When school’s out, we give them what they desperately need — freedom to expand and evolve. At Steve & Kate’s, campers choose which activities they do, whom they do it with and for how long. For kids, this experience is pure joy. It’s also a kind of training ground for life, where they’ll need to be empowered and independent and resilient and responsible for their own decisions. Happy human-ing starts here.
We’ve described the magical gift you give your kids when you empower them to make their own decisions. Now let’s talk hardcore convenience for you:
- Buy Day Passes and send your kid to camp any day you want? Check.
- Drop them off and pick them up whenever you want? Yup.
- Long camp hours, all included in your camp fee? Totally.
- Tasty meals and snacks, also included? You bet.
- Get an automatic refund for unused days at the break’s end? For sure.
- Do you desire this kind of freedom? Yes, you do.
WHAT IT COST
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Activities
The camper’s dilemma.
Coding. Sewing. Baking. Making. Sporting. Lounging. Every day, campers face the excruciating task of choosing from these and many more engrossing activities. Some select a mix of many. Others burrow deep into one or two. Every morning, they face a brand new day bristling with terrible trade-offs and tantalizing possibilities.
Stop-Motion Animation
Sewing & Stitching
Tinker Lab
The Stage
Arts, Crafts, & Lounging
Sports & Recreation
Extra action.
At Steve & Kate’s, enough is never enough. So every week we supplement our main offering of awesome activities with thrill-inducing weekly specials. Here’s what’s coming this summer to your location:
Food
Eat your heart out.
Life without delicious food sucks. That’s why our cuisine de camp features a mouth-watering array of tasty, nourishing grub. In partnership with fan favorite restaurants, we keep kids fired up with food they love — from piping hot pizza to salubrious Caesar salads to tangy tomato soup, and much more. Our menus include rotating specials as well as healthy snacks and sides kids can grab whenever their fuel gauge dips into the red. Chomp, chomp. Munch, munch.
Fees
What camp costs.
Perhaps you are a grown-up who loves to plan. Or maybe you’re an expert of the fine art of logistical improvisation. Miraculously, our camp fees are designed to scratch both of your respective itches. Buy any number of Day Passes, and use them whenever you want during this camp season. Don’t even bother to let us know when you’re coming — just roll up. If your plans change, don’t sweat it. We’ll automatically refund your unused Passes in full at the season’s end. How many other camps can offer you that level of flexibility?*
*Not one that we know of.
Day Pass fees cover the entire Steve & Kate’s experience, including lunch, snacks, activities and the entire day from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Fee includes lunch, snacks, activities and all hours 8:00am to 6:00pm.
- Buy any number of Day Passes and use them any day at any open location.
- Add more Day Passes to your account at any time.
- All unused passes are automatically refunded back at the rate you paid, by January 17, 2025.
FINANCIAL AID
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Camp details
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DATES
Dec 23 - Jan 3
NOTES
Closed December 25 and January 1
HOURS
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
AGES
4–12
ADDRESS
Coonley Elementary
4046 N Leavitt St.
Chicago, IL 60618
DIRECTOR
Carly
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Additional info for denizens of Chicago–North Center
Virtual Camp Orientation
Virtual camp orientation coming soon!! Check back here closer to the start of camp for everything you need to know before your first day. Once we get closer to camp, we’ll email you a link to our virtual, camp orientation. This will provide important information such as camp drop-off & pick-up procedures, how to check-in and check-out of camp each day, what to bring (and not bring), and a few more camp details.
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Staff
So much more than
a job.
For our team members, giving kids the space to liberate their true potential becomes a kind of calling. Think of them as a high-energy, warm-hearted crew of child advocates who deftly balance two invaluable skills — that of providing structure and guidance, and that of staying the heck out of campers’ ways. If that’s not enough, they’re all background-checked and trained in CPR and first-aid. Say “hi” to them at camp — they’d love to meet you.
Your camp director
Questions? Let's chat.
Feel free to contact us anytime with your questions about life at Steve & Kate’s, or questions about life in general.
CARLY
they/them
Carly joined Steve & Kate’s Camp in 2021 and became a director in 2024. They taught themself how to braid their own hair. Carly enjoys swimming in Lake Michigan, and when not at camp, you can find them tending to their houseplants.
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