YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Summer Day Camps
Penn Hills Elementary School, 1079 Jefferson Rd, Penn Hills, PA 15235
About
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Summer Day Camps include activities such as swimming, arts and crafts, outdoor adventures, sports, team-building games, and themed challenges. Campers take part in experiences like an escape room challenge, an Eye Spy Take-Home Mission, launching colorful explosions, The Great Goo Gauntlet, and creating popsicle stick Cars characters. The program also features themed weeks for summer 2026, including Detectives on the Case, Messy Science Madness, Lights, camera ... Summer!, Celebration Spectacular, Wild Animal Adventures, Pride of Pittsburgh, Galactic Adventures, and Olympic Spirit.
• Schedule: Themed weekly sessions for summer 2026
Caring, trained staff lead activities that include an action-packed game of tag to channel campers’ inner Jedi, a dress as your favorite character day, and a family movie-themed event. Additional activities include a light the path obstacle course, Everyone’s Birthday Celebration as a camp-wide party, high-flying straw rockets, creating a handprint macaw, a penguin waddle relay, and Chalk Galaxy Art. Campers also join in a don’t drop the asteroid challenge, crafting mini torches, and a torch relay. Family participation is included through activities such as the Eye Spy Take-Home Mission, a family movie-themed event, a family nature walk and hunt, and a family event that celebrates community, connection, and Pittsburgh pride. Other activities include taking home an environment-friendly plant, an action-packed kindness carnival, designing their own Terrible Towel, and a dress like your favorite Pittsburgh or local sports team day. The program’s mission states that when school is out, YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Summer Day Camps keep kids active, engaged, and learning all summer long. The camps offer a traditional Summer Day Camp with a balance of active play, creative projects, and social growth, Discovery Camps with options that may include STEM, creative arts, performing arts, culinary skills, sports, and nature exploration, and an overnight camp at YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer. The program is rooted in YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, and financial assistance is available.
Last updated July 10, 2026.
• Schedule: Themed weekly sessions for summer 2026
Caring, trained staff lead activities that include an action-packed game of tag to channel campers’ inner Jedi, a dress as your favorite character day, and a family movie-themed event. Additional activities include a light the path obstacle course, Everyone’s Birthday Celebration as a camp-wide party, high-flying straw rockets, creating a handprint macaw, a penguin waddle relay, and Chalk Galaxy Art. Campers also join in a don’t drop the asteroid challenge, crafting mini torches, and a torch relay. Family participation is included through activities such as the Eye Spy Take-Home Mission, a family movie-themed event, a family nature walk and hunt, and a family event that celebrates community, connection, and Pittsburgh pride. Other activities include taking home an environment-friendly plant, an action-packed kindness carnival, designing their own Terrible Towel, and a dress like your favorite Pittsburgh or local sports team day. The program’s mission states that when school is out, YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Summer Day Camps keep kids active, engaged, and learning all summer long. The camps offer a traditional Summer Day Camp with a balance of active play, creative projects, and social growth, Discovery Camps with options that may include STEM, creative arts, performing arts, culinary skills, sports, and nature exploration, and an overnight camp at YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer. The program is rooted in YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, and financial assistance is available.
Last updated July 10, 2026.
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