Every Thursday, Lake Zurich Patch will run a new weekly feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off, and more.

You’ll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends and significant others find the best places for everything from Sunday brunch to New Year’s Eve celebrations, pumpkin patches, date night destinations, florists, girlfriend nights out, kids party places, parks and more.

Our list this week is five great summer camps for the kids:

1. Lake County Forest Preserves offer a variety of summer camps and day programs for children ages 4 through ninth grade and even adults and at various locations throughout the county. They range from naturalist, farming, heritage and fishing camps and more. For a complete list see www.lcfpd.org/html_lc/camps/age.html

2. Good Times Summer Day Camp has drop off and pick up locations at Kits Sports Complex in Lake Zurich and the Libertyville Sports Complex. Their camps run 10 weeks from June 13 through August 19 and are for children ages 4 through 12.  www.goodtimesdaycamp.com/libertyville/aboutus/

3. Foglia YMCA offers “A Summer of Fun, A Lifetime of Memories”  designed to provide children with summer adventures that promote a healthy spirit , mind and body. For a downloadable brochure see. http://chicagoymca.ebookview.net/camps.php?orgid=157

4. JCC Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp has programs for kids age 4 to eighth grade. They also have a counselor-in-training camp for 9th and 10th graders. JCC Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp is a fun place for kids to have a good time at summer camp while learning about Jewish beliefs and culture. Kids can partake in activities such as crafts, music, games, sports, and swimming. www.gojcc.org/content/view/367/186

5. Lake Zurich Boy Scout Troop 309 has a two-week summer camp at Camp Napowan, Wild Roase, WI, where Scouts can work on a wide variety of merit badges and participate in other activities. http://lz309.com/