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January 21, 2026: For YMCA staff; members; current and registered Out of School Time and Full Day Out participants; 2025 Summer Camp participants; scholarship recipients. 
 

(Memberships not eligible for early registration include Virtual, Y-Starter and Y-Premium Individual memberships. Y-Premium Couple memberships are allowable if the child is the second individual on the account.) 

 

January 28, 2026: General public – all others 

Day Camp: 8 AM – 4 PM | Monday – Friday

  • Before Camp care: 6:30 AM – 8 AM | Monday – Friday | offered at an additional cost and only at select locations

  • After Camp care: 4 PM – 5:30 PM | offered at an additional cost and only at select locations.  
     

Kinder Camp: 7 AM – 5:30 PM | Monday – Friday | offered only at select locations 
 

Specialty Camps:

  • Adventure Camp: Monday – Thursday | 8 AM – 4 PM 

  • Basketball & Culinary Camp: Monday – Friday | 8 AM – 4 PM 

  • Day Camp

  • Specialty – Adventure Camp

  • Specialty – Basketball Camp

  • Specialty – Culinary Camp

  • NEW! Kinder Camp (select locations) 

Day Camp:

  • Arvada-Duncan YMCA (6/1-8/21; Before & After; no care 6/19 & 7/3)
  • Aurora YMCA (6/1-7/31; After Care; no care 6/19 & 7/3)
  • Downtown Denver Area (6/1-8/14; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Elkhart Elementary (6/1-7/31; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Excel Academy (6/1-7/31; After care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Glendale Sports Center (6/1-8/7; Before & After; no care 6/19 & 7/3)
  • Reunion (6/1-8/7; After care; no care 6/19 & 7/3)
  • Peak Elementary (6/1-8/7; After Care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Shelton Elementary (6/1-8/7; After Care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Southwest YMCA (6/1-8/21; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Trailside Academy (6/8-7/31; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • Yale Elementary (6/1-7/31; After care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)*
  • University Hills-Schlessman YMCA (6/1-8/21; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/3)* 

Specialty Camps:

  • Arvada-Duncan YMCA
  • University Hills-Schlessman YMCA

Kinder Camps:

  • Arvada-Duncan YMCA*
  • Southwest YMCA*
  • University Hills-Schlessman YMCA* 

*accepting CCCAP 

Day Camp: $270 for members/$320 non-members 
Specialty Camp-Adventure: $490 for members/$545 for non-members 
Specialty Camp-Basketball: $345 for members/$395 for non-members 
Specialty Camp-Culinary: $455 for members/$505 for non-members 
Kinder Camp: $437.50 for members/$487.50 for non-members 
 

The price will be different for 4-day camp weeks due to fewer camp day care offered. 

If you wish to cancel your Summer Camp registration, contact us online with your request. We must receive your cancellation request in writing. You may receive a refund or credit depending on when you submit your cancellation request: 

  • Cancel 21 days or more before your child’s first day of camp: Full refund or full account credit, minus 10% cancellation fee*

  • Cancel 7-20 days before your child’s first day of camp: 50% refund or full account credit, minus 10% cancellation fee*

  • Cancel 1-6 days before your child’s first day of camp: No refund or account credit  

Camp Refund and Cancellation Denver Y

NOTE:

  • In special, extenuating circumstances, a full refund may be approved for cancellations less than 21 days before the first day of camp. These refunds are approved on a case-by-case basis, and a 10% cancellation fee applies. 

  • You may transfer your Camp registration (to a different Denver Y camp or a different week of the same summer) up to 7 days before your first day of camp for an additional 10% processing fee. 

 

*All refunds and credits are subject to a 10% cancellation fee. Cancellation and transfer fee percentage applied to your total camp cost.