Austin Adventure Guides - Parent / Child Program
Children Ages 4-14
YMCA Adventure Guides and Trail Blazers are national YMCA parent/child programs designed for children grades Pre-K - 7th. Adventure Guides serves grades Pre-K - 4th; Trail Blazers serves grades 5th - 7th.
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 2010-2011 school year is taking place now. 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.
Click here to enroll online. 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 Calendar
Click specific campout link to register for that event.
- August 6: Program Registration Opens
- September 17 - 19: Inks Lake State Park Campout
Downloadable Registration Form For Inks Lake Campout - October 22 - 24: Pedernales Falls State Park Campout
- November 19 - 20: McKinney Falls State Park Campout
- December 4: YMCA Children's Christmas Party
- January: TBA
- February 18 - 2: Palmetto State Park Campout & Mini Indy Pinewood Derby Race
- March 25 - 27: Enchanted Rock State Park Campout
- April 16 - 18: Guadalupe State Park Campout
- May 13 - 15: Mo Ranch Retreat
Northwest YMCA Calendar
Northwest Events Brochure
Click specific campout link to register for that event.
- September: Campout (State Park)
- October: Campout (State Park)
- November: Community Project
- December: YMCA Children's Christmas Party
- January: Campout (State Park)
- February: Parent / Child Dance
- March: Mini Indy Car Race
- April: Community Project
- May: Campout
Hays Communities YMCA Calendar
Click specific campout link to register for the event.
- September 18: Ten Pin Bowling
- October 15-17: Campout
- November 6: Laser Tag
- December 11: YMCA Children's Christmas Party
- January TBA: Campout
- February 19: Box Car Derby
- March 26: Movie Night
- April TBA: (POY) Sponsored Walk
- May TBA: Final Campout
Contact Information
TownLake YMCA
1100 W. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78703
Jason Daniel
Program Director
Phone: 542-9622
Fax: 512-476-3548
Northwest YMCA
5807 McNeil Dr.
Austin, TX 78729
Omar Santos
Senior Program Director
Phone: 335-9622
Fax: 512-335-1615
Hays Communities YMCA
465 Buda Sportsplex Dr.
Buda, TX 78610
Gary Davis
Program Director
Phone: 523-0099
Fax: 512-523-0066
Our Mission: To put Christian Principles into practice
through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
