Galileo Camps coming to Naperville this summer

Galileo Camps, offered by Galileo Learning LLC, a summer day camp provider, will be putting down community roots in Naperville this summer at Bethany Lutheran School on June 24.

Galileo's mission is to develop innovators who envision and create a better world. This work is more important today than ever before. There are two primary programs - Camp Galileo (prekindergarten to fifth grade) and Galileo Summer Quest (fifth to eighth grade).

In a whimsical, one-of-a-kind summer setting, kids and staff learn what it means to be a true innovator. Through imaginative themes and majors, they learn to apply a comprehensive, yet straightforward, framework called The Galileo Innovation Approach, which has been proven by a Stanford study to have lasting impact.

Founded by CEO Glen Tripp in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002, Galileo first expanded to the Chicago area in 2016.

After three years in the region, camps here have grown to serve 11 communities.

"As a Chicago native and parent, it has been so fulfilling to bring Galileo's fun and magic to the families who are closest to my heart. This program really does help kids develop 21st century learning skills, while improving their confidence to be bold-thinking changemakers at a time when the world needs it the most," says Tajalli Horvat, senior vice president of Midwest Operations.

Galileo operates 100-plus summer camps throughout California and Illinois, where more than 35,000 kids and more than 2,500 staff will invent, design, create and play in summer 2019. Galileo's mission is to develop innovators who envision and create a better world.

Founded in 2002 by Glen Tripp, Galileo is a certified B Corp, a Real Leaders' 2019 Top Impact Company, and was also named one of Forbes' Best Small Companies in 2017.