OKLAHOMA CITY. -- Kids ages 5-16 will want to mark their calendars for June 25-29, as the Oklahoma City Thunder Youth Basketball camp will roll into the Gaulke Activity Center on the campus of Mid-America Christian University.

The camp will run Mon.-Fri. (June 25-29) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Pioneer College Caterers will provide lunch daily for the campers at a cost of $5.00 per day.

The camp will feature Thunder players/coaches if available and will focus on basketball skills and character lessons. The Thunder mascot Rumble the Bison and the Thunder Girls also typically appear at the camps.

The Thunder partners with the National Basketball Academy to run the camps and each camper will receive a ticket to a future Thunder game, camp t-shirt, headband and basketball.

The Thunder Youth Basketball camp t-shirt will be provided the first day of camp and campers will be asked to wear it each day.

Participants should come dressed in basketball attire, such as shorts, t-shirt and sneakers. They need to leave valuables, such as jewerly, iPods, MP3 players, cell phones and video games at home, as the camp cannot be responsible for such items.

The registeration fee is $225 and $180 for Thunder Kids Club members or season ticket holders and MACU employees.

Interested participants may register online by going to www.thebasketballacademy.com and clicking on the Thunder logo OR go to the OKC Thunder official website http://www.nba.com/thunder/ and click on the community tab and select Thunder Youth Basketball to register.

Please call Dr. Eric Joseph at 405-692-3106 or Tyler Blackwell at 405-229-9619 with any additional questions.