Do you have questions about YMCA Summer Camp? Search below to find the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions.

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Registration

January 22, 2025:  For YMCA staff, members; current and registered Out of School Time participants; 2024 Summer Camp participants; scholarship recipients 
 

(Memberships not eligible for early registration include individual memberships and couple without child memberships) 

 

January 29, 2025:  General public – all others 

March 31, 2025: CCCAP participants 

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 at all 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 

Day Camps:

  • Arvada-Duncan YMCA (6/2-8/7; Before & After; no care 6/19 & 7/1)
  • Aurora YMCA (APS) (6/2-7/31; After Care; no care 6/19 & 7/1)
  • Downtown Denver Area (6/9-8/8; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Elkhart Elementary (6/2-7/31; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Excel Academy (6/2-8/7; After care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Glendale Sports Center (6/2-8/7; Before & After; no care 6/19 & 7/1)
  • Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment ^ (6/9-8/8; After Care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Steadman Elementary (6/9-8/14; After Care; no care 6/19 & 7/1)
  • Reunion (6/2-8/7; After care; no care 6/19 & 7/1)
  • Shelton Elementary (6/2-8/7; After Care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Southwest YMCA (6/2-8/8; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Trailside Academy (6/9-8/1; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • University Hills-Schlessman YMCA (6/9-8/14; Before & After; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
  • Yale Elementary (6/2-7/31; After care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*

*accepting CCCAP

Specialty Camps:

  • Arvada-Duncan YMCA
  • University Hills-Schlessman YMCA 

  • Day Camp: $250 for members/$300 non-members

  • Specialty Camp-Adventure: $460 for members/$515 for non-members

  • Specialty Camp-Basketball: $320 for members/$370 for non-members

  • Specialty Camp-Culinary: $425 for members/$475 for non-members 

 

The price will be different for camps during holiday weeks due to fewer camp days 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  

Cancellation Chart Denver YMCA Summer Camp

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 subject to a 10% cancellation fee. Cancellation and transfer fee percentage applied to your total camp cost.

No for both! However, a future billing method is required to complete the registration. We encourage you to set up an ACH/bank account in your YMCA Account for your billing method.

Here’s how to set up a payment method in your YMCA Account. 

If you register before May 15, 2025: You may pay in full at registration or through automatic monthly payments. 

If you register on or after May 15, 2025: You must pay in full for all weeks of Summer Camp. 

If you miss a monthly payment, your registration may be withdrawn with a 10% withdrawal fee, based on the payment schedule below: 

Summer Camp Payment Process Denver Y

*Withdrawal fee percentage applied to your total camp cost. 

  • Preferred location, desired Camp weeks, whether you need Before- and/or After-Camp Care (available at select locations).

  • A preferred payment method on file in your account. We encourage you to set up an ACH/bank account for your billing method. 

  • Full registration payment or initial payment to begin monthly payment schedule*: 

Monthly auto payments

*Monthly payment option available for registration before May 15, 2025. 

After registering for Summer Camp, you will receive a follow-up communication from the Y with a link to complete additional required registration forms within your YMCA Account — including authorized pick-ups, emergency contacts, sunscreen authorization, medical authorization and more.  

Your camp registration is not complete until you complete these required forms, and the deadline to complete them is May 15, 2025. Those with incomplete forms will not be able to attend camp until completed.

We encourage you to complete these forms in your YMCA account right after you register! 

Our Summer Camp 2025 options include traditional Day Camp, as well as Specialty Camp – Adventure*, Culinary and Basketball. 

Check out our SPECIALTY CAMP Offerings with locations behind each date. See links here:  
 

Arvada-Duncan YMCA

Aurora YMCA

University Hills-Schlessman YMCA 

 

There is no camp on Thursday, June 19. 

Please contact us. 

No.

  • For Day Camp, the YMCA accepts youth ages 5 to 12.  
  • For Specialty Camps:
    • Adventure, Basketball, and Culinary Camp: the age range is 10 to 14

No. Youth may be registered for camp prior to turning 5 and then may attend Day Camp once they have turned 5.  

If a household joins the YMCA between January 22-28, 2025 – the exclusive time for member registration – and now wants to cancel, the child/ren will lose their spot in the respective camp registration. 

If the family registered after this exclusive time period for members (on and after January 29, 2025), they do not lose their spot but will pay/be responsible for the difference between the weekly member rate and the weekly non-member rate of the respective camp.  

