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Four Ways to Get the Most out of Summer Camp

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fOUR WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF SUMMER CAMP

As spring turns into summer, the YMCA of Greater Toledo wants to share four ways that summer camp can help give your child the experience of a lifetime.

Find Your Adventure

Summer is a time for kids to explore and expand the limits of their imagination. At the Y summer child care, every day is a new adventure!

YMCA (School-Age) Summer Adventure participants will enjoy a weekly visit to the Sylvania Outdoor Adventure program and spend all day outside on the campus of the Sylvania YMCA/JCC.

This includes activities like:

• Outdoor Swimming
• Archery
• Fishing
• Canoeing
• Hiking
• Outdoor skills and more

Find Your Spark

In YMCA summer specialty camps, kids discover hidden talents and passions they never knew they had.

Our sports and specialty camps have fun covered from basketball to soccer, legos, and ninjas. Specialty Camps focus on youth development through fun and engaging preschool, school-age, and teenagers curriculums.

Each camp specializes in a unique theme of activities, projects, and more. Some of the camps include:

  • All About Animals Camp
  • Baseball Camp
  • Fit Kids Camp
  • Science Discoverers

Find Your Circle

YMCA Storer Camps is an experience like none other. Kids come away with new skills, confidence and friendships that broaden their perspectives and strengthen their character. a wide variety of skill set tracks and activities, including:

  • Sailing
  • Horseback riding
  • Kayaking
  • Canoeing
  • High ropes course
  • Climbing tower
  • Arts and crafts
  • Disc golf

Campers also enjoy nature hikes, campfires, and making new friends, all while learning to succeed in a community environment and of course, having fun!

Find Your Friends

At any of our YMCA camps,  kids will make new friends and have tons of fun as they explore new adventures each day! 

Find your adventure. Find your spark. Find your circle. Find your Friends. Find your Y. Visit  www.ymcatoledo.org/ymca-summer/  to learn more about what the YMCA can offer your child this summer!

And in 2024, national partner Peanuts, along with outdoor-loving Beagle Scout Snoopy, are helping us increase summer camp access across the globe so more kids can experience the adventure. Learn more here.

YMCA Storer Camps

Campers ages 7 through 17 gain self-esteem and confidence by challenging themselves with a wide variety activities, including: sailing, horseback riding, kayaking, canoeing, high ropes course, climbing tower, arts and crafts, disc golf, target or team sports and much more. Campers also enjoy nature hikes, campfires, and making new friends, all while learning to succeed in a community environment and of course, having fun.

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Specialty Camps

Every year as a break from school approaches, parents are looking for fun activities to keep their children active and engaged. Our camps are the perfect solution! Basketball to soccer, legos and ninjas, our sports and specialty camps have fun covered. Specialty Camps focus on youth development through fun and engaging curriculums for preschool, school age, and teenagers. Each camp specializes directly with a unique theme of activities, projects and more.
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Summer Child Care

Children enrolled in the Y Summer Adventure Program will have opportunities to experience our unique program, which includes weekly hands-on field trips, an outdoor education day at the Sylvania YMCA/JCC, swimming several days each week, and STEM based programming at our highly rated facilities across the Toledo area. Summer Adventure is about learning skills, developing character, making friends, and most importantly having fun!
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The Value of Camp: Affordability and Inclusivity

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The Value of Camp: Affordability and Inclusivity

A trip to YMCA Storer Camps is always fun! There’s no doubt about that.  In fact, throughout the day at camp, the most common question asked  (besides what’s being served at the next meal) is “What was your favorite thing you did today?” 

This question is typically followed by a number of excited responses about riding horses, climbing the rock wall, or paddling around on Stony Lake on a stand-up paddleboard.  Although not explicitly stated, what these responses reveal is the fact that campers tried something new, grew out of their comfort zone, and created relationships with new friends.

When spending time at YMCA Storer Camps, each camper is able to grow in our four core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.  They create a community of campers across county, state, and even national lines.  Campers are challenged to push beyond boundaries they didn’t know existed, all while in a safe, caring environment away from societal pressures.  Upon returning home, campers have a stronger sense of self-worth, accomplishment, and appreciation for the world and others around them.

These experiences are designed for all children to learn, grow, and explore. 

YMCA Storer Camps is committed to ensuring that camp is a home away from home for every single child. Regardless of various walks of life, no barrier should ever prevent a child from attending camp.

In an attempt to further reduce barriers to experiencing camp, 2023 saw the launch of a brand new tiered pricing system for summer camp programs.  Families are now able to choose the program rate that best fits their needs, with no questions asked. All campers still receive the same quality programs regardless of payment level.  

We realize that some families may need additional resources beyond the tiered pricing system. In these cases, the YMCA is happy to offer financial assistance, provided by the generosity of donors who believe in the mission of YMCA Storer Camps.

Additionally, YMCA members receive discounts on all summer camp programs.  This discount is not exclusive to members of the YMCA of Greater Toledo but is extended to members of any YMCA across the globe! 

A trip to YMCA Storer Camps is fun, safe, and full of growth. Above all it is meant for your child this summer! 

 

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New Tiered Pricing

1 week of Overnight Camp