Youth Daycamp
Spring Camp - 2008    Summer Camp - 2008.
The YMCA Day Camp Philosophy
The YMCA’s mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirits, minds, and bodies for all. The purpose of YMCA Day Camp, as with every YMCA program, is to help participants—in this case preschoolers to teens—grow spiritually, mentally, and physically. By using a natural camp site, or incorporating trips to a natural setting, and by providing challenging activities in both small- and large-group settings under the guidance of caring, well-trained staff members, YMCA Day Camp can give children an experience that can last a lifetime.
This experience is grounded in a set of seven objectives that the YMCA has for all program participants:

Grow personally.

Learn values.

Improve personal and family relationships.

Appreciate diversity.

Become better leaders and supporters.

Develop specific skills.

Have fun.

What follows is an elaboration on these seven objectives and how YMCAs help campers achieve them today through day camp (click on the objective to see the explanation of that objective).

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