“Several times, my son came home with an idea for culinary experimentation, and I was happy to give him free rein in the kitchen. Even though the results were not always edible, he enjoyed figuring out what he could do better next time.”

“My kids enjoyed everything. They talk about what they did each day. My daughter has been in the kitchen helping me and making fruit smoothies for the family all by herself!”—Gloria

“When asked by a friend what my son learned at CORE4, he rattled off a list of concepts and practical information without hesitation. He has clearly internalized much of what you taught him (and keeps telling me I’m holding knives incorrectly)”

“It's been the first time that my daughters attended a summer program and they seem to have enjoyed everything and they learned so much which they can put it on practice each day. Hope to see everyone next year. Thanks!” – Gloria

“My son is learning valuable skills in the kitchen for sure!! The other day he showed me the way to cut vegetables and fruit and told me that I have been doing it wrong all along!! He’s also shown a bigger interest in making his own food.” – Maria

“He took genuine pride in his accomplishments and felt validated and recognized by the camp staff.”

 “My daughter had a great time…and the pizza dough - I was so impressed”.  – Zarina

“My son has enjoyed the camp very much, happily sharing what was going on at the camp. He had a three-week academically focused camp at the beginning of the summer break, so he was hesitant

“in Whole Foods me and my partner had good communication so that our aqua fresca would end up really good. and this was my favorite challenge in the whole camp section”

“We made our own company called game creation center. It is a company that allows you to make a game that you want and have the choice to go to the store”

“This activity was so much fun. My team first try in recording the video was a mess. Once we were done we couldn’t stop laughing at how bad it was. Thankfully we made a new one and recorded in my iPod.”

“I hate Fitness. But I have to admit, it made my life a lot more active and fit.”

“At this competition, I discovered how to work as a team- to compromise with your partner and to share equally. It’s all about balance in a partner relationship”

“The song my teammate and I chose was called Salam. It sounded ok in the beginning and the end sounded awesome! I think we sounded good when we sang together”