HARRISON — Harrison Parks and Rec summer staff has geared up for a most exciting and fun summer day camp.

Staff members like to call it “Educational Recess” where children learn life skills from trained, energetic, caring, talented and knowledgeable counselors, junior counselors and swim instructors in a safe, fun and positive outdoor environment.

The Fun, Friends & Fitness summer day camp program is for Harrison girls and boys entering grades 1-7 in the fall.

Registrations for this unique eight-week camp and the six-week American Red Cross Swim Program were held earlier this month, at the Town Office in the conference room for Harrison residents only.

The summer program will kick off on Monday, June 23, and come to a close on Thursday, Aug. 14. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Crystal Lake Park and Beach. The camp will move to the Harrison school on rainy days and during Harrison’s Old Home Days.

Annegret Baier, well-known teacher of percussion, will perform in the pavilion on opening day of the summer program with a drumming solo assembly performance of West African rhythm and songs. Baier is a knowledgeable teacher not only of percussion but of the role of drumming to the African music culture. She has studied with master drummers from Guinea, Ghana, Cuba and Brazil.

The ARC swim program will begin on Monday, June 30, and also close on Thursday, Aug. 14. Hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be offered in two three-week sessions.

This program is for children ages 6 months and up beginning at the Parent/Child level to Level 6. Lessons are 30 minutes in length and will also be offered on rainy days as age-appropriate videos will be shown in the swim building. Swimming lessons will not be offered during the week of July 7-11 due to the Old Home Days celebration at Crystal Lake Park. Both land and water programs will be closed on Friday, July 4. The fee for one three-week session of swim lessons is $25 for residents of Harrison and $45 for visitors.

During registrations parents will receive a two-page calendar of daily activities at the park with information about special programs and events such as tie dying camp shirts, a nutrition education program, library programs, canoe/kayak lessons, arts and craft workshops, swimming lessons, the annual swim across the lake and the British Challenger Soccer Camp at RADR Sports Complex during the week of Aug.11.

Also during registrations parents will receive The Friendly Village Summer Day Camp Newsletter which will help answer all parental questions and concerns.

For more information, contact Paula Holt by telephone at 207-583-2241 or by email at pholt@harrisonmaine.org or stop by the Harrison Town Office. Visit www.harrisonmaine.org and click on recreation and follow links and like us on Facebook at Town of Harrison Parks and Recreation.