Summer Camp

 

YMCA Summer Day Camp provides outdoor activities, swimming, sports, arts, crafts, games, field trips and summer adventures.

OUR PROMISE TO PARENTS - Your kids will be safe, make new friends, learn new skills and most of all, have fun! 

Join the Oahe Family YMCA in Summer 2025, Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Friday August 15, 2025, for a fun-filled summer for your child! Whether you choose one week or all summer, YMCA Day Camp fits your schedule and provides fun and enriching activities for your child.

Day Camp provides an exciting setting for your children to explore the outdoors. Quality staff will guide them through a summer of discovery as they explore the world around them. Weekly themes allow campers to learn more about the world's ecosystems through art, sporting, nature and character development activities.

Campers work together in many activities which lead to the development of teamwork skills, leadership skills, and lifelong friendships. In addition, campers gain an understanding of the YMCA's character development values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.

Join us this summer for all of the fun!

This was the 2025 camp schedule for an example of what activities the kids will enjoy.

Week	Date	Theme Week	Description
1	May 27 - May 30	Summer’s here!	Welcome One…Welcome All!! Campers and Counselors will get to know each other through an array of ice breakers, games, theme days and other activities.
2	Jun 2 - Jun 6	SECRETS AND SPIES	Calling all secret agents! It’s your turn to join the ranks of Director Y’s elite group of spies. Each day is filled with top secret briefings that will put your spy skills and street smarts to the test. You will develop disguises for cover, make and break codes, and create and use spy gadgets. Your camper will get a taste of what it’s like to be a spy!
3	Jun 9 - Jun 13	Celebrate the Good Times	We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and we will even learn about different holidays around the world! Be ready for an egg hunt, costume party and a lot more fun in the sun!
4	Jun 16 - Jun 20	When Life Gives you LEMONS	This might be the camper’s favorite week. It is lemon week; sunny color yellow, art, science, and games about the color of the sun. We will end the week with an old fashion lemonade stand.
5	Jun 23 - Jun 27	South Dakota/Kindness Matters Week	Show off your South Dakota pride & Midwestern nice. Prepare for contests, games and trivia. We will need our week with a trip to the Laura Engels Wilder homestead.
6	Jun 30 - Jul 3	Red, White, & Blue	This land is your land, this land is our land…”, during Star Spangled Banner week we will participate in activities that celebrate our country. Take pride in our land and cultures, from everything red, white and blue, hometown heroes to celebrating national monuments and landmarks across the nation – we have so much to celebrate including YOU! (We are closed the 4th of July)
7	Jul 7 - Jul 11	OUT OF THIS WORLD	4, 3, 2, 1…blast off, travel out of this world, and explore the stars! Galactic adventures await your camper this week as we study the planets and galaxies far away! One small step for your camper, one giant leap for the summer.
8	7/14-7/18	Cartoony Creations	Spend the week with your favorite cartoon friends. Characters will be brought to life through games and crafts. Each day there will be a different theme of characters.
9	7/21-7/25	Shark Attack!	Fins to the right, fins to the left, it’s a shark attack! Come to camp and learn about the ocean’s greatest predator. We will explore water sports that will make everyone’s fins go up. Sharks and minnows, predators and prey, and other fun crafts will be had by all.
10	7/28-8/1	Dino Days	We’ll travel back millions of years to study some of earth’s mightiest beasts. Be ready for some jaw-dropping surprises! Capping off our week is a trip to see some real live Dinos at Reptile Gardens.
11	8/4-8/8	The Round Table	Knights and princesses from across the land: your presence is requested at the summer tournament to honor the king and queen. Be on the lookout for the dragon lurking in the nearby forest!
12	8/11-8/15	Rewind Summer	The last week of camp is here as the sun begins to go down on summer. Before you go back to school, we’ll re-live your favorites from a summer full of fun. On the last day of Camp we will try and spend most of the day at the Pierre Pool.

 

2025 Registration Open Dates:

Registration for summer camp for members and Kid Stop families on March 10.

Non-members registration March 17.

 

General Payment Information:
$120/week for members with automatic payment or $128/week for members without 

$140/week for non-members with automatic payment or $147/week for non-members without

At time of registration, a $20 non-refundable deposit is required for each week of camp enrolled per child. 

Camp has is limited space and processed on a first come, first served basis.

Payment for each week of camp is required on the Monday of that camp week.

Financial assistance is available, and applications can be picked up at the front desk. Financial assistance applications must be submitted and approved prior to the start of camp.

Additional Information:
Camp runs Monday - Friday, 7:45am-5: 30pm.Make sure to pack a swimsuit, lunch and closed toed shoes. A morning and afternoon snack will be provided. 

Have questions or comments? Contact Lisa Maunu, Youth Development Director, lisa@oaheymca.org or 224-1683.