YMCA Enrichment Camps

YMCA Enrichment Camps offer specialized camps where each camp is dedicated to one topic such as cooking, LEGO engineering, art, pottery, performing arts, tabletop role playing games, and STEAM-focused activities. At Camp Collins, YMCA Enrichment Camps include a tree top obstacle course, archery, a zip-line, and other outdoor activities. Each week, a different, focused curriculum is intentionally designed so that students participate in daily skill-building activities centered on peer cooperation, creative thinking, and hands-on learning, with small groups of children able to focus their skills and explore new interests through guided, collaborative enrichment activities.

• Schedule: Full Day Camps and Teen Camps are available, with Full Day Camps engaging children throughout the day and Teen Camps focusing on making friends and building leadership skills

The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette states that its mission is to serve the community in spirit, mind, and body through child care, sports and fitness programs, summer camps, and philanthropic efforts, and defines its principles as love, respect, honesty, responsibility, and service. The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette hosted its first meeting in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Portland in 1868. YMCA Enrichment Camps are part of specialized enrichment offerings across Multnomah, Washington, and Clark counties, with weekly curricula concentrated on nurturing creativity and collaboration in tight-knit programs that provide customized learning for youth. The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette also notes community involvement through summer enrichment camps in Clark County and community venues in several nearby cities, food support through the Sherwood Food Pantry, and financial assistance at the Beaverton Family YMCA for qualified participants.

Last updated January 6, 2026.