Together, our winter
Our Holiday Camp provides your child with an opportunity to enjoy a day away from school in a safe and fun environment from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Children are guided and supervised by experienced and enthusiastic group leaders at all times. Our ratio of children to adults follow ACQ standards. A typical day may include cooperative games, sports, arts & crafts, thematic projects, and an active period outdoors.
This program is offered at the Westmount YMCA. You can register for one or more days or the entire program. Registration opens on November 15, at 9 a.m.
Westmount
Dates: January 2, January 3, January 4, January 5, 2024
Ages: 5 to 12 years-old
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Price: $57 per day
You can register for one or more days or the entire program
Prep Kit
This prep kit will help you better understand what happens at our Holiday Camp each day.
The YMCA Holiday Camp Experience
The YMCA Holiday Camp will feature a ton of fun indoor and outdoor activities to keep your kids busy and entertained:
- Recreational activities: trivia challenges, team-building games, scavenger hunts, obstacle courses, and more!
- Individual activities: puzzles, Lego building, reading, free play, and so on.
- Physical activities: swimming, relay races, tag games, snow bowling, team games, dance, tobogganing, skating, and more!
- Cultural activities: Olympics (learning about flags/countries, sports, athletes), diversity activities (M&M experiments, self-portraits, books with lead characters who are of different colours, physical abilities, or gender identities), arts and crafts, talent shows, etc.
- Science activities: mixing colours (walking rainbow), volcanoes (outdoors), Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) challenges (bridges, towers), how to read a map, etc.
At Holiday Camp, we provide a healthy, safe, and secure environment for all participants. At the YMCA, we understand that children and youth need positive peer and adult relationships in their lives. This is why we create a camp environment that encourages campers to develop lasting friendships with their peers. At the same time, we want to develop a relationship with the parents/guardians of our campers. We encourage you to ask us any questions and share your feedback.
Theme: Winter Wonderland!
Theme: Winter Wonderland!
Theme description : We'll explore the habits and lifestyles of animals that prefer colder climates and take advantage of the winter weather!
Every day of Holiday Camp adheres to the programming standards of the YMCA camps, in addition to taking advantage of each site's potential for winter activities. The programming will be presented in more detail when the newsletter is sent in mid-December. :)
What are the safety measures specific to COVID-19?
Here are our specific COVID-19 guidelines for winter 2024, all in compliance with public health guidelines and the guidelines recommended by the Association des camps du Québec. If these guidelines were to change, we will send you an updated version of this document with the new guidelines.
1. Physical distancing:
- Maintain a distance between participants when recommended, and organize the site in such a way that makes it possible for everyone to keep this distance between each other.
- Maintain a safe distance, with or without masks, between participants and staff according to the recommendations in effect.
2. Outdoor activities:
Conduct all activities outdoors whenever possible and limit the use of indoor facilities to when it rains or during heatwaves only, while ensuring that rooms are below full capacity to follow physical distancing guidelines.
YMCA Day Camp Refund, Cancellation, and Modification Policy
- A non-refundable registration fee of $6 per day is required at the time of registration.
- All fees must be paid in full at the time of registration.
- A $15 fee will be charged for any declined payment.
Cancellations and modifications:
- A refund of camp fees may be granted upon receipt of a written cancellation request prior to the start of the camp. No refunds will be issued without a written request. The $6/day registration fee is not refundable or transferable.
- Day camp administration reserves the right to cancel (and refund) any registration at any time. All refunds will be made using the same payment method as the original payment. If payment was made by debit card or in cash, the refund will be made by cheque.
- Absence from day camp does not constitute withdrawal from the program and does not entitle the participant to a refund.
- No refund will be given if a child is sent home for poor behaviour.
- Cancellations and changes will only be accepted via email. Please send your request to contact@ymcaquebec.org. Changes will be made based on availability.