With STEM activities, shooting sports, crafts, games and more Day Camp is that traditional camp excitement you are looking for with some modern fun added in! Day and Twilight camps are for Scouts and non-Scouts alike!

Daisies and Brownies will earn their Outdoor Badge

Leave camp better than you found it

Experience art and nature through play, hands-on projects, and exploration of the Park!

Experience art and nature through play, hands-on projects, and exploration of the Park!

Let's cool down and explore how water shapes our world as we create artwork inspired by rivers, oceans, lakes, and aquatic plants and animals.

Did you know that 70% of Earth's surface is covered in water, but more than 80% of our oceans are unmapped? Do you ever wonder what goes on under the sea? We’ll explore character development, color theory, and various water-based media in this wet and wild camp!

Beyond our realm lies the eternally unknown... We will create mythos and explore our newly-minted creatures through artistic expression, including mask making, collage, and on site exploration of the natural landscapes of Tower Grove Park.

Join us all summer long for our action-packed traditional summer camp experience where kids will laugh, explore, and create memories and friendships that will last a lifetime! Campers will learn new sports, experience the outdoors, go swimming twice a week, go on field trips, and so much more! Every week has a different theme with varied activities planned by our experienced youth professionals to ensure campers have the best summer ever!

Join us all summer long for our action-packed traditional summer camp experience where kids will laugh, explore, and create memories and friendships that will last a lifetime! Campers will learn new sports, experience the outdoors, go swimming twice a week, go on field trips, and so much more! Every week has a different theme with varied activities planned by our experienced youth professionals to ensure campers have the best summer ever!

Offered throughout the entire summer, these camps are designed for a wide variety of conventional interests that may include arts & crafts, group games, nature exploration, swimming, field trips and more.

Summer Interludes are offered Monday through Friday, beginning at 8am and ending at 4pm each day. Breakfast, lunch and snack are served daily and are prepared with painstaking care and of the finest culinary standards — organic, locally sourced, seasonal, and made from scratch.

Join us for the 2024 Clinton County Illinois YMCA Traditional Summer Day Camp.

Join us for the 2024 Clinton County Illinois YMCA Traditional Summer Day Camp.

Roll up your sleeves, put on your makers cap, and get ready to create! This is our most hands-on camp! Together, campers will build a geodesic dome large enough to sit in. Who can build the strongest bridge? Can your bridge withstand the shake rattle and roll challenge? Explore the world of birds and beasts with bird feeder building and our super bug investigation. Speaking of birds, what did Hooty the owl have for dinner? A mouse? A Squirrel? A Frog? Kids will dissect owl pellets and reconstruct Hooty’s dinner. Enter the Mad Science chemistry lab and mix, mash, and brew concoctions to create cool sidewalk chalk and bath fizzers! Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults, simple machines, and megapinchers! Campers will discover the wonders of photography and make their own chromatography-dyed T-shirt. It’s a week packed with non-stop science fun!