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Find The Best Camp Experience For Your Family

Give your child an unforgettable summer with YMCA Half-Day Specialty Camps! Available at select locations, these camps offer exciting activities like STEM, dance and volleyball—giving them more of what they love.

Need full-day care? Don’t miss our Specialty Camp Extensions at the bottom of the page! These add-on options provide a seamless transition from our half-day specialty camps to a full day of fun, ensuring your child stays engaged and active all day long.

Specialty
Camps

Find a special interest camp that’s right for your child. This year offers plenty of exciting themes to choose from!

Specialty Camp Locations

Dr. P. Phillips YMCA

7000 Dr Phillips Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Camps Available:

  • Field Sports Camp
  • Basketball Camp

J. Douglas Williams YMCA

665 Longwood Lake Mary Rd.
Lake Mary, FL 32746

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Camps Available:

June 8-12

  • Learn to Swim

July 6-10

  • Wild Florida Aqua Camp

Lake Nona YMCA

9055 Northlake Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Camps Available:

Aquatic Camp
Aquatic Sports & Games

Leonard & Marjorie Williams Family YMCA (Orlando Packing District)

2178 Packing District Way, Orlando, FL 32804

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
For rising 1st-5th graders

Camps Available:

June 2-6

  • 4Roots Farming: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

June 9-13

  • Jr. Lifeguard (3rd grade and up): 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

June 16-20

  • Rhythm & Motion: 12:00-4:00 PM

June 23-27

  • All-Star Sports: 12:00-4:00 PM

June 30-July 3

  • 4Roots Farming: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

July 7-11

  • Innovators Lab: 12:00-4:00 PM

July 14-18

  • Art Explorers: 12:00-4:00 PM

July 21-25

  • Jr. Lifeguard (3rd grade and up): 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

July 28-Aug 1:

  • Level Up Gaming: 12:00-4:00 PM

Aug 4-8

  • 4Roots Farming: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Osceola County YMCA

2117 Mabbette St, Kissimmee, FL 34741

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
For rising 1st-5th graders

Swim Camp:

  • June 15-19
  • July 13-17
  • July 20-24

Oviedo YMCA

7900 Red Bug Lake Rd, Oviedo, FL 32765

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center
For rising 1st-5th graders

Camps Available:

June 8-12
  • Animal Lovers: 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM
  • Learn to Swim: 12:00- 4:00 PM

June 15-19

  • STEMtopia: 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM
  • Aquatics Sports: 12:00-4:00 PM

June 22-26

  • Learn to Swim: 12:00-4:00 PM

July 27-31

  • Art Lovers: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

July 20-24

  • Animal Lovers: 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM
  • Learn to Swim: 12:00-4:00 PM

Roper YMCA

100 Windermere Road, Winter Garden FL 34787

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center or West Orange High School

Camps Available:

June 8-12

  • Brixology & Minecraft: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM (Roper Family Center)
  • Volleyball (ages 12-17): 12:00-4:00 PM (Roper Family Center)

June 15 – 19

July 6 – 10

  • Basketball (ages 9-13): 12:00-4:00 PM (Roper Family Center)

July 13 – 17

  • Art Lovers: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM (West Orange High School)

July 20 – 24

  • Esports & Pokémon: – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Roper Family Center)

Winter Park YMCA

1201 N Lakemont Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792

Pick-up & Drop-off: Family Center

Camps Available:

July 8-17 & July 22-31

  • Aqua Explorers Camp – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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4Roots Farming

Campers connect with nature through hands-on farming experiences that explore gardening, sustainability, nutrition, and where food comes from—building environmental awareness along the way.

All-Star Sports

Designed for active campers who love sports, this camp builds skills, teamwork, sportsmanship, and confidence through a variety of athletic activities, games, and friendly competitions.

Animal Lovers

Do you love animals as much as we do? This camp will give your child the opportunity to find out how to care for animals and play safely with them.

Aquatic Endurance Sports & Games

Do you love the water? Do you love sports? Then this camp is for you! From water polo to under water hockey, we will try it all! Green Bands ONLY.

