Summer Day Camps | West Side YMCA Summer Day Camp
Located in St. Mark’s Church on Dexter Drive, campers at the YMCA West Side After School Program will have full access to a gym, playground, and outdoor green space. Campers must have completed Kindergarten in order to register.
Your camper will enjoy traditional camp adventures and age-appropriate activities led by our qualified staff. You may enjoy gym games, sports, arts and crafts, swimming, out trips, theme days, and more!
Availability
- Junior Adventure (ages 5 – 7): weekly, starting June 26 and ending August 30
- Senior Adventure (ages 8 – 12): weekly, starting June 26 and ending August 30
Cost: $166.86 | $133.48 on short weeks due to holidays (Canada Day on July 1, New Brunswick Day on August 5)
*Week 1: $100.11 (3-day week)
*Week 1: $100.11 (3-day week)
Bringin’ back the old school games with Tetris, Pac Man and Super Mario themed games and activities. We are inviting you to bring your own devices for “Arcade Hour” each day. Challenges between friends and staff will ignite the gamer and arcade enthusiast in you!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #7: August 6 – 9 (Shorter week due to holiday)
Cost: $148.32
With tons of color, painting, drawing, sketching, building and designing, this week is sure to get the creative wheels turning. Campers will create in new ways using traditional methods and natural materials, as well as experimenting with new mediums. With individual and group projects, this camp has something for everyone. Let’s make a masterpiece!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #3: July 8 – July 12
Cost: $185.40
Join us for a week of baking treats. We will take a trip to the grocery store and collect all the ingredients we need to bake up a storm. Taste testing and food relay races in the summer sun are just a few ways we will have fun. We will end the week with a bake sale for all campers and proceeds will go to the charity of the children’s choice.
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #7: August 6 – 9 (Shorter week due to holiday)
Cost: $148.32
Spending time outdoors is one of our favorite things, and this week it’s all about nature! What can nature teach us? What can nature and the land give to us, and what can we give back? We’ll be exploring, creating and learning through the beauty that is outdoors!
Ages: 5 – 7
Availability
- Week #9: August 19 – 23
Cost: $185.40
Attention Trainers, Battle Masters and Crew Members, it’s time to go head to head! Is there an intruder Among Us? Can you win the poke-battle? Are you ready to let it rip? From Pokémon to Beyblades, this camp offers indoor and outdoor activities based on all the faves.
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #3: July 8 – July 12
Cost: $185.40
Calling all Disney fanatics! Prepare to be enchanted as we enjoy sing-a-longs, dress up and costumes, Disney-themed activities and crafts, and lots of imagination!
Ages: 5 – 7
Availability
- Week #2: July 2-5 (Shorter week due to holiday)
Cost: $148.32
Are you an aspiring Avenger? Create superhero capes and explore our own heroic talents through risk taking, role play and teamwork. This fun-filled week of challenges and surprises will surely have you moving as you put your powers to the test!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #1: June 26 – 28 (3-day week)
Cost: $111.24
Look what you made us do; we’re in our Camper Era at the YMCA! In celebration of the highly favored TSwift, this week will be packed with activities that will leave you feeling enchanted. Long live the memories we’ll make, baking chai sugar cookies, making friendship bracelets, and dancing around in our pj’s (maybe dancing in the pouring rain, too)! Be fearless, as this summer will be anything but cruel! Are you ready for it?
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #10: August 26 – 30
Cost: $185.40
Challenge yourself and teammates with a week of game-show-type activities, board games, challenges and more. From Jeopardy to Minute to Win it, this week will be sure to bring out the competition in you!
Ages: 5 -12
Availability
- Week #2: July 2-5 (Shorter week due to holiday)
Cost: $148.32
“I choose you” to come and spend the week trying to “catch ’em all!” This week, you can enhance your trainer skills while participating in all things Pokémon! Through outdoor excursions, Pokémon challenges, making your own Pokémon cards and more, you’re sure to have a blast!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #8: August 12 – 16
Cost: $185.40
Slime, mud, goop and squishy things – this week is all about gross! Join us for Grossology, where campers will enjoy getting their hands dirty, making weird and wonderful experiments, and saying, “eww, gross!” on a regular basis!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #4: July 15 – 19
Cost: $185.40
Baking, cooking, eating, repeat! This week, campers will explore their skills while learning about edible science too! What makes a cookie a cookie? What happens if you add… you’ll just need to wait and find out!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #4: July 15 – 19
Cost: $185.40
Do you love all things LEGO? Come join us for a LEGO-filled week with building competitions, imaginative fun and the ability to build, build, build! Campers work together as young Mayors to plan, build and govern the city of their dreams where EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #5: July 22 – 26
Cost: $185.40
Our region offers many opportunities to get outside and make the most of our summer. Campers will see the sights, hike, swim, kayak, and climb their way through the city. Join us for a week of adventure where we explore, discover, and check activities off our summer bucket list!
Theme(s): adventure, outdoors, exploration
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #8: August 12 – 16
Cost: $185.40
Enjoy a week of creative abilities and nature mixed together. We will work on canvas creations, artistic experiments, nature collages and more. The outdoors is a blank canvas and friendships are sure to bloom during this week of fantastical art.
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #6: July 29 – August 2
Cost: $185.40
This camp will leave you feeling refreshed after a week of fun art projects, DIY’s, dancing, music and much more! Build friendships while doing things you love and making memories to last a lifetime.
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #5: July 22 – July 26
Cost: $185.40
From fun on the field to having a blast on the beach, this camp is sure to keep all outdoor enthusiasts busy with team & skill-building activities, high-energy games and out-of-the-box art! Follow the sun to your next adventure!
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #1: June 26 – 28 (3-day week)
Cost: $111.24
Egg drops, ramps, projectile science, and more! Welcome to an incredible week of science experiments, challenges, ingenuity and more!
Ages: 8 – 12
Availability
- Week #10: August 26 – 30
Cost: $185.40
SPLASH into a week of Water Fun! Join us for a fun filled week of water wars, silly water games, a trip to the beach and much more. Make sure to pack your swim wear and extra clothing every day.
Ages: 5 – 12
Availability
- Week #6: July 29 – August 2
Cost: $185.40
Register for Day Camps
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Contact Us
50 Dexter Drive
Saint John, NB E2M 4M4
Site Supervisor: Chrissy Wilson
+1-506-650-3665 | c.wilson@yswnb.ca