Tender Years Summer Camp
Tender Years Hampden, 4545 Marketplace Way, Enola, PA 17025
About
Tender Years Summer Camp offers a Summer Camp program that includes before and after school enrichment programs. Children can also take part in extracurricular activities such as soccer and music.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 6:30am–6:00pm (Camp Hill Center hours)
Tender Years, Inc. is a family-owned and operated early childhood development center whose programs follow a curriculum based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards, with children separated into age and developmentally appropriate classrooms, including three separate nurseries and four separate toddler classrooms. Programs are taught by qualified, experienced staff, and all lead teachers in the nursery and toddler programs have a CDA credential or an associate degree or higher in education, while every Tender Years Kindergarten teacher is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Camp Hill Center preschool and pre-K are taught by qualified and experienced teachers, and its full-day Kindergarten is taught by certified teachers.
Tender Years, Inc. has been serving Central Pennsylvania families for 35 years, beginning in 1984 when Betty L. Krebs founded the organization, and later expanding with centers in Hershey and Mechanicsburg. The corporation is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is Keystone STARS certified, and participates in the Pennsylvania Keystone STARS Quality Initiative Program. Its Kindergarten programs in Camp Hill, Hershey, and Mechanicsburg are licensed and accredited, feature a small class size of 15 students, and are taught by a certified teacher.
Each center is custom-designed to provide an educational and home-like atmosphere, with state-of-the-art playgrounds appropriate for individual age groups, and each center is professionally cleaned on a daily basis. Children are provided a nutritious breakfast each day and enjoy a catered hot lunch program. The Mechanicsburg center includes a 5-story indoor tree house, and the Camp Hill Center accommodates up to 115 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 12 years, with classrooms specially designed for specific developmental groups and a large fenced playground area for gross motor skill development plus a separate toddler-only playground.
The leadership team includes founder Betty Krebs and Camp Hill Center Director Renee Hosmer. Tender Years, Inc. states that its mission is to provide families with high quality child care and early childhood education programs within a comfortable, clean, healthy, and safe environment, and to care for children and their families as if they were their own. Tender Years has received recognition including Best Child/Day Care Center 2022, Best Child/Day Care Center 2023, and Best Day Care Center 2023.
Parent testimonials describe attentive and compassionate teachers, warm and wonderful daycare experiences, strong communication, and children who enjoy going to school, with specific praise for teachers such as Ms. Latiffa, Ms. Ashlee, and Mary Lou, and mentions of photo and video sharing on the school app. Parents also report positive experiences with the Kindergarten program during COVID, note that children have become strong readers within a few months, and mention that children have outside play time almost every day except during bad weather days.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 6:30am–6:00pm (Camp Hill Center hours)
Tender Years, Inc. is a family-owned and operated early childhood development center whose programs follow a curriculum based on Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards, with children separated into age and developmentally appropriate classrooms, including three separate nurseries and four separate toddler classrooms. Programs are taught by qualified, experienced staff, and all lead teachers in the nursery and toddler programs have a CDA credential or an associate degree or higher in education, while every Tender Years Kindergarten teacher is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Camp Hill Center preschool and pre-K are taught by qualified and experienced teachers, and its full-day Kindergarten is taught by certified teachers.
Tender Years, Inc. has been serving Central Pennsylvania families for 35 years, beginning in 1984 when Betty L. Krebs founded the organization, and later expanding with centers in Hershey and Mechanicsburg. The corporation is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is Keystone STARS certified, and participates in the Pennsylvania Keystone STARS Quality Initiative Program. Its Kindergarten programs in Camp Hill, Hershey, and Mechanicsburg are licensed and accredited, feature a small class size of 15 students, and are taught by a certified teacher.
Each center is custom-designed to provide an educational and home-like atmosphere, with state-of-the-art playgrounds appropriate for individual age groups, and each center is professionally cleaned on a daily basis. Children are provided a nutritious breakfast each day and enjoy a catered hot lunch program. The Mechanicsburg center includes a 5-story indoor tree house, and the Camp Hill Center accommodates up to 115 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 12 years, with classrooms specially designed for specific developmental groups and a large fenced playground area for gross motor skill development plus a separate toddler-only playground.
The leadership team includes founder Betty Krebs and Camp Hill Center Director Renee Hosmer. Tender Years, Inc. states that its mission is to provide families with high quality child care and early childhood education programs within a comfortable, clean, healthy, and safe environment, and to care for children and their families as if they were their own. Tender Years has received recognition including Best Child/Day Care Center 2022, Best Child/Day Care Center 2023, and Best Day Care Center 2023.
Parent testimonials describe attentive and compassionate teachers, warm and wonderful daycare experiences, strong communication, and children who enjoy going to school, with specific praise for teachers such as Ms. Latiffa, Ms. Ashlee, and Mary Lou, and mentions of photo and video sharing on the school app. Parents also report positive experiences with the Kindergarten program during COVID, note that children have become strong readers within a few months, and mention that children have outside play time almost every day except during bad weather days.
Last updated July 14, 2026.
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