Programs & Activities

Summer day camp at the Phoenixville YMCA offering a safe, fun, and enriching experience for kids. Features swimming, sports, arts and crafts, team challenges, field trips, and themed weeks.

10-week summer day camp for children ages 5–15 at Camp Garrett. Activities include swimming, art, archery, sports, hiking, gardening, and a farm-to-table educational garden. Nonprofit with scholarships ensuring no child is turned away for financial hardship.

YMCA-certified instructors teach swimming skills, stroke technique, and water safety in a friendly group environment using a six-stage progressive program. All ages are welcome in this year-round program offered across multiple Greater Philadelphia YMCA branches.

One-on-one 30-minute swim lessons with a certified Y instructor for kids age 3 and above, covering basics, skill refinement, and stroke mechanics with personalized lesson plans. Available at select branch locations.

Advanced swim clinic for swimmers who have completed YMCA Swim Lessons and can swim a full length of the pool in both front and back crawl, with rudimentary breaststroke and butterfly. Different skill stages may be available depending on branch location.

Competitive swim teams focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members, teaching character virtues of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility through competitive swimming. Available at multiple Greater Philadelphia YMCA branch locations.

The Y offers safe, fun, and inclusive programs for youth with special needs in the Philadelphia region, including adapted swim lessons, gymnastics, and more. Facilities are fully accessible and equipped with specialty equipment to support every ability level.

Competitive swim team focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members while instilling values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Swimmers compete at various levels of competition.

Competitive swim team focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members while instilling values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Swimmers compete at various levels of competition.

Competitive swim team focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members while instilling values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Swimmers compete at various levels of competition.

Synchronized and artistic swimming team based at the Phoenixville Y, combining athletic swimming skills with artistic expression and teamwork. A unique opportunity for swimmers interested in the artistic side of competitive swimming.

Competitive swim team focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members while instilling values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Swimmers compete at various levels of competition.

Competitive swim team focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members while instilling values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Swimmers compete at various levels of competition.

Swimming lessons for youth at the Upper Main Line YMCA, which features multiple indoor and outdoor pools including a 50-meter outdoor pool. Contact the branch for session schedules and age groups.

A full-day summer day camp for kids from preschool through 8th grade featuring daily swimming, arts & crafts, field games, sports, nature education, and weekly themes. Set on a 54-acre campus in Berwyn alongside Natural Lands' Cassatt Preserve with trails, a creek, and sports fields.

Benchmark Camp combines world-renowned academics with a beloved recreation program including swimming, art, science, sports, and zipline. Especially beneficial for bright children with dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, or other learning differences, building executive function skills and confidence.

Kids learn about history and colonial life through hands-on farming activities and historic crafts in an interactive and educational camp experience. Campers enjoy group activities, take-home crafts, and a supervised swim in Ridley Creek.

An intensive farming camp at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation where older kids engage in hands-on agricultural activities and learn about historic colonial life. Campers enjoy group activities and a supervised swim in Ridley Creek.

An intensive historic crafts camp at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation for older kids who learn traditional colonial crafting skills in a hands-on, educational environment. Campers also enjoy group activities and a supervised swim in Ridley Creek.

Kids explore STEM concepts through an 18th-century colonial lens at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, combining history with science, technology, engineering, and math activities. Campers enjoy group projects and a supervised swim in Ridley Creek.

A summer day camp for children ages 3–10 featuring weekly thematic units taught by experienced counselors and certified teachers in a welcoming, relaxed environment. Campers enjoy field trips, nature center visits, and twice-weekly swimming at Knowlton Swim Club.

A summer camp for rising PreS through 7th grade offering sports, arts, science, and swimming in a safe and joyful environment. Campers choose their own path and build independence, teamwork, and lasting friendships.

A themed day and specialty camp for girls and boys in rising Pre-K through Grade 8 offering creative arts, sports, swimming lessons, themed activities, field trips, and nature explorations. Programs spark curiosity, build skills, and promote teamwork.

Competitive swim teams available at multiple YMCA branch locations, focused on developing strong swimmers and great team members through character-building values. Synchronized/artistic swim teams are also available at the Phoenixville Y.