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| Specialty Camps are designed for campers wanting a slightly different experience. Specialty Camps are held in the morning and campers spend their afternoons with their cabin groups in program rotations. |
| NEW! Camper vs. Wild |
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Ages 9-12
No cabins, cook your own meals, sleep under the stars, build your own survival shelters, and have a true wilderness adventure. Campers will learn survival skills and put them to use under the watchful and instructional care of Y Camp Leaders. Take your skills against the wild for this awesome week long experience.
• Week 5, July 11 - 17
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Boys Will Be Boys |
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Ages 9-12
Playing in the mud, climbing rocks and trees, skipping stones, going fishing, and going exploring in the woods are just some of the cool things that will happen this week. Boys will be free to live in the full spirit of being a boy while enjoying awesome Y Camp programs.
• Week 5, July 11 - 17 (ages 9-10)
• Week 6. July 19-25 (ages 11-12)
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Young Naturalist Workshop |
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Ages 10-12
This camp is for 5th and 6th graders who have a natural curiosity about the outdoors. This week-long workshop exposes campers to professionals already in the field of environmental education and conservation.
•Week 2, June 20-26
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| ART-Rageous |
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Ages 9-16
Campers will receive professional instruction from teachers and artists in various artistic mediums.
• Week 5, July 11-17
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Girls Just Wanna Have Fun |
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Ages 10-12
Girls will have fun just being girls. Give each other facials, visit a mall in Des Moines, design their own Y Camp t-shirt, hold late-night cabin dance parties, and have all kinds of girlish fun. All the things a girl would love to do, plus Y Camp programs.
•Week 5, July 11 17
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Camp Dismantled |
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Ages 12-14
Camp "Dismantled" is not your typical week of camp! Watch a movie, go night zipping, go rock climbing by headlight, sleep in a couple of days, have breakfast in bed, and play some awesome non-traditional camp games. Campers will experience Y Camp programs and will have a blast trying fun new activities.
•Week 6, July 18-24
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Who Done It? Camp |
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Ages 9-12
Love mysteries? Y Camp has one for you. A crime has occurred at Y Camp and someone at camp is to blame. Interrogate staff, dust for prints, use scientific data and become a real detective. Campers will talk and learn from a real detective, and have a great time as they look for the culprit. Perfect for the curious camper.
•Week 6, July 18-24
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Rope and Rock Camp |
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Ages 11-16
Campers will become proficient in the extreme sport of climbing. They experience every aspect of Y Camp's 35' climbing wall, including climbing, high ropes, bouldering and zip line. Campers will learn the ins and outs of ropes, knots, belaying and the rules of safety.
• Week 2, June 20-26
• Week 5, July 11-17
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Nature Camp |
Ages 9-16
At Nature Camp, campers who love the outdoors can learn, observe and study nature in a new and exciting way. By spending time with a professional naturalist, campers will build outdoor survival shelters; learn about raptors by observing camps red-tailed hawk, screech owl and barred owl; study the geology of central Iowa; collect water specimens and much more.
• Week 9 August 8-14
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Big Swing Camp |
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Ages 11-16
Big Swing Camp will have young golfers swinging for the greens in no time. Campers will work with Y Camp staff in perfecting their swing and will play at local courses throughout the week to show off their new skills.
• Week 5, July 11-17
• $549 Member / $590 Program Participant
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| Guitar Idol |
Ages 11-16
Ever wanted to play guitar without using a video game. This specialty camp will give you the tools to do so. Bring you own guitar, or play one of the camp's. By the end of the week you'll know basic chords and be playing a camp song.
• Week 7, July 25-31
• $439 Member / $479 Program Participant
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| Family Camp |
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For one week of the summer, families are invited to come to camp and take part in activities offered to campers all summer long. Join Family Camp this summer and enjoy A Family Camp Christmas.
• Week 8, August 1-7
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