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Sussex County YMCA - Summer Camps
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This is our 3rd year attending Sussex County YMCA summer camp and it was the least joyful experience we have ever had. Something has shifted at the camp between last summer and this summer.
We are not adverse to kids getting dirty or wet however they have repeatedly come home with clothes ruined due to mud stains and their socks and shoes soaked to the point of their feet being in pain from being in wet sneakers for 10 hours. This did not happen at all in prior summers.
My kids came home telling stories about how they were hit and kicked by other campers with counselors nearby with little to no intervention from them unless my kid approached the counselor. Even after telling them, they were hit or kicked by the camper a second time.
My son's shirt was stolen from the locker room and threw in the upper field the first day. We understand kids will be kids, and we do not believe our kids are 100% innocent in all things however, the lack of supervision and/or physical outbursts from children have never been to this level.
I was optimistic about the app that was used this summer however, was shocked that the lived experience of using the app resulted in less communication from the YMCA. Access to the app wasn't provided until after the start of the first day so i had to contact the YMCA before camp started to get conformation on before camp information. Each week received notification of document update regarding information for the following week yet there was never anything there.
We are extremely disappointed in the camp and if it wasn't for the astronomical amount of money we paid and the limited access to alternative child care, we would have pulled our kids out.
We are appalled by how this summer has turned out and will not be sending our kids back to the camp, let alone recommend it to others.
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