LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Mendo-Lake Devil Pups Youth Activities Program has a few spots left for a free 10-day summer camp in Southern California for local youth.

The camp will be held from July 23 to Aug. 2.

The leadership skills and team building camp is open to boys and girls from Mendocino and Lake counties who will be between 14 and 17 years of age at the time of the encampment.

Tryouts are held locally with the camp activities at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

The program is designed to work with nondelinquent and drug-free youth who are ready for a summer of challenge that they will never forget.

The training emphasizes many core values such as personal responsibility and accountability.

Graduates often recount the positive experiences their summer camp training had on their adult lives.

The program's goals are to help youth become solid citizens within their own community.

While only a few graduates go on to military service, those who do have related that this training better prepared them to excel.

To find out if you qualify you must act soon and apply for the testing process. Contact Liaison Representative Wayne McBride at 707-489-7948 for information on how you or some young person you know can participate in this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.