Sign Your Child Up for a Modern-Day Manners Camp July 27-28 at Sandburg

  Aaron Frey
  Friday, June 4, 2021 9:06 AM
  Campus News

Galesburg, IL

Help your child be on their way to their best behavior with a modern-day manners camp for kids 7-11 years old hosted by Carl Sandburg College’s Corporate & Leisure College.

“Don’t Slurp Your Spaghetti: A Modern-Day Manners Camp” is a two-day summer camp devoted to making learning manners fun and is facilitated by a certified children’s etiquette consultant. The camp takes place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 27-28 in Room C102 on Sandburg’s Main Campus in Galesburg, 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd.

The camp will cover several topics, including:

• Conversation: Speaking without interrupting and how gossiping hurts
• Friendships: Secrets to making and keeping good friends
• Telephone manners: Answering a call, leaving a voicemail and telling, not yelling
• Going places: Displaying exceptional manners in public
• Sportsmanship: Respecting your coach, the officials and cheering on your team
• Thank-you notes: The art of writing a thank-you note
• Table manners: Setting the table, napkin placement, posture and passing food
• Dining tutorial and dress-up day: Eat a four-course meal of spaghetti and meatballs, salad, breadsticks, dessert, lemonade and water

The cost of the camp is $40 and includes a pizza party on the first day, the tutorial meal on the second day and a certificate of completion for each participant. Masks will be worn at all times, with the exception of lunches. Availability is limited, so reserve your child’s seat by July 12.

To sign up or for more information, call Sandburg’s Corporate & Leisure College at 309.345.3501 or community@sandburg.edu. Registration forms also are available for download on the Corporate & Leisure College webpage.