Young Mens Christian Assn Westport

Child care and day camping we offer high quality child care activities for school age children from all segments of our community. Woven into the fabric of the association's mission is a commitment to strengthening families. Our summer day camp offers adventure and learning activities that provide challenge, education, and promote spiritual awareness, mental development, physical well-being, social growth, and self-respect. Our camp provides a reverence for nature and respect for the inter-relatedness of all living things on earth. Our camp is open to all, regardless of income or special needs, so that children appreciate diversity, become community leaders and develop lifelong values. Child care and school age promotes social, cognitive and physical development of each child; fosters family participation child care accredited by the national association for the education of young children more than 200 families after school care program serves westport and weston children k-6 at local school with activities, instructional and recreational swimming, homework help every teacher holds a college degree, participates in ongoing staff development and receives specialized training including cpr, first aid and identifying and reporting abuse and neglect mahackeno outdoor center 32-acres on shores of the saugatuck river wooded outdoor reserve open year round as an outdoor center and in summer for day camp outdoor activities and camping programs are educational and promote mental development, physical well-being, social growth and respect for environment accredited by american camping association aca only national organization which establishes uniform standards for camps embraces diversity and offers opportunity for interaction with people who are different through special cares program for physically and mentally disadvantaged children and champion a camper program for inner-city children.