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The Y offers a variety of camping experiences, from Preschool Camp to traditional Day Camp, Specialty Camps and Resident Camp.Your child will truly experience all that summer has to offer - fun, excitement, adventure, friendship and great memories to take home!

Day Camp

Our traditional Summer Day Camp provides youth with supervised activities that teach core values, conflict resolution and leadership skills. Kids have fun while making new friends, developing new skills, learning core values, building self-confidence, appreciating teamwork and growing in self-reliance. For kids, Y camp is a fun and happy place to enjoy the summer. Our camp components include: themes, daily opening and closing assemblies, camp spirit songs, values time, outside time, swimming, arts & crafts, a family night at least three times during the summer, field trips and so much more.

As another weekly choice for your child, we also offer a variety of Specialty and Sport Camps that will allow your child to have a great summer experience! These week-long camps provide a specialized half-day camp for five days. Extended care is available at some locations.

Preschool Camp

Designed for children ages 3-5, Preschool Camp is an exciting time filled with a variety of activities for children to do all day long. Weekly themes allow the children to explore such fun things as: the beach, my America, camping, wild west, going on vacation, stripes, gardens, fruits & vegetables, the country fair, the Islands, and getting ready for school. Activities provide a developmentally appropriate, hands-on learning experience for children that is offered in a more casual summer mode. In addition, the program is enriched with swimming, sports and movement. We offer full-day at our Salem Family Center and Mt. Trashmore locations.

Resident Camp at Camp Silver Beach

Experiencing time away from home, on 151 beautiful acres on the Chesapeake Bay, is the perfect adventure for your child! The 1,200 feet of pristine shoreline offers sailing, kayaking, fishing, motor boating and more. Visit the Camp Silver Beach website for more information.

Teen Camp

Teens can be a part of the Y summer experience too with Y Teen Camps. The Albemarle Family YMCA, Blocker Norfolk Family YMCA, Great Bridge/Hickory Family YMCA, Greenbrier Family YMCA, Mt. Trashmore Family YMCA and Taylor Bend Family YMCA will be offer teen programs throughout the summer

Counselor-In-Leadership-Training (CILT) is a full-day program designed to teach enthusiastic young adults leadership skills and the fundamentals of working with children. Candidates must submit an application. Once selected, the teen will spend part of the day in the classroom learning skills such as first aid and child development, and part of the day with their mentoring counselor as a counselor-in-training. This program is for youth ages 14-15 who are attending high school.

Camp Red Feather

YMCA Camp Red Feather is a traditional day camp for boys and girls ages 5-15 (must have completed Kindergarten) that takes place in a beautiful, 50-acre, outdoor setting. Operated by the Blocker Norfolk Family YMCA, Camp Red Feather takes place on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan College, less than a mile from Lake Wright and just minutes from many locations in Virginia Beach.

Camp Red Feather is fully licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a child day care program. Visit the Camp Red Feather website for more information.

The YMCA is committed to providing programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. If you and
your family need financial assistance in paying fees for YMCA programs or membership, just ask! Download
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