It is YMCA policy that you must be a Denver YMCA member – with participating children on your account - at the time of program registration and at the time of the program operation to take advantage of member pricing.  

The deadline to register for any week of camp is the Wednesday before the Monday of the camp week. For example, the deadline for camp week June 23, 2025 is Wednesday, June 18, 2025.  

All required camp forms are due the Thursday before the Monday of the camp week at 12 PM.

The YMCA will send updates via email to the address on file in your YMCA Account. Please be sure you are opted in to receive all updates. You will receive communication from your child's Camp no later than May 15, 2025. 

Did you opt out of our emails? Re-subscribe here. 

Yes, through the generosity of our donors, the YMCA offers financial assistance to eligible families. The scholarship application process for Summer Camp 2025 is open. There are a limited number of scholarships for Summer Day Camp, and applications are considered in the order they are received.   

 

Please, read carefully, as the CCCAP Summer Camp registration process has changed from past years. 

  • Summer Camp registration opens for CCCAP families on March 31, 2025. (Do not register with the general public. If you do, you may be responsible for the cost of any Summer Camp weeks you register for.)  

  • Summer Camp for CCCAP families will be offered on a monthly basis. For example: all of June and/or all of July.  

  • An Authorization Letter is required when registering — see details in registration steps below. 

  • Families will be responsible for a monthly parent fee. When you receive your Authorization Letter, the parent fee will be noted as determined by the respective program and based on family circumstance. This fee will be due to the YMCA of Metro Denver. 

  • TO REGISTER, complete our Contact Us form on or after March 31, 2025 as follows:

  1. Under Category drop-down menu, select “YMCA of Metro Denver – Summer Camp.”

  1. Under Request Type, select CCCAP.

  1. Enter your child or children’s name/s and date/s of birth.

  1. Under Location, select your preferred location of camp.

  1. In Subject Line, enter “CCCAP – Summer Camp” and your first and last name.

  1. In Message, indicate whether you want your child/children to be enrolled in Summer Camp for June and/or July.

  1. In Browse for a File box, upload a copy of your Authorization Letter. 

  1. Enter your contact details.

  1. Select Submit Request. 

 

If you are new to CCCAP and do not have a YMCA account, please contact us. 

Questions about CCCAP? Contact us. 

 

YMCA Premium Couple including two individuals, one must be 18+, same household.  

YMCA Premium Household including two adults and up to six dependents ages 23 and under, same household.  

Do you need to change your YMCA membership to receive the member rate? Contact us. Please allow 48 hours to process and confirm your account change.  

Note! It is YMCA policy that you must be a Denver YMCA member – with participating children on your account - at the time of program registration and at the time of the program operation to take advantage of member pricing. 

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You may be experiencing this because users have added a Camp spot to their cart but have not checked out. Their order will remain in their cart for about 12 hours and then be made available again. Or you may be experiencing this because enrollment is full and there is a waitlist for the Camp.

No matter the reason, the best thing to do is to follow the steps to be added to the waitlist for the Camp. Our staff reviews the waitlist regularly and will reach out to you via email and text message when there is a spot open for you — you have 48 hours to respond and claim your spot. 

Waitlist

Due to high demand for our Summer Camp programs, we maintain a waitlist for locations that have reached capacity. Families on the waitlist will be considered for enrollment as spots become available.

Waitlist Management & Notification Process

  • The waitlist will be reviewed once per week to identify available openings.
  • If a spot becomes available, you will receive a notification via email and text message with an offer to be registered.
  • You will have 48 hours to respond and confirm your acceptance of the available spot.

Registration Requirements

  • To accept the offered spot, you must respond to either the email or text within 48 hours.
  • A current credit card must be on file to finalize enrollment. Failure to provide valid payment information (including expired credit/debit cards) may result in the spot being offered to the next family on the waitlist.

Additional Information

  • Being on the waitlist does not guarantee a spot in the program.
  • Families who do not respond within the 48-hour timeframe will be removed from the current waitlist but may reapply to rejoin the waitlist.
  • If you decline a spot, you must rejoin the waitlist if they wish to be considered in the future.
  • If you have multiple children on the waitlist, we cannot guarantee that all children will be enrolled in camp.
  • Waitlist spots cannot be transferred to other weeks or other types of camp. 

If, while on the waitlist, you find another option for your child and want to be removed from the waitlist, you must submit an online request to be removed from the waitlist. If you do not submit this request, your child could end up registered for camp and your payment method on file will be charged. 

QUESTIONS? Contact us.