South YMCA (Kettering)

YMCA Adventure Guides is a nationwide YMCA parent/child programs designed for boys and girls aged 5-12. The Adventure Guides experience enables parents and kids to have fun while sharing new, healthy, learning adventures. Spending quality one-on-one time as a family will help build a strong bond of trust and memories that will last a lifetime. Become part of a program that’s committed to helping you and your family grow stronger together. This exciting program offers fun and creative activities, including campouts at Camp Kern, mini-Indy car building, bowling, scavenger hunts and more. Program 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. 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.