Students from Freedom and Liberty high schools volunteered time from their summer break to run a three-day sports camp for Bethlehem area elementary students July 10, 12 and 14. BASD Mini-Thon members partnered with the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley to organize the event. Athletes from the Freedom and Liberty varsity teams provided instruction in the basics of field hockey, baseball, football, cheerleading, lacrosse and volleyball to the eager day campers, who ranged in age from 5 to 11 years old.

The Monday and Wednesday activities were held on Freedom’s new turf field, where the kids were cycled through different sports stations where they received instruction for 25 minutes before Mini-Thon councilors ushered them to another sport. The Friday camp was moved indoors due to rain.

Parents paid $10 per day for each morning session 9 a.m. to noon or $25 for the week. “All of the money that we raised from the parents goes to PCFLV,” said Freedom senior Bella Pompa, a co-captain at the sports camp. Children who were members of PCFLV were allowed to participate for free. Pompa added, “This is our first year and we are hoping to expand and improve the program for next year.”