Activities & Weekly Themes at Camp Elevate
Adventure, Skill Building, and Outdoor Fun
Every week at Camp Elevate is an unforgettable adventure! Our programs are thoughtfully designed to challenge, inspire, and empower campers through hands-on activities, team challenges, and outdoor exploration. With rotating weekly themes and signature camp experiences, no two weeks are ever the same.
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Rotating Weekly Themes
Our weekly themes create a vibrant and immersive experience for campers—encouraging creativity, collaboration, and plenty of laughter. Themes guide activities, dress-up days, challenges, and special events throughout the week.
Sample Weekly Themes Include:
- Wilderness Explorers: Learn outdoor survival skills, build shelters, and explore nature trails.
- Color Wars: Team-based competitions in sports, puzzles, and creative challenges.
- Campers Got Talent: Show off your skills in a fun-filled talent showcase night.
- Mythical Adventures: Enter a world of fantasy with themed games, scavenger hunts, and costume fun.
- Splash Week: Water games, canoe races, and camp-wide slip ‘n slides for cooling off in style.
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Make it Your Own Camp Experience
Campers can choose from electives each week, allowing them to explore personal interests and try something new. Whether it’s outdoor photography, nature journaling, creative writing, or advanced archery—each camper can shape their own experience.
Every activity at Camp Elevate is rooted in our YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Whether climbing a wall or cheering on a friend, campers are developing essential life skills like resilience, empathy, and leadership that will serve them long after camp ends.
Frequently Asked Questions
Campers are encouraged to try everything, but we respect individual comfort levels. While core group activities are part of the camp experience, we offer plenty of options and electives so campers can explore interests and grow at their own pace.
Campers are grouped by age to ensure safe, developmentally appropriate experiences. This also allows them to build friendships with peers while enjoying activities tailored to their interests and abilities.
No prior experience is needed! All activities are beginner-friendly and led by trained staff who provide clear instruction and support. Campers learn new skills step-by-step in a fun, confidence-building environment.
Core activities like swimming, ropes course, and campfires stay consistent, while weekly themes add variety through special games, team challenges, dress-up days, and themed events that bring extra energy and fun to the week.
