YMCA summer camp registration opens

BELLOWS FALLS — The Meeting Waters YMCA, the region's largest provider of camp programming, has announced its plans for its 47th consecutive summer of providing enriching experiences.

It is anticipated that more than 300 youth, ages 5-15, from more than two dozen Vermont and New Hampshire 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 28 through Aug. 20. Eight one-week and four two-week sessions are offered this summer.

Meeting Waters YMCA will once again offer Lewis Day Camp for youth ages 6-13. A veteran staff will lead core camp activities, including YMCA swim lessons, sports, arts and crafts, free swim, cooperative games, hiking, archery, nature education, and canoeing. All of these activities take 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, Leaders-in-Training for 14 and 15 year olds, and Family Camp.

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

More information about all of the Meeting Waters YMCA's camps and financial assistance is available at their camp Open House to be held on Saturday, May 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at their Lewis Day Camp facility on Route 5 in Springfield.

More information, including a downloadable brochure and pre-registration materials, is available at www.meetingwatersymca.org or by calling the Meeting Waters YMCA office nearest you - Brattleboro (802-246-1036), Bellows Falls (802-463-4769), or Springfield (802-885-8131).

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