Program fees are based on how many children you have in the program. Dads are free! Fees cover one program year, which is roughly the same as a traditional school's calendar. The fees for each year of the program include everything you need to have a successful year in Y Guides.
First-Year Fee: $278 for YMCA members and $298 for non-members.
Second-Year Fee: $138 for YMCA members and $157 for non-members.
Third-Year Fee: $118 for YMCA members and $137 for non-members.
Trailblazer Fee: FREE
The first-year fee includes your pre-assembled Y Guides vests and nametags. The second-year fee includes your lantern and the supplies needed to begin building your lantern for the Induction Ceremony at Fall Outing. And, of course, each year’s fee includes a program handbook and your patches, beads and bear claws for the year. All dads in second- and third-year tribes will be invoiced in the fall for the upcoming program year.
Please note: Y Guides events such as Winter Inning, Spring Outing and the third-year Fall Outing Overnight at Camp Kanata have separate fees based on the event.
How to pay your Program Fees
First-Year Tribes: Give payment and Y Guides Registration Form to your tribe chief before the First-Year Dad Training. He will turn in all of the forms and payments at the same time during the training. If you are interested in setting up a payment plan for your first-year registration, please call our Customer Service team at 919-719-9989 for assistance. They will explain the payment plan process. Please call prior to Friday, Aug. 30.
Second- and Third-Year Tribes: Program fees can be paid by logging into your online account. If you have questions about getting started with your online account, call our Customer Service Center at 919-719-9989. If you'd prefer to pay offline, you can mail in a check (made out to YMCA of the Triangle) to the Y Guides office.
Financial assistance
Financial assistance is available for Y Guides program fees and Fall and Spring Outings through the YMCA's Annual Campaign. Please contact Caitlin Herrion or call 919-719-9673 for more information.
EVENT CANCELATION POLICY
- Y Guides cancelations received up to five business days prior to the day of the event will receive a full refund minus a $25 processing fee.
- Cancelations received Monday - Thursday the week of the event, will result in a refund of HALF the event fee.
- There are no refunds for canceling on the Friday of the event or after the event has passed.
- There are no refunds offered for Winter Inning.
All requests for refunds need to be made in writing by email to Customer Service.