Arts & Gardening

Calling all creative thinkers! With the combined fun of painting and gardening, this camp will help your child bring out their artistic side.

Art Explorers

Designed for creative minds, this camp invites campers to experiment with painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media while expressing themselves through art.

Art Lovers

Calling all creative thinkers! With the combined fun of drawing, painting and all things art, this camp will explore your artistic mind!

Basketball

Come join us for a week of basketball skills, team building and drills! This camp is great for an active camper who wants to work specifically on building up a sport skill set! All skill levels welcome.

Brixology

This camp set the foundation for the next generation of makers! Campers learn about engineering and then team up to construct different engineering-themed projects using LEGO bricks.

Crazy for Sports

If you LOVE sports, this camp is for you! Each day will be a different sport to experience. From football to volleyball to baseball, this camp is the winner!

Crazy Chemistry Lab

Shake up a flask of fun in the lab and become a junior chemist! Learn to recognize chemical reactions and mix up a few reactive ingredients for some sensational results. Check out the colors of chemistry with the power of pH paper and create a stopper- popping reaction. Probe the properties of light and discover some unusual applications of glow-in-the-dark technology. Campers have a blast as they make some crazy concoctions. Take home projects include a Reaction Tube, slippery Slime, Professor Beakerdude, & more!

Dance/Cheer

Have your camper hop in for a week filled with Cheer and dance skills, group routines and friendship! This camp is for all levels.

Esports & Pokemon

Campers can develop their communication, collaboration and critical-thinking skills in an individual or team environment all while having a blast using technology.

Fine Arts

Creativity comes alive!  Every camper will have the opportunity to express themselves whether it is through music, dance, theater, or art.  We will also explore what inspires you!

Innovators Lab

Hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities encourage curiosity, critical thinking, teamwork, and creative problem-solving through engaging experiments and projects.

Jr. Artist

Calling all creative campers! If your child loves to Paint, draw and create works of art in a fun, safe environment this is the camp for them! Campers will have to opportunity to try out canvas art, Clay models and guided drawing projects with an Art Instructor. We cannot wait to see all their amazing projects! 

Jr. Chefs

Calling all chefs to this cooking camp! Your child will learn the safest way to prepare and cook food while trying a variety of different recipes.

Jr. Lifeguard

Designed for swimmers who have passed the standard swim test and want to learn more about water safety, rescue techniques, leadership skills, and participate in confidence-building activities inspired by lifeguarding.

Learn to Swim

Can’t pass the swim test yet? No problem! This camp incorporates survival skills, swim test skills and many other topics all in the pool.

Level Up Gaming

A fun and balanced gaming experience focused on teamwork, strategy, STEM connections, and healthy gaming habits through guided play, competitions, and creative challenges.

Rhythm & Motion

A high-energy camp that invites campers to explore dance styles, rhythm, movement, and performance while building confidence, coordination, and creativity.

STEM/Science

This interactive camp is great for busy minds! Your camper will build their own robot, work together with hands on science projects and finish off their week with a trip to the Orlando Science Center!

Soccer

Come join us for a week of soccer skills, games and team building. This camp is great for your active camper who wants to work specifically on building up a sport skill set! All skill levels welcome.

Wild Florida Aqua Camp

Dive into adventure during Wild Florida Week, this themed half-day aquatics camp blends swimming, water safety, and exciting water activities with a fun Florida wildlife theme. (Must be able to pass a swim test.)

How to Register for Camp

Please note, you cannot register a child for multiple camp sessions during the same week.

  • Make sure your computer or device location is enabled and then use the zip code, and age filters to narrow your search and find the desired camp session.
  • Once you’ve found the camp session you want to register your child for, click the Add to Cart button. Then, you’ll see a shopping cart icon appear in the top right corner of your screen.
  • To complete the checkout process, click the cart icon to review your selection(s).
  • If you’re a returning user, you’ll sign in to your account with the same email address you used previously. Y members will need to enter the same information attached to their membership account to receive an exclusive member discount.

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Specialty Camp Extensions

Make the fun day at camp last even longer for your child by adding camp extensions for the morning, evening or both! Simply choose an extension session after registering for one of the options above.

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