Shorefront YM-YWHA

Rachel I. _{on Yelp}

Feb 26th, 2023

this is actually a zero star review. absolutely horrible and if I could give this place zero stars I would. I'm giving this review from the point of view of a camp counselor that has been a part of this organization for four years. to start off about 20 something children are grouped together under the supervision of two preteen counselors that have no prior training to working with children, if your child has special needs too bad because they are just lumped in with the rest of them. The day starts off at the beach where they are surrounded by a wall of counselors where the kids are told every 30 minutes whether they can put their ankles in the water, or they can sit in the sand , this goes on for about 3 to 4 hours. If the child is overheated too bad if the child needs water too bad. children would beg counselors to take them back to the bathroom so they can cool down because they were near heat exhaustion from all the hours in the sun , while the rest of the kids were policed by understaffed counselors, and most of the kids ended up, just running around the beach because there weren't enough counselors to supervise them, not to mention the councilors were also delirious by that point. After that the children would go to lunch where many children would just avoid it and beg to not eat because it made kids throw up get sick or have stomach aches for the rest of the day .for the kids who were able to somehow handle the food, they were rationed and left, crying and complaining that they were starving after, but we couldn't give them any snacks, even though there was a whole closet full of them. After the kids were heat exhausted, and starved they would go to activities, run by none, other than the delirious preteen counselors. It's so sad this camp is so expensive for absolutely nothing not to mention the staff gets treated so poorly .my first year working here I was a CIT. I got paid four dollars an hour for three hours a day, even though I was forced to work 40 hours a week. my second year working there. I got paid four dollars an hour for 40 hours a week but somehow my last two weeks pay got " lost in the mail" in the tips that my campers had given me out of the kindness of their heart the program overseer at the time had taken from me. Absolutely disgusting. Two years before that. I had volunteered two hours almost every week as a part of their task force and all I asked, for after was a letter indicating the hours I had volunteered, and they couldn't even give me that. All this place does is take. it is a prison for the kids and the councilors. I dont know where this expensive camp tuition goes, but it isn't to the camp. this place is a prison and a scam and if I were you I would run. find a different camp any camp. don't send your child here.

_{on Google}

Jan 21st, 2023

(Translated by Google) For 2 months now I cant get into English courses in any way, they just stupidly say there is no place.
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Mikhail Pletnev _{on Google}

Sep 30th, 2022

Great place to start with your English or computer classes when you have just arrived. Very welcoming atmosphere and caring people. Highly recommended.