YMCA Camp Terry — Local services in Snoqualmie

Last year, my 6yo (at the time) son had a great experience at Camp Terry so we went ahead and signed him up for 3 weeks this year. Unfortunately, Camp Terry management changed and things took a huge turn for the worse.

On the 2nd day, counselors complained that he was crying loudly and walked away from the bathroom line. I asked what happened at it seemed that a couple kids skipped him in line and then a kid did the same thing later the same day. I told them that it sounds like bullying and asked them to look into it. They did not take this seriously.

Things escalated. My son was punished for crying that led to him potentially acting out. He didn't want to return so he took a day off and we both went in the next day.

On the day that we returned, we went to a playground initially. At the playground, my kid started to get frustrated at some cheating during a game but he was able to work with a counselor to get the issue resolved. Other than that he was chill played well with others, etc.

The next stop was Enchanted Farms, (an amazing site/will review). One child was so poorly behaved at EF that the site manager asked him, to stand near him while he gave instructions on feeding the animals to the other ~15 kids. A couple other kids almost feed rocks to the animals and were a bit out of hand but most of the kids were very respectful to the animals and the business as a whole. Most of the kids including mine, seemed to deeply appreciate the experience.

The next day, I dropped my son off at camp and I made sure that he was ready to call me from his watch as needed. I dropped him off at 9:30am and got a call in less than 2 hours. It seemed that some of the more disruptive kids in his group were calling him names and that the counselor couldn't take the time to tell them to stop. When we were on the speakerphone, I could hear other kids talking about the name calling and taunting that was happening to my son.

I hopped in the car and called the camp manager to let him know that I was on my way. When I arrived, the site manager said he spoke with my son's counselor. The counselors said that he was aware that my son was being teased and that we ran off to call me before he could address the situation.

I told him that I could hear the taunting on the speaker phone so he couldn't have run too far and that while no name calling is acceptable, what I heard was worse than the counselor acknowledged.

7 yo's can easily be redirected by counselors if they are willing to take the time. Furthermore, teasing and bullying is clearly out of alignment with Y-core values. The brochures state that Y-values matter but the execution falls far from that mark. I am not sure what is happening at Camp Terry but I can't keep my child in that environment. He will stay with us for the rest of his sessions and we will see what we can recoup from the costs....

Weather few improvements like a full load of topsoil over the grass and receded outside of that that's a cute little place for kids being that it was founded in 1942 for kids to get away from the cities in the air raid warnings and all that give us some place to go to feel normal thanks for the YMCA they will do the same today being a day camp and all the visitors they get every day June July and August as an adult I wouldn't be able to go anywhere in a place with all those kids...

probably a fun place to take your younger kids to play but if your highschool announces they're going on a field trip here might as well call in sick cause there's nothing here that really caters to...