Summer Blast Staff Director

Bring your pick-up letter or photo of it to the Information Station in the Sanctuary Lobby or Pre-K/Kindergarten Hallway. Summer Blast staff will retrieve your child for you. 

Safety is a top priority for us at Pathfinder Summer Blast.

• All adults involved in Summer Blast are background-checked.
• All Summer Blast staff are identified with volunteer t-shirts and name badges.
• Summer Blast staff are trained in emergency procedures.
• Hall monitors are stationed throughout the campus.
• Schedule tracking allows Summer Blast staff to locate a child at any time during the week.
• Each participant grade level is identified with its own Summer Blast t-shirt color.
• A registered nurse is on-site at the First Aid station. 

An adult Summer Blast staff member will assist crew leaders with sick or injured children. A registered nurse will be on duty each day during Summer Blast hours to assist with any of these needs. Please make sure that we have accurate emergency contact information. 

Please provide all the details on the registration. This information will be kept confidential and only shared as needed with those who have direct contact with your child. All snacks are nut-free. As a precaution, children with food allergies are given an allergy wristband to wear. Medical conditions will be indicated on the wristband as well. 

Please provide all the details on the registration. This information will be kept confidential and only shared as needed with those who have direct contact with your child. Someone from our Care Team will contact you to discuss and coordinate needs for your child’s week at Summer Blast. 

Joining us for the Summer Blast adventure at Pathfinder is an awesome experience. Fuel your child in the morning with a good breakfast and have them dress appropriately in close-toed shoes for lots of fun and sometimes messy play. We suggest that young pre-k/Kindergarten children come with a bag containing an extra clothing set. Children will be outside each day for approximately 25 minutes. Sunscreen should be applied prior to drop-off. 

Due to privacy issues, posting pictures or videos of anyone other than your own child on social media is not allowed; this includes Summer Blast participants, staff, and volunteers.