Do you have questions about YMCA Summer Camp? Search below to find the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions.
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)
- Palmer Neighborhood ^ (6/9-8/8; After Care; CCCAP; no care 6/19 & 7/1)*
- Park Hill Neighborhood (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
There are a variety of camps offered so families can customize their camp experience.
Day Camp: $230/members; $280/non-members
Specialty Camp:
Adventure Camp: $450/members; $500/non-members
Art/Basketball/Culinary/STEM/Sports: $300/members; $350/non-members
Esports: $125/members; $175/non-members
Leaders in Training: $100/members; $130 non-members
YMCA members save ~$50 per week of camp. Consider YMCA membership to save on summer camp – join now! Note! You must maintain your YMCA membership from the point of registration through the end of summer camp to qualify for the member pricing on summer camp. The child registered for camp must be an active member on the membership account in order for member camp pricing.
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
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:
*Withdrawal fee percentage applied to your total camp cost.
A YMCA Account. Don't have an account? Set up your YMCA account.
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 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:
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.
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Waitlist
When all camp spots fill, a family can register for the waitlist during the registration process. All program spots are first-come, first-served, so the first person on the waitlist will be the first person eligible for a spot. You will be notified if a spot opens up for your child and they are next on the waitlist. Be sure you have a payment method on file, so that your registration can be processed:
- If you do not have a valid, stored payment method on file, your waitlist spot will be forfeited. This includes credit/debit cards that have expired.
- Waitlist spots will be made available as spots open up in camp. 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.