Join in great adventures with your kids! YMCA Adventure Guides and Trail Blazers are national YMCA parent/child programs designed for boys and girls aged 4-16. The Adventure Guides experience enables parents and kids to have fun while sharing new, healthy, learning adventures. Spending quality one-on-one time with your child will help build a strong bond of trust and memories that will last a lifetime.

Join the YMCA Adventure Guides and become part of a program that’s committed to helping you and your family grow stronger together. Programs are offered at TownLake Y, Hays Communities Y, Northwest Family Y and Southwest Y. This exciting program offers fun and creative activities, including campouts at Bastrop State Park, Enchanted Rock and McKinney Falls, mini-Indy car building, bowling, scavenger hunts and more.                  

Program Enrollment

Join in the journey and REGISTER for the 2012-2013 Adventure Guides program online, by mail, fax or in-person at any YMCA of Austin location.

Northwest Family YMCA : 2012-13 Registration Form
NW Inks Lake Campout Pictures

TownLake YMCA Registration Form

Southwest YMCA Informational Flyer

2012-2013 Activity Calendars

TownLake YMCA

• Aug 18: Kickoff event at TownLake YMCA
• Sept 14-16: Inks Lake State Park
• Oct 19-21: Pedernales Falls State Park
• Nov 9-11: Bastrop State Park
• Dec 8: YMCA Children’s Xmas Party (Volunteer Opportunity)
• Jan: Indy Car making
• Feb: TBA
• Mar: 22-24 Enchanted Rock
• April: 19-21 Colorado Bend State Park
• May: Retreat

Northwest YMCA

• Sept 14-18: Inks Lake Campout
• Oct 19-21: Pedernales Falls Campout
• Nov 9-11: Bastrop Campout
• Dec 8 : YMCA Children's Christmas Party
• Jan: Mini Indy Car Design & Construction
• Feb 22-24: MCKinney Falls
• March 22-24 : Enchanted Rock Campout
• April 19-21: Colorado Bend Campout
• May 17-19: Mo Ranch Retreat

Hays YMCA

• Jul 18: Program Registration Opens.
• Sept 16: Park and Ride
• Oct 14-16: Pedernales Falls State Park 
• Nov 18-20: Indoor Bowling 
• Dec 8: YMCA Children's Christmas Party (Volunteer Opportunity)
• Jan: Indy car making 
• Feb 17-18: John Knox Ranch
• Mar 23: Zilker Park Scavenger Hunt 
• April 27-29: Enchanted Rock State Park
• May: Mo Ranch Retreat 

Southwest YMCA

• AUG 25: Program registration opens and Kickoff Event- Southwest YMCA: 10am-1pm
• SEPT 14-16: Inks Lake State Park
• OCT 19-21: Pedernales Falls State Park
• NOV 09-11: Bastrop State Park
• DEC: Volunteer event at the Y Children’s Christmas Party
• JAN: 26:Creation event-Derby Cars
• FEB 17-19: Palmetto State Park (Derby Car Race)
• MAR 22-24: Guadalupe River State Park
• APR 19-21: Enchanted Rock
• MAY: 17-19: Mo Ranch Retreat

Adventure Guides - Purpose

• Foster companionship and understanding; set a foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child.
• Build a sense of self-esteem and personal worth.
• Expand awareness of spirit, mind, and body.
• Provide a framework to meet the mutual needs of parents and children for spending enjoyable, constructive, and quality time together.
• Enhance the quality of family time.
• Emphasize the vital role that a parent plays in the growth and development of a child.
• Offer an important and unique opportunity to develop and enjoy volunteer leadership skills.

Program Aims

• To be clean in body and pure in heart.
• To be friends forever with my dad/mom/son/daughter.
• To love the sacred circle of my family.
• To listen while others speak.
• To love my neighbor as myself.
• To respect the traditions and beliefs of all people.
• To seek and preserve the beauty of Our Creator's work.

Contact Information

TownLake YMCA
1100 W. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78703
Lauren Jackson
Youth & Family Director
Phone: 542-9622
Fax: 512-476-3548

Northwest YMCA
5807 McNeil Dr.
Austin, TX 78729
Omar Santos
Senior Program Director
Phone: 335-9622
Fax: 512-335-1615

Hays Communities YMCA
465 Buda Sportsplex Dr.
Buda, TX 78610
Gary Davis
Program Director
Phone: 523-0099
Fax: 512-523-0066

Southwest Family YMCA
6219 Oakclaire Dr.
Austin, TX 78735
Joe McNeeley
Phone: 891-9622