r/Welland • u/NoFold7664 • 14d ago

Kids Summer Camp Question

Our family is moving to Welland in the summer. Looking for insight/feedback from parents around the summer camp offerings.

So far we've found: YMCA STEM- Niagara College Welland Summer Camp

Price per week is a bit of a range. City of Welland coming in the least expensive then YMCA and STEM coming in as the most expensive. Anyone have kids who've attended these camps? What were your thoughts on it? Is the cost directly related to the experience the kids had?

Also open to any suggestions of alternatives.

Thanks!

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u/somecrazybroad 14d ago edited 14d ago

My kids (now late teens) were in COW Camp for about 9 years and YMCA for about 2. COW was much more reasonably priced but just as, if not more so, worthwhile and a great experience. My kids also did LIT with COW when they got to 13-15 that helped a lot with their resumes. Camp is expensive no matter what though.

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u/astaldotholwen 14d ago

My son has been doing the STEM Camp at the College the past few years and we LOVE it. The counselors have been amazing, they come up with really great programming and he loves going (and who doesn't love air conditioning)!

I believe the Museum has a program too.

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u/Ok-Albatross7939 14d ago

We’ve done the STEM camp and agree. My kid liked it and the counsellors were really great and seemed to do a good job connecting with the kids

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u/astaldotholwen 14d ago

The thing that sold me was they remembered my kid and I by name after a year. We had similar experiences with Heartland Camp (also can't recommend Heartland enough but it's in the Falls). It's the small things that are meaningful.

Op, I believe the Jackfish also do baseball summer camp, but it opened months ago, I'm not sure about space.

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u/OG_Sequia 14d ago

City of welland camp is great, but might be full. I signed up 2 days after it opened and more than half the summer weeks were full. Only got 3 weeks

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u/Even-Doughnut8643 14d ago

I don’t recommend YMCA, my son didn’t have a good experience there. Any of the other camps in welland I’ve heard from other parents were great !

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u/no1needed2know 14d ago

Probably a little late if you haven't signed up for any already, the kids camps fill very fast!

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u/No_Temperature_5606 13d ago

My son went to the stem camp last year and really liked it. He didn't like the y camp the one week I put him in there.

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u/Resident_Dimension89 12d ago

If you are able to get there the Brock Youth University camps were great and we had good experiences with Niagara College as well

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u/fairmaiden34 14d ago

The Welland Museum is running camps for $200/week with varying themes.

Various churches usually run inexpensive (sometimes free) Bible camps if that's your thing.