Camp SCHOLARSHIPS

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS

Financial Assistance Information

Every child deserves an overnight summer camp experience. Just one summer at camp can positively influence a child’s life forever. As a non-profit dedicated to youth development, YMCA Camp Benson wants the overnight summer camp experience to be available to everyone. Below are some ways that can help make camp fit any budget.

Camp Scholarships

We understand that some families may still need additional assistance to help their children attend summer camp. If your need is greater please do not hesitate to apply to our Camp Scholarship program, which provides scholarships towards both Member and Non Member prices. This confidential Camp Scholarship allows numerous children, who would otherwise not be able to attend, to experience all that YMCA Camp Benson has to offer. Application for Camp Scholarships are available now.

Please feel free to contact Marissa Larson if you have any questions at mlarson@srfymca.org.

Annual Candy Bar Fundraiser

YMCA Camp Benson has partnered with the Great American Candy Company to help children attend summer camp. This is not a mandatory fundraiser. Here are some important things to know about our Candy Bar Fundraiser. 
Boxes of candy bars are available for pick up at the front desk of the Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA and Camp Benson once summer camp registration opens. Your camper or campers must be registered with the $50 deposit paid in order to check out a box of candy bars. Register online by clicking on the button in the top right corner of the website.

Families are not allowed to have more than 4 boxes of cany bars checked out at a time. Once a box is completely paid off you will be able to check another one out. Candy bars are to be sold for $1.00 a piece. This is a fundraiser, so $0.50 from each sale goes to the Great American Candy Company to pay for the candy bars and the other $0.50 goes towards camper fees. 

When you check out a box of candy bars, a charge of $30/box will be applied to your camper account. This represents the actual cost of a box of candy bars and will be paid off when  you bring back the money raised from selling the box of candy bars. This helps us keep track of h ow many boxes of candy bars a family has in their possession. The other $30 will go towards the cost of camp.