- June 15, 2025
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Gabriel Vazquez, 6, throws a basketball.
Photo by Ian SwabyOlivia Sarkisova, 8 and Callie Crawford, 8, play with a basketball.
Photo by Ian SwabyThe summer camp began with a pancake breakfast.
Photo by Ian SwabyLaura Walters mixes pancakes.
Photo by Ian SwabyLaura Walters and Jim Shea make pancakes.
Photo by Ian SwabyLucas Lindbloom, 5, his mother Ana Lindbloom, sister Isabella Lindbloom, 15, and father Thomas Lindbloom
Photo by Ian SwabyClark Mast, 5, his father Nelson Mast, and brother Parker Mast, 8, gather breakfast.
Photo by Ian SwabyKaysan Hunter, 6, and his mother Alex Hunter, enjoy pancakes.
Photo by Ian SwabyLaura Walters offers food to Leila Stevenson, 7.
Photo by Ian SwabyKacee Willis, 6, and her mother Tierney Willis gather breakfast.
Photo by Ian SwabyMyron Zhang 8, and Finn Farino, 8, look at a model of a human skeleton.
Photo by Ian SwabyChristopher Wamil 6, talks to counselor Lia Truedinger.
Photo by Ian SwabyViviana Quiles 7, counselor Aydin Frazier and Nila Molineaux, 6 play rock, paper scissors.
Photo by Ian SwabyEmery Poucher 9, tosses a ball as Caleb curry, 9, Levi Siljestrom, 10, Dane Radakovich, 10 and Orin Hilliker, 10, look on.
Photo by Ian SwabyJeremiah Turner, 9, tosses a ball as Sophia Zaczyk, 10 and Vera Partie, 9, look on.
Photo by Ian SwabyAlthough the weather was stormy the morning of June 2, with a pool closure at the Sarasota City YMCA branch, there was still a sweet spot as summer camp began.
The branch launched its traditional camp and aquatics summer camps with a pancake breakfast for families, which preceded a schedule of activities revised to suit the weather.
Andrew Frazier, who manages the summer camps, said it was the first time for the breakfast to kick off camp.
He said the traditional camp involves numerous activities including games, crafts, songs, dance and swimming, while the aquatics camp focuses on swimming and swim safety.
Nelson Mast, whose children Clark Mast, 5, and Parker Mast, 8, both repeatedly attend summer camp at the YMCA, said they are drawn back by the counselors and the convenient location.
"The kids feel very comfortable here, and that's the reason we keep coming back," he said.
