DNA EpiCenter Announces Summer Camp Scholarship Opportunities

Southeastern Connecticut based education center utilizes grants from Electric Boat Employee Community Services Association and Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Foundation to offer camp scholarships to worthy students for inquiry-based bioscience and engineering summer camp sessions for area children (ages 7-15).

NEW LONDON—DNA EpiCenter, New England’s pre-eminent, hands-on, inquiry-based bioscience educational facility formally announced today the opportunity for worthy students (ages 8-15) to apply for summer camp scholarships to attend camp at the DNA EpiCenter. Interested parties should contact Andrea Lloyd at the DNA EpiCenter office at (860) 442-0391.

The 2008 summer camp sessions run for seven weeks with the first week of camp beginning on Monday, July 7^th. and the final week of camp concluding the week of August 18^th.  Students from the communities of Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Groton City, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Plainfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham, and Woodstock are eligible.

“We are excited about the opportunity to provide scholarships to worthy students from these areas and we are very appreciative for the continued generosity of these two organizations,” said Abby L. Demars, Executive Director. “The unique programs that we offer during the summer are a tremendous opportunity for young people to experience the best of the DNA EpiCenter and our staff will provide these children with science, social and educational experiences that will benefit them for years to come.”

About DNA EpiCenter

Founded in 2004, the mission of the DNA EpiCenter is to promote the understanding of the science of life to people of all ages. The DNA EpiCenter offers hands-on, inquiry-based bioscience professional development workshops for K-12 educators. In addition it offers hands-on, inquiry based bioscience experiments and museum exhibits for students in grades K-12. The DNA EpiCenter serves as a resource for the general public as a destination site utilizing museum exhibits and educational seminars for ongoing information regarding current events relating to DNA genetics and forensics.



Contact Andrea Lloyd at the DNA EpiCenter office at (860) 442-0391 Now!!