Y Navigator Camp – Come one week or all summer long:

• Explore and discover hiking, camping, gardens and scavenger hunts
• Music, cooking, and weird science
• Animals, bugs and barns
• Physical fitness and fun with more games than you can imagine
• Our world, the planet, endangered species and the truly weird
• Curriculum based-Arts, character development, fitness, science, and service learning
• Multiple trips weekly to include a weekly trip to an outdoor pool & the library

Parent Information:

Health and Emergency Form
Permission Form
Schedule Update and Change form
Parent Handbook   Parent Handbook

This program is a flexible 3, 4 or 5 day a week program, available 6:45 am – 6:00 pm and is based at the National Guard Armory. Come one week or come all summer!

2012 Weeks and Weekly themes *:

* = subject to change

Printable 2012 Y Navigators Schedule (Updated 5/16/12)

PLEASE NOTE Y NAVIGATORS WILL BE CLOSED JULY 4th

Trips: We are already exploring the following trips for this summer’s Y Navigatgor program. A complete schedule will be made available online once trips are confirmed in May: Skateville, Minnesota Children’s Museum, Minnesota Science Museum, practice with the St. Olaf Football team, Chutes and Ladders Park, The Works, Northfield Fire Department, Como Zoo, Big Woods, Rice County Fair, Carleton Arboretum, Sibley nature preserve, swimming at the Northfield pool, River Bend and Maltby Nature Centers, Spring Wind Farm, SEEDS, Wolf Dairy, STO GROW, Open Hands Farm, and Garden of Eagan, Jesse James Lanes, Northfield Library, Sea Life Adventures, RAD Zoo, Edinborough Park, and our local parks to include, Odd Fellows Park, Spring Creek Park, Sechlar Park, City Hall Park, Central Park, Riverside Park and more.  We’ll be going back to one of the farms several times throughout the summer to see the stages of food growth.

Camp programs help kids grow in a caring, encouraging environment, meet new friends and learn good values. All our programming has an outdoor, nature or environmental emphasis and focus. At YMCA camps, kids have fun and create memories that last a lifetime. Our programs are designed with your child in mind but we also provide many options to make summer planning easier for families. We believe that the healthiest communities support ALL families, and we are committed to providing the support necessary to make our programs more inclusive. Our partnership with Laura Baker Services makes this possible. Please indicate on your registration form if you are interested in accessing these supports.

If you have suggestions for enrichment trips for our summer programs, please do not hesitate to contact Virginia Kaczmarek (507-645-0088).

Weekly fees include all field trip admissions, transportation, two snacks a day, before & after care and all program supplies.

Financial Scholarships Available.

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Thanks to the generosity of our community and donors, the YMCA will not turn anyone away from its membership or programs because of an inability to pay. Please let us know if we may assist you in this way by calling Virginia directly or by completing a Financial Aid form and returning it to us.