Find Fresh Ways to Learn & Grow This School Year
Due to COVID-19, the 2020/21 school year provides new challenges for parents and students. From providing safe childcare while you work to supporting your child’s remote learning efforts, to ensuring the family is spending enough time outdoors, Camp Thunderbird has created programs to meet the needs of our community this school year.
The pristine Lake Wylie shoreline and wooded landscape provide the perfect backdrop for a year of discovery and development. With programs for individual students and entire families, everyone has the opportunity to thrive at Camp Thunderbird.
Explore our school year program options below and register today!
School Days +
Remote learning and outdoor fun.
Family Camp
Get away together.
Weekend Camp
Find outdoor adventures.
Horseback Riding
Learn the ropes.
Long periods of isolation can increase feelings of anxiety and depression, and for individuals struggling with addiction, it can be detrimental to their recovery.
Last spring, YMCA Camp Thunderbird partnered with Charlotte Rescue Mission to host 320 men, women and children from their residential recovery programs for fun and fellowship at camp. Together, we offered a safe and engaging outdoor respite during our community’s stay-at-home order. Check out this video to learn more: https://bit.ly/34B455M
Thank you for staying with us! #StayWithUs
The voice of camp! For so many, when you call the Camp office with a question or in need of some help, you will ultimately have the pleasure of speaking with Sharon. She can answer just about any question, hear your concerns and your joys, be completely present with you while on the phone, and give you that sense of peace you need when your child or student or group is coming to camp or at camp! Sharon! I’m so grateful for you and all those you help! 
Happy Friday! It has been amazing to see so many friends of Camp expressing their gratitude for each other and for the sunny shores of Lake Wylie and Camp Thunderbird! In a time when it is really easy to look beyond the blessings and focus on the challenges, what a refreshing 48 hours it has been to flip that and focus on all that we do have! Let’s finish today strong and continue to spread gratitude! I am so grateful for these next videos as they represent some of our school year team. Typically, we would have thousands of students here at the environmental education center in addition to dozens of conference groups. This team has completely reinvented the work they’re doing resulting in incredible impact on the community at large. Super proud and grateful for this team! #ctbthanksu Andy Belich
Grateful for this guy! Tiran - best dressed, best smile and laugh, engaging conversation about anything politics- and pure passion for kids and Camp! Let’s show some love. Let let us hear your story and what you are grateful for from current staff or alumni from TBird Day Camp!! Share a pic, a post and tag your friends. #ctbthanksu Andy Belich
Andy Belich Meredith Irvin Long
Andy Belich Meredith Irvin Long
Thank you to these awesome Summer 2020 CITs representing and sharing their thoughts during our 48 Hours of Gratitude challenge!! How about the rest of you CIT’s? Let us hear what you are thankful for , share a pic etc.. Andy Belich Meredith Irvin Long