Elmhurst Y Guides

YMCA Adventure Guides is a family program designed to promote father/son bonding activities for a father and his 5-11 year old son.

Elmhurst Y-Guides Program

YMCA Adventure Guides, parents lead, influence, and teach while presenting opportunities for children to explore the world around them. They lead by example as they set their children on a path through life.

The Elmhurst Y-Guides is organized into three tribes:  Bears, Eagles, and Sharks, based on where your son goes to school, and/or which group your son’s friends are already in.  Our schedule consists of three overnight campout events per year and several nightly events spread throughout the school year.  The campouts take place at the same sites every year, which allows you and your son(s) to create lasting memories over your time in the program. 

At each campout, there are fun activities along with the bonding and friendships that are created through cooking and grilling by the campfire, having a group sleepover in heated, dorm style cabins with bunks, and participating in adventures and events that are uniquely available to the Y-Guides organizations through the YMCA Camps, (Crosley and Tecumseh).   

Every February is our annual winter campout at the Wilderness resort in the Wisconsin Dells, which offers a great opportunity to get out of the cold, dreary days of winter and spend a great weekend with your son and his/your friends in the great 3-bedroom condos.

 Program Goals

• Make it easy for fathers and sons to have quality time and memorable experiences together
• Create a sense of belonging in an environment outside of sports
• Foster companionship and understanding; set a foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between fathers and sons
• Build a sense of self-esteem and personal worth
• Expand awareness of spirit, mind, and body

Learn more about the Adventure Guide program structure and goals.

For additional information please contact one of the following group leaders:

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