Summit Makers Camp @ Akron U - 2026
  • Camp Explore: Summit Makers at Akron University

    Monday July 20 - Thursday July 23 | 9:00am-3:00pm daily
  • Summit County Middle Schoolers - If you love to make, tinker, deconstruct, and create things with your hands, you are going to love Camp Explore: Makers! Come explore and make with us this summer!

    Through hands-on maker challenges, Field Discovery Labs, interview opportunities, and a culminating Discovery Showcase with local partners, middle school campers will learn about Summit's manufacturing and polymer industry alongside local businesses and partners.

    • Who? Middle schoolers leaving 5th-8th grade who live in Summit County
    • When? Monday-Thursday, July 20-23, 2026, 9:00 am-3:00 pm
    • Where? Akron University - 303 Carroll St, Akron, OH 44325

    Camp Explore: Summit Makers is free to middle schoolers and their families thanks to the generous support and funding from local manufacturing companies and the Summit County Polymer Industry Cluster

    At the end of this registration form is a medical form. Please have ready:

    • Current medications and doses your camper receives
    • Insurance information
    • Family doctor and dentist contact info
  • What is your relationship to the camper?*
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  • How did you hear about camp? (Please check all that apply)*
  • WAIVER & RELEASE FORM

    This event is a function of the nonprofit organization TomTod Ideas and the Stark County Manufacturing Workforce Development Partnership. In the following statements, program staff refers to all full-time, part-time, and seasonal TomTod staff.

    • I give permission for my child to participate in TomTod programming.
    • I give permission for program leadership to photograph/video/record my child and/or myself and to use those images/likeness/stories in promotional materials, including future materials for TomTod Ideas.
    • I give permission for program staff to transport my child during these activities.
    • I give permission for program staff to make necessary decisions in any medical emergency involving my child.
    • Program staff may employ outside evaluators to observe various activities throughout programs to provide input and/or create reports on programmatic efficacy.
    • I give permission for program staff to dispense medications as directed in the Medical Release Form.
    • I release TomTod Ideas, its staff members, and its partners from any liability for any injury to my child from participation in program activities.
    • My child agrees to respect all guidelines given by program staff related to behavior throughout TomTod programming.
    • Any behavioral problems that arise are subject to removal of my child from the event or appropriate disciplinary action.
  • Medical Information & Release Form

  • Camper's Date of Birth*
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  • Pick Up Information

    At the end of each day of camp, a TomTod team member will accompany campers outside for pickup. To help pickup go smoothly, please answer the following questions.
  • Is your camper allowed to walk home from camp unaccompanied?*
  • I would like to show a form of ID each day in order for my child to be picked up (parent/guardian or approved adult will need to park car and come to the camp sign to check out with a camp staffer). You will be prompted to list authorized pickup individuals on the next page if you mark "Yes."*
  • Authorized Pick Up Information

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