Camp Y-Owasco

★★Deborah Morales

I think that if you send your child to a camp, it should not be difficult to communicate with the camp staff. I’ve been initiating contact and leaving voice messages and sending emails since yesterday morning and now it’s close of business so it’s two full business days and now we’re going into the weekend, but I’m not getting any response to be able to Consult regarding my concerns. I’ve emailed the camp director. The only person I have been able to speak with is the camp Assistant director. At the YMCA main office in Auburn the receptionist named Carly was very sympathetic and very helpful, but it was Beyond herControl my inability to communicate with anyone. she did forward my calls First to the campus assistant director and then to the program director where I left messages.

★★★★★Andrew Miles

Awesome spot on the lake for summer camp. Lots of activities for kids to get outside!

★Claire Reidy

Dropped my son off at camp this morning and was there for a surprise 45 minutes that our family did not have as we have two toddlers that attend camp at Skaneateles Community Center. I was blocked by their hired WaterBoy Truck in the drive. I arrived and asked the “gentleman” if he could move his truck back two feet so I could get by with our Expedition that was recently bought new and paid for. The “gentleman” said No and told me to drive through a rooted path that was too small for our car by. I said no, our car can’t make it through there and he insisted that other cars have done it I can too and I strongly disagreed and his response was “whatever lady”. I took my son to the office, signed him in and let management know. I was accompanied by Noah the manager who was very sympathetic, apologetic, and agreed himself he would not drive his own car through the spot. After waiting 40-45 minutes for the water truck to leave I was then able to turn my vehicle around. The water truck was on his way up the path going the normal speed and then saw me behind him and broke it down to five miles and under. After being beyond frustrated I called Melissa the director of the camp to express the extreme frustration of my daughters not being able to be picked up for their own camp in a timely manner and her asking “well, what do you want me to do about it?” in a snarky response. I was told well the water truck can’t move, as it contains tons of water on a very narrow drive. The same narrow drive the “waterboy” wanted me to move my Expedition. She didn’t give one care about me being blocked in their drive for 45 minutes, my daughters missing their own camp, my husband being late to his own job. The lack of empathy shown by a Director that was on premise is appalling. If it wasn’t for Noah, my son would never return to a camp Y Owasco. Give the kid Noah a raise for having to deal such a peach named Melissa.

★★★★★Joseph Murphy

A premier summer camp. Rich traditions, caring staff, impeccable programs with emphases on values, leadership, and growth in life skills. Under new leadership in 2019. Your kids will love it and come home safe, tired, happy, and wanting to return!

★Bernadine Knapp

My daughter went on a school field trip. She explained she was terrified of the canoe. The camp supervisor and teachers "kinda forced" his words, her into the canoe. Three children in a two seater canoe. Which flips over on the kids out in the lake. She panics and then the call me to have me pick her up vomiting blood. Another parent tells camp supervisor he was calling 911. Needless to say I spend that day and the next in the hospital with a child that had a "near drowning" Not happy at all with the action of the camp or school.