Adventure Guides

Children Ages 4-16

YMCA Adventure Guides and Trail Blazers are national YMCA parent/child programs designed for children aged 4-16. Adventure Guides serves ages 5-12; Trail Blazers serves ages 12-16

In both YMCA Adventure Guides and Trail Blazers, the focus is on strengthening parent/child relationships with the parent as a guide in a child's life. Parents lead, direct, supervise, influence, and teach while presenting opportunities for children to explore the world around them. This exciting program offers fun and creative activities, with lots of campouts as well as mini-Indy car racing, bowling, and more.

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.

Registration

Program Enrollment

The Adventure Guides program for the 2011-2012 school year begins August 13th, 2011. You must register for the program before you can register for any of the events/campouts.

Parents can register online or by mail, fax, or in person at any YMCA of Austin branch. See below for contact information at each branch. After enrolling in the program, you will be eligible to register for individual campout events below.

Hays Communities Registration Form

Northwest YMCA Registration Form

TownLake YMCA Registration Form

TownLake YMCA 2011-2012 Calendar

Youth Activities: Ages 5-12

Trail Blazers: Ages 12-16

August 13: Program Registration Opens and TownLake Adventure Guides Free Kickoff Event: 10am-1pm
September 16-18: Inks Lake State Park Campout
October 14-16: Pedernales Falls State Park Campout
November 18-20 Bastrop State Park
December: YMCA Children's Christmas Party
January: Indy car making
February 17-19: Palmetto State Park Campout & Mini Indy Pinewood Derby Race
March 23-25: Guadalupe River State Park
April 27-29: Enchanted Rock
May: Mo Ranch Retreat

Northwest YMCA 2011-2012 Calendar

State Park Camping Trips are to be decided by NW Adventure Guides participants, so camps schedules are TBD. State parks may include any of the following: Inks Lake, Guadalupe River, Enchanted Rock, Palmetto, Pedernales, & more!

October 14-16 : Pedernales Falls State Park Campout
November 18- 20 : Bastrop State Park Campout
December: YMCA Children's Christmas Party
January: Mini Indy Car Design & Construction
February 17-19 : Palmetto State Park Campout & Mini Indy Pinewood Derby Race
March 23- 25: Guadalupe State Park Campout
April 27- 29: Enchanted Rock Campout
May: Mo Ranch Retreat