Day and resident camp

The Camp Experience

YMCA Resident Camping is about:

  • An educational experience
  • Group living
  • Respect for each other
  • Leadership
  • Cooperation
  • Growing in spirit, mind and body
  • A sense of responsibility toward the natural environment and each other 

The YMCA's unique characteristics provide campers with the opportunity to:

  • Build leadership skills
  • Establish good daily health habits
  • Increase their strength and endurance doing fun and adventurous activities in a supervised and safe outdoor setting
  • Fulfill emotional needs for affection, acceptance, new experiences and a sense of worth.
  • Understand and appreciate people of other religions, cultures, nationalities and races.
  • Develop a sense of responsibility toward the natural world and one's place in it.
  • Participate in democratic group living, gaining a sense of independence, self reliance and appreciation of one's interdependence with others.
  • Learn and enjoy a wide range of skills and activities, physical, social, cultural and environmental that may contribute to a healthy and well rounded life in later years.

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