St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Running 2025 Summer Camp Lottery

21 February 2025
Category: SJC News Parks and Recreation
Tags: 2025

The St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Department will open its online lottery for spots in its 2025 summer camp program at 8 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 24. Registration will close at 9 p.m. on Friday, March 7.

To handle the extremely high demand for spots in these camps, Parks and Recreation uses an online drawing system to randomly pick camp participants. Only children ages 5 (who have completed kindergarten) through 12 are eligible for spots in summer camp, and they must be St. Johns County residents.

The registration link will be posted on the Summer Camp 2025 webpage at 8 a.m. on Feb. 24. The drawing results will be emailed no later than March 24 and will not be shared prior to that date. Please wait for your results before contacting Parks and Recreation and remember to check your spam/junk mail folders. If your first choice for a camp location is full, your child will be placed in your second choice. If your second choice is full, you will receive a denial email, at which point you will have the option to be placed on a waiting list.

The 2025 camp locations are:

Davis Park (210 Davis Park Road, Ponte Vedra)
Ketterlinus Gym (60 Orange St., St. Augustine)
Plantation Park (3060 Racetrack Road, St. Johns)
Trout Creek (6795 Collier Road, St. Augustine)

Summer camp will run from June 9 through July 25, excluding June 19 and July 4. Campers participate in a variety of fun activities, including field trips, arts and crafts, and swimming. The normal cost is $430 per child, though children with the proper paperwork may be eligible for reduced-cost lunch or free lunch prices ($330 and $230 respectively).

Contact Brian James at 904-209-0365 or bjames@sjcfl.us for more information.

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