Suggestions for "Camps" in the Collegeville Area

Hi K. D,

Spring Valley may be your best bet for mini-camps in addition to the pool. Most of the camps that I'm familiar with start with elementary age children. I'm in Lower Providence Twp and they have a few 1 wk camps for pre-school age children. You don't have to be a resident, but they do cost more for non-residents. Which township or borough are you in? You can check your local area.

A. D

This may be a little far, but there is a great camp near Pottstown called Green Valleys. They have a website with all the summer camp info. Actually it may only work for your 5 year old, but it was sooo great. Its all about nature, outdoors, hiking etc. The kids love it.

Not sure what you will find for a 2 year old. But the CCV on Yeagar Road has camp this coming week and the following week with opening too, but they have to be 3 years old. This week is Space camp, last week was Dino camp and the following week is Bug camp. My 4 year old loved Dino camp so he is also going to go to Space camp. It is 5 days a week, 9 am - 12:30, so they stay for lunch. It is $95 per camp. They also have a free camp July 16-18th, which is going to be really good. You can see them here. www.moviechurch.com HTH

I would check with your township or other townships near you. I know mine (Worcester Twp) offers a couple different camps that are a week long and usually from 9 - 12. But I'm not sure of availability for your 2 yr old. I think the kids might need to be potty trained, not sure? But I'm sure that Spring Valley YMCA has camp too! I would definitely check it out! Good luck, I can relate, I have 18 month, 3 yr & 6 yr and I'm not too sure how I'm going to survive the summer, they have SO MUCH ENERGY!

Hi, K. - we just moved from Collegeville to Limerick and are members of the Spring Valley Y. The Y is a nice one, although they tend to have some problems during the summer months with pool etiquette (parents letting their kids in the pool without swim diapers on, etc.), but I was up there yesterday and it seems like they may be starting to get a handle on that. Also, I believe there is a swim club called 9 Oaks which is pretty nice and not that expensive. You might want to try the Upper Providence Township website - they have day camp activities which are pretty cheap and seem to be really nice and I don't think you have to be tied down to going all 5 days. Otherwise, unfortunately, most summer camps want payment for the whole week because they need to hire staff based on the number of kids. Hope this helps a little bit.