YMCA Summer Day Camper Call – Valens Lake Conservation Area

YMCA Summer Day Camp is a chance for everyone to create endless summer memories: playing games, exploring the outdoors, learning new skills and making friends for life! With a fresh selection of traditional and specialty camps this summer there is something for everyone! We look forward to helping campers unplug from screen time and plug into rediscovering the outdoors, sports, trips, fun activities and more.

Camp Director: Echo

Assistant Camp Director: Wall-e

General Schedule – Day in the life

Time Details
8:00am-9:00am Sign in & Bus to Valens
9:00am-10:00pm CAMP BEGINS

Snack

Song circle

Low logs / Campfire / Canoeing

12:00pm-12:30pm LUNCH
1:00pm-2:00pm Swimming in the lake OR water play (*if the lake is sick*)
2:00pm-3:00pm Snack

Fishing / Mountain Biking / Hiking

4:00pm-5:00pm CAMP ENDS

Bus to West Oak & Sign out

WHAT TO BRING

Please ensure that your camper is coming to camp each day with the following:

  • Hat / Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen/Bug Spray
  • Refillable water bottle
  • Please ensure you are packing your camper with a FULL lunch as they have two snack times and one 30-minute lunch break
  • All lunches MUST be peanut free
  • Comfortable clothing and closed toe shoes (mandatory)
  • Bathing suit & towel for swimming or splash pad time
  • Water shoes for the lake

SPECIAL EVENT

Every Friday there is a special event where campers and counsellor dress to the week’s theme, and this week we encourage campers to dress to the theme. They can choose to wear something related to the theme. Our counsellors will be dressing up, so we hope your camper will too.

Schedule Theme
Week 1 Monochrome
Week 2 Superheroes & Villains
Week 3 Olympics/Culture
Week 4 Dynamic Duo
Week 5 Celebrity
Week 6 Beach
Week 7 Carnival
Week 8 Disney/Animation
Week 9 Sport

FUN FRIDAY

Every Friday, we celebrate the week’s theme with Fun Fridays, a special event featuring four exciting stations: Passive Play, Active Games, Food Crafts, and Memory Frames. At the Memory Frames station, each camper receives a group photo to decorate and take home as a keepsake. Group photos are taken every TUESDAY, so to ensure your camper is included, please make sure they attend camp on that day.

WEDNESDAY WALLAROO

Every Wednesday, campers take part in a special camp-wide event led by our site’s Assistant Director, Wall-e, called Wednesday Wallaroo. These large-scale games are designed around the weekly theme and offer a fun, engaging experience for all campers to enjoy together. It’s a highlight of the week that brings the entire camp community together for excitement, teamwork, and unforgettable memories!

ABSENCES

If your child will not be attending camper for any of the camp days, we ask that you send me an email to the Director, Jada (aka Echo) at [email protected] between the times of 7AM – 9AM so I am aware of this absence and I can let the bus marshals know regarding this absence.

NEW / SWAPS

Whom to contact regarding new registrations, switch/swap a week/program?

Send an email to the email address [email protected]

CANCELLATIONS

How to request for a cancellation?

Fill in the cancellation form through the link: https://ymcaofoakville.org/programs/camps/cancellation/

AUTHORISED PICKUPS

How to add authorised pick ups?

  1. Follow this link to sign in and visit the My Account page: https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/ymcaofoakville/myaccount
  2. Go to my account page
  3. Scroll to the bottom and click on Manage Family member
  4. Add new member, enter the details, and click on Submit
  5. In the same page, under child’s name, click on authorised pickups and add the new member

SUMMER SCHEDULE

How to check your child’s schedules for the summer?

  1. Follow this link to sign in and visit the My Account page: https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/ymcaofoakville/myaccount
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage and click on View Family Members Schedule
  3. Click on the button, Family Members, and choose the child’s name.
  4. Click on the date and choose July/August to look at the Schedule which shows the program name/week you have registered your child for.