CAPE ANN YMCA CAMP SPINDRIFT
SUMMER 2017 SPECIAL EVENTS/ THEME WEEKS
Week 00
Jun 19 – Jun 23
Welcome Back Reunion, Time Capsules and Mustaches Galore!
It’s been so darn long since last summer - we miss you like CRAZY! You won’t want to miss our Reunion Celebration! We’ll
create Time Capsules and celebrating with tons of ridiculous mustaches! (AS SCHOOL SCHEDULE ALLOWS)
Week 1
Jun 26– Jun 30
Weird Science!, Happy Holidays & Prep for Gloucester Horribles Parade
From microbes to robotics and from plants to planets we’ll be exploring the world around us and together learn through our
shared experiences!...on St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, and Christmas! (apologies to Arbor Day)....and you’ll have the option
to help create, and join our float for an appearance in Monday’s parade!
Week 2
Jul 3 –7*
Trip to CANOBIE LAKE PARK & Wild Wild West!
Turkish Twist or Teacups – your call! (Trip on Thursday). Howdy Pardner! Mosey on over for a spell, ya-hear? We’ll be ropin’
cattle, square-dancing and keepin’ on the lookout for Stinky Pete, the grumpiest hombre’ to ever step foot in the Okee
Dokee Corral. Campfire cooking, s’mores and stories! You can even join our Horribles Parade float for Monday *NO CAMP
on Tuesday July 4
Week 3
Jul 10 – Jul 14
Carnival / Circus & Medieval Days and Family Night
Fun, food, prizes, inflatable moon bounce, giant inflatable obstacle course, dunk tank, games galore and more fun than you
can shake a stick at! Back again this year, our world-famous GIANT ICE SLIDE!
THU FAMILY NIGHT
Week 4
Jul 17 – Jul 21
Olympics Week, Watermelon Fest & Family Overnight
A traditional Spindrift favorite…Let the games begin!…What “country” will take the gold this year?... and the option for your
family to “rough it” in the deep woods & vast wilderness of West Gloucester.
FRIDAY FAMILY OVERNIGHT (optional).
Week 5
Jul 24 – Jul 28
Trip to WATER COUNTRY & Watergeddon!
Aqua Fun for all! (Trip on Thursday). We’ll transform to “Splashdown Splashtown” this week with all the water- and-mudfun anyone can handle.
Week 6
Jul 31 – Aug 4
Harry Potter Week & Camper Overnights
Love the world of Harry Potter? Who doesn’t?! We’ll be crushing it this week with all sorts of Hogwarts Hoopla! Quidditch,
Spells (like our traditional “No Bones” and “Cheese Touch”), and costumes! Also, we’ll be having our camper overnights!
WED/THU/ OR FRI CAMPER OVERNIGHTS
Week 7
Aug 7– Aug 11
Pirate Week & Family Night & Spindrift Idol
Arrrgghhh Matey! A full-week of treasures! Groups will make-up their own sea-chantys, follow the map for hidden treasure,
learn the lore, develop pirate-skills and more – the week ends with our traditional Pirate Ship Regatta! We’ll have our
Spindrift Idol talent show on Thursday with a handful of the “Top Acts” invited to perform at our Family Night that evening!
THU FAMILY NIGHT.
Week 8
Aug 14 – 18
Trip to CANOBIE LAKE PARK and Tales, Fables & Myths!
A trip so good – we’re taking it twice this year! Turkish Twist or Teacups – your call! (Trip on Thursday). We’ll fill out the
week with tall tales, local legends & lore, a little cryptozoology and a perhaps even a visit from Bigfoot himself!
Week 9
Aug 21 – 25
Color Games / Goldfish Swim / S’morefest
High energy fun and frivolity, our annual goldfish swim contest, all-camp soccer, S’More experimentation, Rick’s Annual
Cartwheel and more!
Week 10
Aug 28—Sep 1
Super Hero Week—As school schedules allow
Super Hero fun! Counselors and campers participate together in a fun Super Hero pageant, play together for prizes, celebrate the existing Super Heroes and help create new ones!
SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 18
– our traditional Father’s Day Celebration/Open House!