AWLA Summer Camp
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is very excited to be hosting our highly requested animal-themed summer camp programs! Our camps, for kids ages 6-13, explore the many areas of our shelter and engage in many fun activities to better the lives of our animals. Kids participate in a variety of animal-themed lessons, games, crafts, guest speakers, and of course, enjoy one-on-one time with our companion animals. We hope you can join us this year for a program your kid will never forget! All camps are hosted at our shelter with each day running from 9am - 3:00pm and are capped at a maximum of 16 participants per session.
2025 Summer Camps
Registration for Summer Camp 2025 will be held by lottery. Please read the important information below.
To make our camp registration process more equitable, we are transitioning to a lottery system. Our goal in implementing a lottery system is to make registration fairer to all. Please be patient with us as we are working through this new lottery process. Lottery registration will open at 12 PM on Monday, February 3rd and close at 12 PM on Thursday, February 6th.
Families will be contacted by February 10th if their names are randomly selected in the lottery. Those not immediately selected will remain on the waiting list, and will be contacted if an additional spot opens up.
Families have the option to link siblings’ lottery registrations. Lottery entries are non-transferable and must be made by a parent or guardian. Entering the lottery does not guarantee your camp slot. To allow as much of our community as possible to participate in summer camp, enrollment is limited to one week of camp per child.
We are unable to add additional names to the waiting lists after the lottery registration period has closed.
If you are chosen from the lottery, payments for 2025 summer camp enrollment must be made in-person or over the phone. We are unable to accept online payments for summer camp enrollment. All enrollments and payments are due by 7pm on February 14th, 2025.
2025 Summer Camp Dates

If you need financial assistance, we offer scholarships to help cover the costs of camp. Please email the Youth Programs Coordinator, Madi Radford, at youthprograms@awla.org to learn more.