Camp Speers YMCA

Get ready for a new and exciting event each day. Spend one day at Dorney Park, enjoy an off site treetop course and experience ALL of the camp thrills like climbing, ziplining, biking and archery. When not flying through the sky, these campers will enjoy other fun camp experiences like crafts, swimming, boating, and sports.

This program is designed to teach young cheerleaders all the essential skills to lead the crowd and support the home team. Speers cheer camp will ensure that each camper will learn cheers, proper hand and body movements as well as jumping techniques. There will be basic stunting and tumbling instruction led by experienced and trained coaches. Our big focus here is safety and fun while each camper learns important life skills such as teambuilding and leadership. The week concludes with a choreographed performance and leaving with increased confidence!

Animal Adventure campers will live their camp life on the wild side as they spend their days with our farm animals, explore the land around them and even get to ride a horse. They will learn about the wildlife we have right here at camp and get to go off site to visit a local zoo. When not frolicking around the farm, these campers will enjoy other fun camp experiences like crafts, swimming, boating, and sports.

Were excited to offer this new program where campers can learn more about the outdoors and see how well they can survive in the wild. Campers will learn about backpacking, purifying water, building shelters and fires, edible plants, animals to avoid, practice fishing, and even do an overnight cookout/sleepout! There will be challenges against the opposing team intermixed with the survival skills. The question isDo you have what it takes to survive!?

This program is designed for campers who are ready to level up on their water adventures. Campers will travel off camp to visit a local waterfall, visit a water park, and challenge themselves with whitewater rafting down the Delaware River. These campers will also have time for, slip and sliding, beach luaus, and the other exciting camp activities.

This program is designed for campers who just cant get enough water time! Campers will have extra time at the waterfront each day and travel off camp to visit a local waterfall. Lake Legend campers will splash around with water balloon fights, slip and slides, beach luaus, and the other traditional camp activities.

Do you prefer staying up late and sleeping in? Then this is the perfect program for you! Night Owl campers will explore the evening with night hikes, late night snacks around the campfire, glow in the dark archery, glow beach party and of course playful night havoc. This cabin will have a later wakeup call and sleep-in breakfast daily so they can prepare for more evening adventures.

If you love spending time at camp and in the art room, this program is a perfect fit! Art Attack campers will learn about art history and create projects using various art mediums like water colors, pastels, paints, clay, jewelry, and of course tie dying! We will end the week with an art show! When not crafting, campers will participate in activities such as swimming, archery and rock climbing.

These two weeks will be packed with a variety of outdoor opportunities! You will spend time high off the ground while practicing your climbing skills to prepare for an out of camp climbing trip. When youre not climbing around, spend time of the lake practicing your skills which will lead up to a boating adventure on the Delaware River. The final leg of the journey will be getting to explore a cave to learn more about life underground. When youre not adventuring, therell plenty of fun camp activities to do!

Traditional Overnight campers enjoy a quintessential summer camp experience tailored to their interests. With a mix of scheduled and choice-based activities, each camper has the chance to try something new and take charge of their daily schedule. They can select from a range of coaching activitieslike archery, water sports, woodshop, biking, climbing, and artduring a daily program dedicated to skill development. Afternoons are filled with waterfront fun and a variety of activity rotations, giving campers a taste of everything camp has to offer. Our Traditional Overnight campers will experience the thrill of cooking over a fire, sleeping under the stars, and participating in lively all-camp evening activities and cozy campfires.

This program is offered for campers who identify as LGBTQIA+, their allies, or kids whose parents identify with this community. This session is designed to create a safe, fun, inclusive environment for all campers. LGBTQIA+ program campers enjoy camp activities together while focusing on the YMCA four core values, confidence, and building a lifelong network of friends.

Do you prefer staying up late and sleeping in? Then this is the perfect program for you! Midnight Madness campers will explore the evening with night hikes, late night snacks around the campfire, glow in the dark archery, an evening of fun off site for glow bowling, and of course playful night havoc. This cabin will have a later wakeup call and sleep-in breakfast daily so they can prepare for more evening adventures.

Outdoors and Smores is a program designed for 1st-3rd graders who are ready to try camp for a full week. Camper programming is based on the developmental needs of our youngest children and they will get opportunities to swim and boat on the lake, rock climb, perfect their sports skills, and cook out over a fire. Outdoors and Smores campers live in the Eljabar Village where the cabins have bathrooms and showers.

Its time to bring the heat to the camp kitchen! In this program, campers try new recipes as they whip up snacks, fun appetizers, tasty main courses, and yummy desserts. Campers will have an opportunity to learn about the camp kitchen as well as various outdoor cooking methods. Work with your fellow campers to create your own Top Chef cookbook to take home and continue your love of cooking.

This is for the camper who wants a short trial of everything camp has to offer! Begin your lifelong love of overnight camp by staying in our duplex cabins and dabbling in rock climbing, swimming, paddling, tie-dying, arts and crafts, and sports then gather round the campfire with other younger campers to enjoy a smore snack. (This is a 3-day, 2-night experience. Campers will live in cabins with bathrooms and showers.)