It's fun, and you can make lots of new friends. YMCA Day Camps offer a safe and caring environment, with trained, qualified staff that embraces and demonstrates the YMCA's core values: Caring, Respect, Responsibility and Honesty. Our emphasis is on fun, physical activity and development of positive character building. We offer a wide variety of age-appropriate, challenging activities that allows campers to learn about fair play and develop their skills. It's a great opportunity to grow in spirit, mind and body!
It’s time for Summer Day Camp! We have tons of exciting things planned for your children. Each week we visit a different park in Quincy, each day we swim, do crafts, games and activities based on the weekly theme, and we go horseback riding once a week, weather permitting. Listed below are the weeks and themes of our Day Camp for children 5 – 10 years of age.
Day Camp runs Monday – Friday, with several options; Day Camp from 9 am – 4 pm, Extended Day Camp from 7:30 am – 5:30 pm and Part-Time Day Camp, which is any three days per week, any hours.
June 1 – 4 (4-day week) Together We Can – Together we can build a great camp; learn the routine, and makes lots of new friends. Everyone wins!
June 7 – 12 Grossology – How much fun can you have with science in one week? Everything will be gross and disgusting and gooey and fun!
June 14 – 18 Shiver Me Timbers – Pirates have taken over the YMCA! Along with your shipmates, create flags, secret handshakes, and search for buried treasure!
June 21 – 25 Carnival – A Carnival is coming to Quincy! Create and build your own carnival booth, and Friday, we will have a huge carnival for everyone to enjoy! Proceeds will be donated to YMCA World Service.
June 28 – July 2 Holiday Week – Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween and Christmas. Whew! That’s a lot of holidays to celebrate in just one week!
July 5 – 9 Backyard Games – Spend the week learning some old and some new backyard games and sports to share with friends and family.
July 12 – 16 The Great Outdoors – Explore a new trail every day, learn about nature and animals, bugs and birds, all while having day camp fun.
July 19 – 23 Water Mania – It’s going to be a wet week! Learn new water sports, games to play, even craft with water. Be sure to bring an extra towel!
July 26 – 30 Once Upon A Time – Princesses and Knights in Shining Armor, Storming the Castle, Jousting? Different fairy tales every day to enjoy and recreate!
August 2 – 6 Creek Week – This is the creek stomping week where we get muddy and dirty each day, play in the sand, make mud pies and create our own footprints in plaster.
August 9 – 13 Superheroes Week – Who is your Superhero and why? This week we celebrate the Superhero in all of us!
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