Cactus Day Camp

History

Established in 2007.

Cactus Day Camp is where traditional day camping comes to the desert. We provide a full day program five days a week for 2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks where safety is our number one priority, friendships are fostered, healthy lifestyles are encouraged and your child’s fun is unlimited.

The Cactus experience is trying new things and gaining new skills in an emotionally and physically safe and non-​competitive environment while gaining independence as well as a sense of belonging.

We hope you will join us this summer as we continue to create new friendships and traditions with a summer program that meets the needs of parents and children of the valley.

Meet the Business Owner

Karyn M.

Business Owner

Cactus Day Camp is owned and directed by Karyn Miller. Karyn grew up splitting her summers between overnight and day camps. After years of being a camper, Karyn worked at Banner Day Camp in Illinois as a counselor, teen director and assistant director. She then moved on to work year-​round as the associate director for overnight camps, Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods in Michigan. After seven years, Karyn resigned from her position to bring a much needed traditional day camp to our valley’s children. Karyn holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction and is the current principal at the Fountain Hills Charter Montessori School.

Karyn is supported by her husband, Gary, who owns and operates Accurate Mortgage Centers and Cactus Pool Services in Fountain Hills. They moved to the valley in 1997 from Chicago.