The St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Department has opened its online lottery for spots in its 2025 summer camp program. The link will close at 9 p.m. Friday, March 7.
To handle the extremely high demand for spots in these camps, Parks and Recreation uses an online drawing system to randomly pick camp participants. Only children ages 5 (who have completed kindergarten) through 12 are eligible for spots in summer camp, and they must be St. Johns County residents.
The link has been posted on the Summer Camp 2025 web page at sjcfl.us/summer-camps. The drawing results will be emailed no later than March 24 and will not be shared prior to that date.
Please wait for your results before contacting Parks and Recreation and remember to check your spam/junk mail folders. If your first choice for a camp location is full, your child will be placed in your second choice. If your second choice is full, you will receive a denial email, at which point you will have the option to be placed on a waiting list.
The 2025 camp locations are:
Summer camp will run from June 9 through July 25, excluding June 19 and July 4. Campers participate in a variety of fun activities, including field trips, arts and crafts and swimming. The normal cost is $430 per child, though children with the proper paperwork may be eligible for reduced-cost lunch or free lunch prices ($330 and $230 respectively).
