YMCA Summer Day Camper Call – Peter Gilgan Family YMCA

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 / flip flops for the pool deck

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.

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.

Every Wednesday, campers take part in a special camp-wide event led by our site’s Assistant Directors, Butterfly and Apollo, 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!

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, Kiele (aka Venti) 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. The same process goes if you are going to be picking up your child early from camp, or dropping them off later at camp. Please send me a message between 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Sign in/out will be at the front of the YMCA. When signing in you must WALK YOUR CHILD TO THE SIGN IN STATION and provide us with a signature. We will not be able to take any child into our care without the signature of the person dropping off.

Sign out works like sign in, it will be at the front of the YMCA. You will be required to bring at least one government-issued photo ID that must match the name on our authorized pick-up list. We will not be able to let any child out of our care without seeing ID and having the signature sign out. We will also not be able to let any child out of our care to anyone who is NOT on the authorized pick-up list.

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

Send an email to the email address [email protected]

How to request for a cancellation?

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

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

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.