Camp at Genesis Mills Civic
Mighty Camp is an action-packed, fun-filled Des Moines summer camp experience that your child will never forget! Mighty Camp is designed for children between the ages of 5–12 years.Location: Genesis Mills Civic Des Moines | 4875 Mills Civic Parkway West
Summer Enrollment Opens January 8th!
2024 Registration Opens:
Full Week: January 8
MWF & T/TH: February 5
Customized: March 5
$50 Family non-refundable registration fee due at the time of enrollment to reserve your spot. Please review updated 2024 Cancelation Policies.
2024 Pricing:
Member/Non-Member
Full Week: $220/240
MWF: $154/168
T/TH: $110/120
Customized: $55/60
Price Bracket is determined by the membership status of the child at time of enrollment.
Click the boxes below to see our 2024 weekly theme and rotating programming.
Week 1 (June 3rd-7th): Wild Wild West
Join us for our 2024 Summer Kickoff! We’re riding toward the high-energy start of summer with all things western! Get your boots, your hat, because we’re lassoing in some fun memories!
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 2 (June 10th-14th): Studio Stars
Make way radio, it’s studio stars time! Movies, television shows, cartoons, shorts – Disney, Nickelodeon, Marvel… from the big screen to the small, we’re celebrating cinema all week long!
Rotating Programming: Fun with Food, Kids Move, Challenge
Week 3 (June 17th-21st): Around the World in 5 Days
Grab your passport, campers! We’re packing our bags and going on a cultural tour-de-force to exotic locales, historical sites, and remote locations!
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 4 (June 24th-28th): Camp Olympic Trials
Take a deep breath. Lace those sneakers. Focus on your skill. We’re attempting our own camp olympic trials this summer – let’s see if you have what it takes to qualify with the greats!
Rotating Programming: Fun with Food, Kids Move, Challenge
Week 5 (July 1st-5th): Party in the USA
We’re breaking out our red white and blue in celebration of 4th of July, the quintessential summer american holiday! Crafts, games, and our camp memories will shine alongside our fireworks and explosive creativity! (No Camp July 4th)
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 6 (July 8th-12th): Contraptions in Action
If you’re constantly building robots, tools, or otherwise thinking of creative solutions to some unique problems – contraptions in action week yours to enjoy!
Rotating Programming: Fun with Food, Kids Move, Challenge!
Week 7 (July 15-19th): Who-Dunnit, Mighty Mystery Week
Get out your magnifying glasses and notebooks, detectives. A dangerously fun mystery is unfolding at Mighty Camp this summer and we’ll need your help to solve it!
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 8 (July 22nd-26th): Decade Days
Camp is going to be like, totally rad, dude! Decade Days tees up some of our favorite trends, activities, and sport scenes of the last 100 years!
Rotating Programming: Fun with Food, Kids Move, Challenge!
Week 9 (July 29th-August 2nd): Survivor Week
Can you Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast this summer at Mighty Camps? This survivor themed week will be complete with mystery challenges, immunity idols, and the chance to be named the next Mighty Camp Survivor!
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 10 (August 5th-9th): Color Wars: Camp Edition
Every summer, campers come from across the city. They forge bonds in the heat of battle (sports) and swap strategies across tables of lore (activities)… this summer they’ll have the chance to test their team strengths in an all out Color War!
Rotating Programming: Fun with Food, Kids Move, Challenge
Week 11 (August 12-16th): Mighty Camp Spirit Week
Good things must come to and end, and at camp, we’re ending in style! Join us for our final days where we’ll celebrate campers, counselors, and camp shenanigans alike!
Rotating Programming: Mindfulness, Create Your Fun, Improv
Week 12 (August 19th-21st) Mini Back to School Session
Join us as we end summer with a mini-week of camp! These three days will be filled with pool fun, creative games, and some Fun with Food Adventures! (No Camp 22nd or 23rd).
Check out our No School Day Camps and Holiday Camps!
