YMCA Day Camp Heritage

★★★★★Nicole Kizer

My 4 year old son loves their day camp. He pops out of bed each morning asking to go to camp and comes home each day having learned a ton about nature and gardening. The counselors are all very kind and professional. Their specialty camps look like fun and we are looking forward to trying them when he is older.

★★★★★Kaarin Mantz

My kids have been going to Camp Heritage every summer since they could. They love all the activities and we love how tired they are from being outside all day. The counselors are fun and make my kiddos feel special. What a treasure in our community!

★★★★★Erin Swanson

We love Camp Heritage! Our kiddo has been going for several summers and is something that’s always on his must do list for the summer. The counselors are great as is the Leadership! Mackenzie, the Director is fantastic- so energetic, engaging and always trying to ensure campers have a fun outdoor experience! Looking forward to another great summer!

★★★★★kate zaczkowski

My son really enjoys this camp! He’s 9. I see a couple of bad reviews about sunscreen - swim shirts are a great option if you have fair skinned kids who are too young to reapply sunscreen. We had some pretty big bug bites but it wasn’t anything to blame the counselors about. It’s part of being outside. I feel like the kids are great and communication was as good as can be expected when the average counselor age is maybe late teens??

★Kara Tomlinson

We had an extremely disappointing experience at YMCA Day Camp Heritage. My 6-year-old son came home very burnt on several occasions every week despite the fact that we sent sunscreen and requested on multiple occasions to have the camp counselors ensure sunscreen was applied. The director, MacKenzie Erpenbach, is also very unprofessional, angry and irritated with families and children at camp (and a few other staff are as well). But, many were very kind. However, we feel all staff, especially the leaders, should have patience and love working with children if they are in this environment. In addition, my son was also bullied by two children at camp and the camp counselors did not intervene. Only when my son decided to fight back (albeit, physically, which was not appropriate), did the staff step in. When we addressed that bullying was occurring, MacKenzie’s response was to ignore this fact, even though getting to the root cause (the bullying) could have prevented my son’s reaction. Instead, only my son was asked to go home early and was not allowed to go back to camp the next day. In addition, my son had an individual camper plan which was sent via email and also a printed copy in his backpack. The staff, including MacKenzie (the director), claimed to be unaware of the plan and did not follow the plan once I reminded them of the plan. Many of the counselors there are very sweet and great with the kids. However, unfortunately, the camp needs to have a great director overseeing the camp to see improvement. My advice is to look at other YMCA camps before sending your children to YMCA Day Camp Heritage unless a new director is put in charge.