Stark Home Builders Camp @ Stark State - 2026
  • Camp Explore: Stark Home Builders

    Tuesday June 23 - Friday June 26 | 9:00am-3:00pm daily
  • Stark County Middle Schoolers - If you love to make, builder, design, and create things with your hands, you are going to love Camp Explore: Makers! Come explore and make with us this summer!

    Camp Explore: Home Builders connects the creativity and problem-solving abilities of middle schoolers to local home building projects alongside skilled tradespeople and professional neighborhood builders.

     During a week of Camp Explore: Home Builders, middle schoolers not only build hands-on skills and knowledge, but they also build pride and connection to their community through hands-on service projects. 

    • Who? Middle schoolers leaving 5th-8th grade who live in Stark County
    • When? Tuesday-Friday, June 23-26, 2026, 9:00am-3:00pm
    • Where? Stark State College (6200 Frank Ave NW, North Canton, OH 44720)

    Camp Explore: Stark Home Builders is free to middle schoolers and their parents thanks to the generous support and funding from local companies.

    We are still seeking more sponsorship for this summer to the camp is FREE to all families. If you are interested in sponsoring, please reach out to patrick@tomtodieas.org. 

    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
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • 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

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  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • 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.
  • Authorized Pick Up Information

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