About Frost Valley YMCA was established 1901
Established in 1901 as one of the nation’s first summer camps, Frost Valley YMCA now provides four seasons of outdoor, experiential and educational opportunities. Frost Valley YMCA is a 6,000 acre residential camping, environmental education, and conference center located in the heart of the “forever wild” Catskill Mountain Preserve.
Programs include:
Traditional Resident Sleepaway Camp
Teen Adventure Trips
Farm Summer Camp
Horse Summer Camp
Day Camps
School Break Camps
Environmental Education
Family Weekends
Conference and Group Retreats
Teambuilding
Road Scholar and Adult Education
Cross Country Skiing
Three Season Horseback Riding
Environmental Science Research Partnerships
Programs with the Tokyo YMCA.
Frost Valley YMCA Visitors Include:
15,000 students through the residential environmental education programs from schools in NY and NJ.
14,000 overnight families and groups guests including scout troops, individual families, YMCA, not-for-profit, and church groups.
1,600 children in summer resident camp programs from throughout the United States, with most residing in the tri-state region.
Program partnerships Include:
Boys & Girls Club of Newark
Casting for Recovery®
Dialysis Center at Frost Valley, a partnership with the Ruth Carol Gottscho Kidney Foundation and Montefiore Children’s Hospital
Road Scholar®
LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA
Posse Foundation
Tokyo/Frost Valley YMCA Partnership
Mainstreaming at Camp Program, a partnership with the Young Adult Institute/National Institute for People with Developmental Disabilities
National Inclusion Project
Scientific Research Partnerships
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Agriculture¹s Forest Service
Army Corps of Engineers
NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Watershed Agricultural Council
Catskill Forest Association
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
Frost Valley is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to put Judeo/Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. To help us give the gift of camp to a child, go to www.FrostValley.org/donate.
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