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South Florida · All Youth · Always free

Your city. Your crew. Your next skill.

Free tech, cooking, music, wellness, and leadership from Pompano Beach out to the Fort Lauderdale and Miami coast. Ocean light. Broward home base. No tuition.

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Teens building a solar robot together in a sunlit Florida library
Last summerTech Avengers at Jan Moran Collier City Library — solar robots, real builds.

All Youth

Every camp is open

Always free

Pompano to the coast

954 energy

tech, food, music, lead

Since 2018

Broward home base

Camps

The COHYPOA experience

Camps with 954 sun and 305 color.

Skill days for teens who already know the coast, the block, and the library. You leave with a craft. Mentors stay in the room. Neighbors keep every seat free.

Technology

Coding, robotics, solar gadgets, and digital design — hands-on STEM that makes curiosity useful.

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Leadership

Team-building, communication, and real problem-solving so campers learn to lead with purpose.

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Wellness

Movement, mindfulness, and healthy living — plus daily time outside, off the phone.

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Life Skills

Financial literacy, culinary arts, home engineering, and the practical tools adulthood actually uses.

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What’s open

Camp catalog

What’s open this year.

All programs
Free

Tech Avengers Camp

Computers, smartphones, robotics, AI, and tech gaming — hands-on STEM that sparks curiosity.

10–17 · Summer · 4 weeks

Free

Junior Chef Cooking Camp

District 5’s Next Top Chef — a themed culinary challenge for neighborhood youth.

12–17 · Spring 2026

Free · $150 weekly value

Melodic Harmonic Rhythmic Music Camp

A day camp that helps children fall in love with music — keyboards, rhythm, and ensemble play.

Beginning musicians · Summer day camp

Last summer

From the floor

Last summer’s tech camp, in their own words.

“Watching kids build solar-powered gadgets and robots at Jan Moran Library? Priceless. These youth are now tech-savvy, resilient, and ready to shine.”

Nikkitres Daniel, Change of Heart Youth Program of America
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Teens building a solar robot together in a sunlit Florida library
Teens assembling a robot beside a laptop in a bright makerspace
Teens cooking together in a bright South Florida kitchen
Teens with a guitar on the beach at golden hour
Teens cleaning a shoreline path beside turquoise water
Teens planning together beside the Intracoastal water
A teen leadership circle beside teal water and palms
Teens stretching together on the sand at sunrise
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Tell us which camps you want. We check eligibility, send dates, and hold a spot — first come, first served. Still free.

  • STEM, music, culinary, wellness, leadership, and service.
  • Built for teens in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and across Broward.
  • Daily unplugged time outdoors, on purpose.

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Sponsors

Confirmed sponsors

  • The Home Depot · Deerfield Beach, Florida
  • McDonald’s · Pompano Beach, Atlantic Boulevard
  • Broward Sheriff’s Office · Cooper City
  • ITG TechPro · Broward County
  • POMP Community Grant Program
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Superior Meat & Fish · Pompano Beach, Atlantic Boulevard
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Service hours
Teen volunteers collecting litter along a South Florida public beach

Youth Service Hours

Court-ordered and school hours on public Broward sites.

In partnership with Florida DJJ’s 17th Circuit Probation & Community Intervention Program. Beaches, parks, and senior centers. We document the hours — confirm with your case manager that they count.

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Your support

Your support is the tuition.

Volunteer a Saturday. Underwrite a workstation. Mentor a table of builders. Every free seat exists because someone showed up.

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