The Meeting Waters YMCA, the region’s largest provider of summer camp programming, has announced its plans for the summer of 2007. It is anticipated that, once again this year, over 400 youth ages 5-15 from over two dozen VT and NH communities will attend a Meeting Waters YMCA camp this summer. The regional Y’s camps will take place over an eight-week period from June 25th through August 17th.

The Meeting Waters YMCA will once again offer Lewis Day Camp for youth ages 6-13. Core camp activities include YMCA swim lessons, sports, arts & crafts, free swim, cooperative games, hiking, archery, nature education, and canoeing. All of this takes place on the Meeting Waters YMCA’s beautiful 52 acre property in Springfield.

Other Meeting Waters YMCA camps include KinderCamp for children entering kindergarten in the fall, Adventure Camps for 10-14 year-olds and Leaders-in-Training for 14 and 15 year-olds.

Bus transportation is provided to Lewis Day Camp, KinderCamp, Leaders-in-Training and Adventure Camps at no additional cost from Alstead, Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Charlestown, Chester, Drewsville, Langdon, Putney, Saxtons River, Springfield, Walpole, and Westminster.

Meeting Waters YMCA also offers Family Camp which allows parents and their children (ages 6-18) to enjoy all of the resources that the Y’s Lewis Day Camp has to offer, including its quality staff. Families participate together in archery, canoeing, arts and crafts, sports and games, swimming, and more. Family Camp takes place from 9-4 on Saturday, July 21st.

Just as important as the Y’s diverse and quality programming is their commitment that no one will be denied access for lack of ability to pay full program fees. Through a combination of financial supports, last year’s campers received over $40,000 in financial assistance.

More information about all of the Meeting Waters YMCA’s camps and financial assistance is available at their Healthy Kids Day event on Saturday, April 28th, and at their camp Open House to be held on Saturday, May 19th. Both events are held from 1-4 pm at their Lewis Day Camp facility on Route 5 in Springfield. Camp information sessions will also be held in Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Walpole, Alstead, and Charlestown. Information, including a downloadable brochure and pre-registration materials, is also available at their website at www.meetingwatersymca.org or by calling their office nearest you–Brattleboro: 246-1036; Bellows Falls: 463-4769; or Springfield: 885-8131.