Camp Weeks & Dates
All summer camps are available to register for one week at a time. You can mix-and-match your summer adventure with a variety of camps, add in camps between family vacations and trips, or simply register for one week this summer! Any way you camp, you're sure to have a summer to remember.
Camp Locations
We are hosting four locations for summer to expand the fun! These camps serve families in Ambler, Blue Bell, Maple Glenn, Gwynedd Valley, Spring House, and all surrounding areas.
Address:
1325 McKean Rd, Ambler, PA 19002
Camps Offered:
- Small Feet
- Pioneers
- Explorers
- Pathfinders
- Counselor in Training
- Adventure
- Dance Combo
- Gymnastics
- Outdoor Adventure
- Safety Town
Address:
580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler, PA 19002
Camps Offered:
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Sports Combo
- Tennis
- Trailblazers
Address:
500 Houston Road, Ambler, PA 19002
Camps Offered:
- Theatre
- Artrageous
- Investigation Station
- Lego Mania
- Dragonfly Forest
Summer Camp Options
Traditional Camps
Grouped by age and grade, campers learn how to create new friendships and explore the natural world around them. Camp activities like art, music, nature, swimming, and sports are designed to build confidence, new skills, and untapped talent. Themes, special activities, and events make it a different adventure every week.
The fun starts early for our littlest campers. Camp Small Feet is designed with hands-on learning and fun in mind. arts and crafts, songs, and games are centered around weekly themes to engage curious preschoolers.
Ages: 4-5
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $420
Pioneers focuses on a fun camp experience for younger grades. Campers learn how to create new friendships and explore activities like art, music, nature, and sports designed to build confidence, new skills, and untapped talent.
Ages: 6-7
Location: Ambler YMCA | Montgomery County Community College
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $420
Camp Explorers focuses on a traditional camp experience for elementary school ages. Campers become more self-reliant and will explore new interests with activities like art, music, nature, and sports with themed weeks.
Ages: 8-9
Location: Ambler YMCA | Montgomery County Community College
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $420
Camp Pathfinders gives kids a fun camp experience with an emphasis on independence and learning team building and leadership skills. Campers enjoy fun-filled activities designed to build confidence and encourage exploration into new areas.
Ages: 10-11
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $420
Camp Trailblazers for young teens is designed to build camper leadership skills, explore different career opportunities, make a difference in their community, and most importantly, let them have a fun-filled indoor and outdoor summer experience!
Ages: 12-14
Location: Temple University Ambler Campus
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $435
This program is designed for teens who enjoy working with children ages 4-9 and are excited to learn leadership skills. During this three-week program, participants will assist in activity preparation and planning, shadow counselors, learn job skills and learn through hands on experience.
Ages: 14-15
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $510
Non-Member Rate: $585
Specialty Camps
Have fun this summer at a specialty camp! Focused on a specific theme, sport, art, or topic...specialty camps offer ways for campers to immerse themselves in a hobby or sport they love or try something new. Surrounded by other campers with similar hobbies, your camper will make friends, grow, and learn all summer long.
As the summer winds down we are heading for ADVENTURE! Reunite with your YMCA friends and make some new ones. Under the supervision of trained and enthusiastic camp counselors, campers will take part in several field trips, organized activities, arts & crafts, sports and games.
Ages: 8-12
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $485
Non-Member Rate: $545
Unleash your camper's imagination this summer! Artrageous is an outrageously fun art camp that provides a fun-filled curriculum packed with introductions to several forms of art. Each day brings a new project like drawing, painting, sculpting, and more!
Ages: 6-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
Game on! This camp is designed to help campers of all levels and abilities understand and learn the game of basketball. Led by trained athletes and coaches, this camp includes drills, skills, games, and most importantly, teamwork & fun!
Ages: 6-11
Location: Temple University Ambler Campus
Member Rate: $360
Non-Member Rate: $435
Dance camp is en pointe! Campers join us in the studio to work on choreographed routines designed to improve flexibility, stamina, endurance, and muscle memory this summer all while having fun with instructors, counselors, and other campers.
Ages: 4-5 | 6-7
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
Give your child a fun and memorable experience with gymnastics camp! We meet your camper where they're at and our professional coaches help them take that next step on their gymnastics journey. Flip, tumble and cartwheel your way to a summer of fun.
Ages: 4-5 | 6-7
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
Fizz, Bang, Boom! This science camp invites campers to investigate, explore and discover the world around them. Each week campers will explore different aspects of science ranging from physical science, science investigation, space, and more!
Ages: 6-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
This hands-on camp is for campers who like to build, create and discover. Time will be spent with free brick play and group builds. Other camp activities will round out the camp day.
Ages: 6-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
Counselors will guide the campers around our grounds, into creeks, on hikes, scavenger hunts, and more. As your camper journeys across the acres, they will learn basic survival and first aid skills, identify all wildlife, and enjoy a summer in the sun!
Ages: 6-9 | 10-12
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $365
Non-Member Rate: $440
Safety Town encompasses community safety: pedestrian, bicycle, stranger danger, fire, and 911. This camp features a miniature town with buildings, street signs, and crosswalks. Safety Town will also include classroom time with songs, crafts, games, and guest speakers. There will be a ceremony on Friday where each child will be presented with a certificate of completion.
Ages: 4-5
Location: Ambler YMCA
Member Rate: $360
Non-Member Rate: $435
Soccer Camp is designed for players at all levels. For both beginners and advanced players we will focus on learning proper technique, game play, ball control, and good sportsmanship all while having fun. Our staff is committed to each player’s enjoyment and improvement. We will be on the soccer field in the morning and the afternoon will consist of lunch and playing sports and activities with the rest of sports camp.
Ages: 6-11
Location: Temple University Ambler Campus
Member Rate: $360
Non-Member Rate: $435
Our Sports Camp are for campers who are athletes at heart, those looking to try a new sport, or those wanting to learn about sports. Campers will learn the history, rules, and key skills of different sports, all while practicing their techniques.
Ages: 6-7 | 8-11
Location: Temple University Ambler Campus
Member Rate: $355
Non-Member Rate: $420
Tennis Camp is designed for players at all levels. For both beginners and advanced players we will focus on learning proper technique, learning new strokes, ball control, and good sportsmanship all while having fun. Our staff is committed to each player’s enjoyment and improvement. We will be on the tennis courts in the morning and the afternoon will consist of lunch and playing sports and activities with the rest of sports camp.
Ages: 6-11
Location: Temple University Ambler Campus
Member Rate: $360
Non-Member Rate: $435
Bring your shining star to light up our stage this summer for a 2-week program! Campers will participate in Acting, Dance, Music, and Stagecraft classes designed around popular themes for this age group. Each camp will finish with exciting performances created by your camper!
Ages: 8-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $670
Non-Member Rate: $770
Dragonfly Special Needs Camp
Dragonfly Forest Day Camp is for campers with special needs and abilities. The camp’s goal is to provide a transformative camp experience for all children by providing the structure and support needed to succeed in all facets of life and build self-confidence while instilling pride to give them power and control over their futures.
Camp offers positive integration with other campers when possible to enable all children to learn and appreciate all individuals. Campers will spend their day engaging in arts and crafts, performing arts, science and nature, sports, swimming, and more.
Ages: 6-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $255
Non-Member Rate: $285
Camp offers positive integration with other campers when possible to enable all children to learn and appreciate all individuals. Campers will spend their day engaging in arts and crafts, performing arts, science and nature, sports, swimming, and more.
Ages: 6-12
Location: Wissahickon Middle School
Member Rate: $415
Non-Member Rate: $455
