Calling all generous hearts! 

This year Giving Heart's Day is February 8, 2024! More than just a day - it's a movement where our community unites to extend a helping hand. We would love your support so we can carry on with our mission to enhance the spirit, mind, and body of everyone we serve. Early giving is open and you can make your donation anytime between now and the official date. Your gift could be the catalyst for change in a young person's life at Camp Cormorant! 

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Impacting Youth and Teens at YMCA Camp Cormorant!

One way your kind-hearted gift makes an impact is through Camp Cormorant. For over 100 years, YMCA Camp Cormorant has offered spirit, tradition, leadership, and exceptional facilities to campers. The camp is nestled on 80 acres of wooded property with an extensive beach front on Big Cormorant Lake near Lake Park, Minnesota. Camp offers a kaleidoscope of activities – from horseback riding, aquatic adventures, ropes course, arts and crafts, to cozy campfires, and much more! 

Each summer, we open the camp doors to hundreds of children, offering numerous scholarships so more kids and teens are able to experience the joy of camp – no matter their background! We embrace diversity, providing children a platform to explore, forge friendships, develop life skills, find joy, and create memories that last a lifetime.


Your Gift Matters 

Your contribution can make a significant impact, enabling us to continue this vital work we do at YMCA Camp Cormorant! And even more – when you give to the Y you are giving to so much more than just Camp Cormorant. You are also supporting our child care, swimming lessons, youth sports, youth clubs, youth food programs, senior mealsgroup fitness programs, and so much more. Thank you for helping us strengthen our community! 


The Phenomenon of Giving Hearts Day

Founded in 2008, Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour event for charities in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Each year, Giving Hearts Day provides a platform for charities to fund their missions through an ever-increasing community of donors, many of whom get to experience the joy of giving for the first time. The longest-running giving day in the country, Giving Hearts Day has helped participating charities raise more than $138 million since its founding.


With deep gratitude, we say thank you again for all of your support this Giving Hearts Day - we know together we can always do so much more!