CYO Summer Camp

For over 75 years, hundreds of children have experienced CYO Summer camp as a vibrant faith community which offers campers a fun-filled, week in a safe and supportive setting. Kids have a great time learning new skills, making new friends, and enjoying all that summer offers. We welcome children of all races and religions.

 

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE ... as of Friday April 12th we have reached our maximum enrollment and can no longer accept any additional campers.  We DO NOT utilize a waiting list. 

PLEASE NOTE ... 
Being that we are a year round facility running retreats and events all the time we do not set up the phyical rooms for that we use indoors for camp til early June.  So to come "take a tour" of the faciity is really not a true experience of what things look like and not really benefical.  You can drive thru the property at any point and see the playground, outdoors fields, pool, gym building, dining hall etc at anytime!    We WILL have an Open House on Sunday June 9th from 12noon to 2pm for all parents and campers to come walk the property.  You can also get a look at camp by watching the video slide show at the bottom of this page! 

OUR PROGRAM:
Our Camp is divided up into THREE separate age brackets…
-Kinder Campers (ages 5 and 6)
-7 to 9 year olds
-10 to 12 year olds
All groups gather at the beginning and ending of the day together but during the camp day they have their own separate aged activities.  Campers eat lunch according to their age groups also.
 
OUR FACILITIES:
The St. John Paul II Youth Retreat Center is a 5-acre facility operated by the   Archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry and is used year round as a Retreat Center for teens and adults. The facilities include an  air  conditioned gym and cafeteria, outdoor pool, grassy fields, computer lab, arts and crafts, Kinder Camp, and special break out rooms for rainy day

MORNING CARE AT CAMP
Children may be dropped off starting 7:00 am to the Dining Hall for Morning Care where they will receive cereal and juice. MORNING CARE IS A FLAT RATE $30 A WEEK – NO DAILY RATE. 
Regular drop off will start at 8:00 am when doors open. Children must be picked up NO LATER THAN 6 pm.

TUITION
The fee for all campers is $160.00 per week. (Fee for the week of July 4th is $90) PLEASE NOTE: to avoid being charged a late fee, tuition for that week MUST BE PAID IN FULL by the Monday of the campers week. .
 
There are no partial fees for camp. The camp tuition  covers the cost of meals,  supplies, staff and facilities. We CANNOT offer any partial fees for campers that attend half days or limited days in a week.
 
KINDER CAMPERS:
Kinder Campers are divided up further by the 5 year olds and then the 6 year olds.  We will taking NO MORE then 15-20 of each camper age per week.  Once that number is met Kinder Campers will go on a waiting list.  There are TWO counselors and an  assistant with each age group during the day.  ALL CHILDREN ATTENDING KINDER CAMP MUST BE TOILET TRAINED AND ABLE TO USE THE BATHROOM AND CHANGE  THEMSLEVES FOR POOL/ WATER ACTIVITES  UNASSISTED.
 
THE CAMPERS DAY
Kinder Campers stay together for the day and are structured as a    traditional camp setting where they play, learn, eat, swim etc together. 
 
The 7-9 year olds and 10-12 year olds are placed on a 6  period schedule.  Each week they get to choose SIX  different activities ( swimming, sports, computers, art, etc) to do for one week.  Periods are roughly 50 minutes each. 
 
At the end of the day the campers all gather together for closing announcements, etc.    Campers are outside playing each day in activities until roughly 5pm—but can be picked up anytime you would like.
 
LUNCH AT CAMP
All campers receive lunch everyday at camp as part of their weekly camp fee.  If campers chose not to eat the lunch provided they can bring their own lunch from home.  Lunch menus will be posted on the website on the camp page as the camp season draws closer.
 
The dates for Summer Camp 2019 are as follows ...
First Day of Camp ... Monday June 17th
Last Day of Camp ... Friday August 16th
PLEASE NOTE ... camp will be closed Thursday July 4th and Friday July 5th this summer.

Looking to reach us about Camp?
The Camp Office number is :
201-998-0088 x 4151
There is NO ONE in the Camp Office during the Off Season.  If you have an immediate Camp question please contact Rich Donovan. 

If might have questions please contact Rich Donovan at richard.donovan@rcan.org or via his offce at 201-998-0088 x 4150.   


TAKE A PEAK AT WHAT CAMP LOOKS LIKE by watching the 2018 CYO Day Camp Slide in Review Slide Show!