Getting to Day Camp Gathering Pines
Bus Times: Bus schedules are approximate and subject to change. Bus times will be published on a weekly basis. They will be available online and will be emailed out the Friday before.
For your camper's safety...
Whoever is picking up the camper must have a photo ID and be listed on the Authorized Pick-Up section of the registration form.
If you wish to make a change to your bus registration, please contact Customer Service. If you are hoping to make a change less than a week before your child's week at camp begins, please email Gathering.Pines@ymcamn.org.
Bus Stop Schedules
Below are the planned bus stop locations for 2025, but please check back closer to camp for final bus stop locations and times.
Sites marked with an asterisk (*) denote Before/After Care sites.
Grape Bus
Linden Hills Park
3100 W 43rd St
Minneapolis, MN 55410
(42nd St & Zenith Ave)
Pick Up: 8:20 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:20 p.m.
Apple Bus
Kenny Community School
1203 W 57th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Pick Up: 8:20 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:15 p.m.
Pineapple Bus
Pearl Park
414 E Diamond Lake Rd
Minneapolis, MN 55419
(Hampshire Drive & E 54th St)
Pick Up: 8:20 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:15 p.m.
Plum Bus
Yancey Park
5520 Hansen Rd
Edina, MN 55436
Pick Up: 8:15 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:25 p.m.
Dred Scott Playfield
10820 Bloomington Ferry Road
Bloomington, MN 55431
(Old Shakopee Rd & Bloomington Ferry Rd.)
Pick Up: 8:40 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:10 p.m.
Watermelon Bus
Southdale YMCA*
7355 York Ave S
Edina, MN 55435
(Stop is in the back of the lot behind building.)
Pick Up: 8:15 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:30 p.m.
Century Middle School
18610 Ipava Ave
Lakeville, MN 55044
Pick Up: 8:55 a.m. | Drop Off: 3:55 p.m.
Banana Bus
Eden Lake Elementary
12000 Anderson Lakes Pkwy
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(Lot in BACK – near playground and ball fields)
Pick Up: 8:20 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:30 p.m.
Red Oak Elementary
7700 Old Carriage Ct
Shakopee, MN, 55379
Pick Up: 8:45 a.m. | Drop Off: 4:10 p.m.
Before & After Care Locations
- Southdale YMCA
Southdale YMCA Before & After Care will be held at the pavilion behind the Y. You can drop of between 7-8:10 a.m. & pickup between 4:40-5:30 p.m.
7355 York Ave. S
Starts: 7:00 AM | Ends: 5:30 PM - YMCA Gathering Pines
23701 Zane Ave.
Starts: 7:00 AM | Ends: 5:30 PM - Before & After Care Fees: $50 per camper per week.
Pick Up Requirements
The safety of your child is the number one priority at the YMCA.
- Whoever is picking up the participant must have a photo ID and be listed on the Authorized Pick-Up section of the registration form. We will only release children to individuals listed as authorized to pick up.
- Changes or additions to authorized individuals must be made before noon on the day of the change. Please contact Customer Service to make these changes. If you are hoping to make a change during your child’s week at camp, please email Gathering.Pines@ymcamn.org.
- You will be asked to sign your children on and off the bus. To expedite this process, we ask you to be ready and wait so buses can remain on schedule.
Bus Rules
- Participants must remain in their seats.
- All participants should check on and off the bus with the Bus Captain.
- No eating or drinking (except water) on the bus.
- All participants must sit on a seat and face forward. (No lap sitting and no one in the aisle.)
- All body parts and belongings are to remain inside the bus at all times.
- Hands remain to yourself.
- No fighting or screaming.
- Let a staff member know if something is wrong right away.
- The emergency exits should be used only during an emergency.
- Please participate in bus games and songs.
- If a child’s behavior does not meet these standards, parents will be notified; seating arrangements may be made and if problems persist riding privileges may be revoked.