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   360 Student Travel offers Community Service, Language Immersion, Pre-College Enrichment and Adventure programs throughout the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii, Europe, Africa, China, Peru, and Costa Rica. Experience a new culture while traveling, volunteering, improving your foreign language skills, preparing for college and more. (less) ... (more)

All About Visiting Earth   Since 1976, teens from around the world have joined AAVE - All About Visiting Earth. Operating on six continents, we teach skills which will lead to a lifetime of exploration, friendship and memories! AAVE has something for everyone, from beginner to expert! If you are interested in fun, community service, culture, language immersion, adventure and travel, then this is the camp for you. Zip-line through towering jungle trees, raft world class rivers, climb peaks, dive the Great Barrier Reef, hike the great wall of China, visit Machu Picchu or surf the warm blue waters of Hawaii! A summer with AAVE is living the dream ... we hope you join us! (less) ... (more)

America's Most Popular Lacrosse Camps   The GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps were developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to become better lacrosse players by learning from the best coaches and players in the game today. More lacrosse players have attended our camps than any other lacrosse camp. Since our inception, over 40,000 players have attended our camps to improve. We invite you to join us at camp this summer and become a better player! (less) ... (more)

Early Childhood Education: Childcare Beyond Daycare   The Goddard School encourages a child's lifelong love of learning. Whether gently holding an infant, encouraging toddlers to share or providing preschoolers with enriching activities, caring teachers support the healthy development of children from six-weeks to six-years-old, year round. Developmental Guidelines form the basis of unique lesson plans that are brought to life in fun and imaginative ways in learning centers including music, dramatic play, creative art, science, computers, blocks and puzzles. Daily Activity Reports, a corporate Quality Assurance program and accredited continuing education for teachers are just a few of the reasons Goddard is setting the standard in childcare. (less) ... (more)

Where Every Child is a Star!   Gyminators is the launching pad for developing Jacksonville's youth into tomorrow's leaders with the finest instructors, mentors, and programs in the area. Who said work can't be fun? See why our gym is the best in the area, with: Fully air-conditioned facilities, Convenient location, Small class size, Birthday parties, Open gyms, Sleepovers, Camps in the summer, spring and winter, Pro Shop, Full concessions, USA GYMNASTICS Member, AAU Member, Safety certified coaches, Skill evaluators. (less) ... (more)

More To See And More To Do   Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, a top attraction in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, is the region's only walking safari encompassing 120 picturesque acres with more than 1,500 animals and 1,000 exotic plants. The newest attractions include Stingray Bay, where guests can feed and pet the Stingrays (open February 27 to October 15, 2009) and the Asian Bamboo Gardens and Komodo Dragon exhibit opening in March. The new gardens will be the portal to Monsoon Asia (in planning stages) and will mark the entry into the fifth continent represented at the Zoo. The Zoo's 2.5 acre Range of the Jaguar has won two national awards for best South American Exhibit. It's home to seven jaguars -- the largest collection in North America; the Palm Plaza restaurant; rare giant otters and exotic birds in the Emerald Forest Aviary; and pygmy marmosets, bats, reptiles - including the anaconda - and more in The Lost Temple. In the Giraffe Overlook and Savanna Blooms Gardens visitors can get eye-to-eye and feed the giraffes in a beautiful African garden setting. African elephants, white rhinos, and other hoof stock can also be viewed from an elevated boardwalk in the Plains of East Africa. A rare breeding group of bonobos highlight The Great Apes area that also includes gorillas, siamangs, mandrills and lemurs. Play Park is a 2.5 acre kid's area that features a 4,000 square foot Splash Ground - its most popular feature. That's followed closely by the Animal Care Yard for petting and grooming the pygmy goats; the squirrel monkey and otter exhibits; the Forest Play area, with its three tree houses, rock climbing wall and mountain slides; and the Discovery Center. True to the Zoo's slogan -- there is "more to see and more to do" at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. For more information, visit the Zoo's Web site. (less) ... (more)

Enjoyed by All of Any Age   In addition to our fun, interactive exhibits, we offer exciting science & planetarium shows daily.

The Leader in Educational Child Care   We offer year round full and part-time child care and preschool education programs for children from infants up to school age. This includes early childhood education, after school child care, and fun summer camps. Best of all, our safe, secure environment provides peace of mind while giving your children the tools to be happy and growing every day! (less) ... (more)

Florida's Longest Running Community Theatre   Theatre Jacksonville is a volunteer-based community theatre whose mission is to create opportunities for community participation in theatre arts.

Active Teen Tours   Westcoast Connection offers Active Teen Tours as well as Adventures, Community Service, Language Immersion, Pre-College Enrichment, and Ski/Snowboard programs in the US including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, China, Peru, and Costa Rica. For 28 summers, we have showing thousands of teenagers the summer of a lifetime. Our Westcoast Connection Active Teen Tours offer North American and Overseas Teen Tours, Sports Programs including Major League Madness Baseball Tour, Ski/Snowboard Sensation, and Surf, Sail & SCUBA in Belize and Costa Rica. (less) ... (more)