All campers must have a few items with them each day:

• a lunch with a drink
• a refillable water bottle
• closed toe shoes
• a bathing suit with towel
• a backpack

Some items that should not be brought to camp include: cell phones, iPods, trading cards, camping knives, matches/lighter. 

Our camper to counselor ratio varies per Unit.  

• Wanderers (Pre-K) is 5:1
• Sloperians and Navigators (K & 1) is 8:1
• All other Traditional Camps (Explorers, Pioneers, Rangers, Trailblazers), and Specialty Camps (i.e. Sports Camp, Rock Climbing, Art Camp, etc) can be up to 12:1. 

The Camp Director, Coast Directors, and Unit Directors are all CPR, First Aid, and Epi-Pen Administration Certified.  They all have been working at YMCA Camp Sloper for a minimum of 3 years and most of them are year-round employees of our YMCA's.  

Senior Counselors, the head counselor for a group of campers, are all entering their senior year of high school or higher and go through our camp's hiring process and 30 hours of staff training prior to working at YMCA Camp Sloper. 

Junior Counselors, group assistants, are all entering their Junior year of high school and also have gone through our camp's hiring process and 30 hours of staff training prior to working at YMCA Camp Sloper.  

The hiring process includes a background check, verifying certifications, a group and one-on-one interview, reference checks and specific skills verification. 

Before care (6:30am-9:00am) and after care (3:00pm-5:30pm) are options for parents that need to drop-off their camper earlier than when camp begins or pick-up their camper later than when camp ends. We like to think of it as an extension of our day camp program, where they participate in various camp activities.  You can choose before care and/or after care during the registration process. 

We ask that all special group requests are made as far in advance as possible.  There is a space during registration where special requests can be made.  We will do our best to accommodate all special requests, however it is not a guarantee.  

That is called a "Split Session".  If you choose to do a split session, it MUST be a Traditional Camp.  You will be charged half of the session fee, plus a $30 split session fee will be applied.  You can still register online by registering for the full session then contacting the camp office to make a change to the session for the week that you would like your child to attend. 

Yes, we do! We have a Registered Nurse onsite from 8:30am-3:30pm everyday during the day camp season that has an indoor station inside of our Main Office.

In addition to having a Registered Nurse onsite at all times, our Leadership team as well as many of our counselors are First Aid & CPR certified. 

We have the ability to store necessary medications and our RN is responsible for the administration of all medications. *If your camper has medication for allergies, dietary needs, physical needs, or any other needs, it must be documented with our RN by having your campers doctor fill out an Authorization of Medication Form, which can be found in the Camper Forms and Documents page.