Author: Gus The Camp Dog

CILT Service Project – Camp Sizanani

The CILTs, Campers In Leadership Training, spend their days at camp enjoying camp activities while developing valuable leadership skills by aiding younger campers and extending their own camp knowledge to those around them. As leaders in their camp community, they took their service role and extended it beyond our own camp by taking on a […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Roughing It Day Camp Office Moms and their Campers: Kathryn (Freddie & Grace) Tracy (Ava & Isaac) Amy (Cecilio), and Ann, Sharon (Walker & Grace), Misty (Kaitlyn & Lauren) The sign in our Roughing It office, “Every Mother is a Working Mom,” is so true, and a Mother’s job is never done.

MLK Day

Wishing all our camper families a happy Martin Luther King day. We hope you are enjoying your three day weekend!

The First Day of Winter Has Arrived!

Happy First Day of Winter! While it doesn’t snow often in Lafayette, we look forward to hearing about all our camper and staff travels to the snow! Send us a photo and you could be featured on Camper Caboodle!

Summer Memories Videos from Ann & Hobie and RI Staff!

All our staff and Ann and Hobie have prepared some excellent holiday video grams for you to enjoy! Hop on over to our Holiday Greetings Video Page to enjoy all the holiday video grams from all of us to you! 

Summer 2014 Photo Book

Keep the camp memories alive with our summer 2014 photo book. Preview and order a book today! This summer’s photo book is a great way for campers and staff to relive the joys of camp and can even be a fun gift for campers, staff and parents during the holiday season! View our book online and purchase […]

Life Lessons Learned as a Camper and Junior Counselor

Every year we receive requests from campers and staff to write letters of recommendation for college & graduate school applications, or a new job. This fall we got such a request from a former camper and junior counselor, Jimmy, who was applying to Harvard.  Jimmy included his college essay about his experiences at Roughing It […]

Congrats to the Giants!

We support our Bay Area team and were so excited to watch the Giants take the World Series title in the seventh and final game of the World Series. Congratulation to the Giants for winning for the 3rd time in the past five years. Amazing! 

Visit us this Week for Halloween Fun in Lafayette!

Campers and Friends, we have some exciting events coming up this week happening in your neighborhood! From Trick or Treat Street to Lafayette’s annual Reservoir Run everyone who attends is sure to have a great time! Hope to see you there!

One Week Left – Priority Registration for Summer 2015!

Save up to $700 when you register by October 15th. Take advantage of special savings for our camp families and friends by signing up early for our 4 & 8 week day camp. Join us for our 43rd summer and make camp memories that last a lifetime!

Lost and Found from Camp

Come collect your camper’s lost and found from the summer! Our offices our open Monday through Friday and we’d love for you to drop by and claim anything that may belong to your camper.