Frost Valley YMCA Camps and Local Youth Programs

Frost Valley YMCA Camps and Local Youth Programs offers cross-country skiing, winter activities, outdoor sporting activities, and team building, along with environmental education, nature-based educational trips, and educational field trips. The program includes equestrian camps, farm camps, adventure trips, Kidney Camp, and creative arts programming such as creative arts workshops. It also offers after-school care, daycare, seasonal events, team-building retreats, family weekends, scouting programs, conferences, group retreats, and country weddings, and includes traditional overnight camps, adventure programs, farm camp, horse camps, in-training programs, partnership camps, and summer day camps.

• Ages: 4–16 years old

Frost Valley YMCA Camps and Local Youth Programs states that “Frost Valley Is For All” and “There’s something for everyone in the Valley,” and serves over 4,000 children each summer through day and overnight camps while welcoming over 35,000 participants throughout the year. Frost Valley YMCA was established in 1885 and describes itself as a camp, retreat destination, and environmental education center with 140 years of camping. The organization provides financial assistance and full scholarships to thousands of children and families and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its mission states that it is a place where people from all backgrounds and experiences can connect, belong and grow through engagements in community, nature, the arts, and recreation to cultivate a healthy and fulfilled life. Frost Valley YMCA serves the local community through after-school care, daycare, seasonal events, and outdoor sporting activities, and partners with organizations including the Alliance of New York State YMCAs, Boys & Girls Club of Newark, La Casa De Don Pedro, Chartwells, Eastern & Western Suffolk and Nassau County BOCES, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids, New Jersey YMCA State Alliance, Partnering Community Centers (PCCI), Prep for Prep, Ruth Gottscho Kidney Foundation, Tokyo YMCA, and USAImmersion. Testimonials from parents, campers, students, alumni, and guests describe experiences at Frost Valley YMCA Camps and Local Youth Programs, including comments from school trip chaperones, camper parents, alumni, students, horse campers, and family weekend guests.

Last updated February 7, 2026.