With school out for the summer, parents needn’t search far for activities and programs to keep their children occupied. Ocean Beach Recreation Center’s (OBRC) Summer Day Camp for children ages 6 to 12 is already in full swing. Although the camp formally began June 16, the 12-week program stretches to Sept. 4, when school starts up again. “The summer camp is only days and not overnight, but it is a reasonable cost compared to a lot of other day camps that people pay for,” said OBRC camp director Emily Rochfort. Rochfort has been a summer camp counselor at the OBRC since high school six years ago and is currently in her fourth year as the camp director. “I started here in my junior year,” Rochfort said. “In order to graduate I needed to get a certain amount of volunteer hours. Two years later, the summer camp director was promoted to another position and then I replaced her as the camp director.” Rochfort is a Point Loma native. She graduated from University of San Diego High School (now Catholic Cathedral) and later from the University of California at Santa Barbara. The camp Rochfort now directs is one that parents can pay for either by the week or the day. The cost varies from $85 to $120 per week — a fee that covers a field trip, transportation and a snack. There is a weekly field trip, usually on Thursdays, to a variety of locations. Activities include ice skating at Westfield Shoppingtown UTC, Knotts’ Soak City, Belmont Park, the Wavehouse, Boomer’s miniature golf, a Padres game, a water trampoline at the Santa Clara Recreation Center, Hodad’s restaurant, a talent show, lifeguard headquarters, the Clairemont community pool and more. Parents are encouraged to provide lunch for their children Mondays through Thursdays, but on Friday the lunches are supplied by the camp, according to Rochfort. There is a limit of 25 to 30 attendees per day. The cost for a drop-in is $30 per day, but no drop-ins are accepted on field trip days. The hours of the camp are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Extended hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a rate of $20 per week. Point Loma resident Mark Miller has been sending at least one of his kids to the summer camp for four years now. He said the camp has been a positive experience for himself and his two children. “I really enjoy it,” Miller said. “The camp is very affordable. The counselors are great with the kids and they have a good arts program working with ceramics, and they are also close enough to the beach that they can walk down there a few times a week. The camp staff keep the kids stimulated and I have never heard of them getting bored.” Miller’s daughter is in her fourth year attending the camp; his son is in his third. “They have made a lot of friends with kids they already go to school with or kids they met at the camp,” Miller said. For more information about the Summer Day Camp, call (619) 531-1527, or visit the facility at 4726 Santa Monica Ave.