Detroit Lions Football Camp Returns to Brighton

The Detroit Lions Youth Football Camp is headed back to Brighton this summer. This will be the tenth year the program has visited Livingston County, according to Youth Football Assistant Rachel Lahring, and the fourth year in Brighton.

The camp is open to boys and girls, ages 4-18, and will take place June 10-13 at Hornung Elementary School.

"Detroit Lions Youth Football Camps have been created for the purpose of making a positive impact on children’s lives both on and off the field through football," Lahring wrote in an email to Brighton Patch.

The program is non-contact and designed to improve a child's beginning, intermediate, or advanced skill level, according to a press release, and participants are grouped based on age and skill level.

Each camp is limited to the first 70 participants to register and is conducted by Chris Fritzsching, Director of Detroit Lions Youth Football, and the Detroit Lions Youth Football Coaching Staff, who are coaches and professional educators from the collegiate and high school ranks, according to the press release.

In 2013, the Detroit Lions will conduct 29 Youth Football Camps and Academies around the state of Michigan and Ohio, according to the press release, marking this the biggest summer ever in the history of Detroit Lions Youth Football.

For more information on other camp locations or to register, check out the Detroit Lions Youth Camps website.