Camp Jorn YMCA Day Camp

EVERY DAY CAMP IS AN ADVENTURE!

Each summer Camp Jorn offers a 10 week Day Camp program for children entering Kindergarten (Must turn 5 by September 1, 2023)-8th grade.

At Camp Jorn’s Day Camp, we are here to make your kids feel welcome.  Campers who like a bit of everything - from sports to crafts, swimming to nature, will get to experience it all including tubing! Each week is packed with a variety of activities planned around weekly themes. Campers have a choice in their activities such as crafts, large group games, archery and so much more.

We also provide pre-school summer camp for children ages 3 months to four years. Check out the Childcare Page for more information. Please contact, Kristin Kumpula, Child Care Director, to register your child for our Childcare & Preschool Program.

Please read our immunization policy for 2022.

Camp Jorn YMCA’s goals are:

1. Campers will develop personal growth and higher sense of self while engaging in challenging activities that promote positive risk taking, independence, and opportunity for success

2. Campers will learn to make & maintain positive relationships with their peers and friends while building a sense of community

3. Campers will learn the YMCA core values to help them become positive well-rounded individuals:

Honesty: Campers will be taught the value of honesty while at camp, to speak and act with sincerity, truthfulness, fairness and integrity.
Respect: Campers will be taught the meaning of respect, to show consideration for self, others and the environment
Caring: Campers will be shown how to care for themselves and others, to provide compassion and understanding and to recognize the goodness in others
Responsibility: Campers will experience responsibility for themselves, their actions, their belongs, and camp property. They will be taught to do what is right, to be accountable for your behavior and obligations, to persevere to completion
Personal Growth: Campers will learn to develop in the four personal competencies - compassion, contribution, commitment and character – in order to discover and to be our best selves

Camp Jorn staff work with parents and campers to determine readiness and eligibility for specific programs. Camp offers different session lengths and a variety of canoe / backpacking trips that are based on physical ability, age and development. Some classes like waterskiing and sailing are optional and require swimming ability. Swimming levels are determined by a skills test on the first day. We recognize that children develop at different rates, and some may need more support than others. Our goal is to work in partnership with parents to ensure physical, emotional, and cognitive development match the ongoing skills progression required for safe participation. Camp will provide safety equipment like lifejackets and program equipment like archery bows that are the appropriate size for each.