Category: Roughing It News

This past weekend, Roughing It went out to support the Lafayette Res Run for Education! We had such a great time, and we loved getting to talk with members of our community. Counselors Tia and Meagan came out with us and led fun games and activities. If you’re looking for

This weekend Roughing It is excited to be at the Lafayette Res Run for Education! We will have a booth set up with fun games and prizes, and we would love for you all to come out and join us! We even have some surprise counselors coming back to help

Roughing It Day Camp loves seeing our friends around town. Check out where we’ll be this weekend….

Come see camp on October 22 or November 5! Camp Tours are a perfect way to see camp, meet the Directors and ask any questions you may have about Roughing It. Check out our schedule of upcoming tour dates or schedule a personal tour at time that works for your family! 

We know that many in our community have friends and family in the devastated areas. This is an incredibly difficult time for the Bay Area. Two summer camps, Clover Leaf Ranch and Camp Newman have suffered extensive damage due to the fires. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all

The time has come! Camp Registration for summer 2018 is now open! We are excited to offer priority registration at lower costs for camper families that register by November 5th. We also offer interest free payment plans, which are also a great way to secure your child’s spot in camp.

Dear Camp Families, Welcome to our 46th Camp Season! While much has changed over the years, the Roughing It values are just as important today as we help children build the life skills needed to be happy, contributing citizens in the 21st century. Updates for Summer 2018 As we open

We are already missing our summer friends! Relive all of  your favorite Roughing It memories with our Summer 2017 Highlights video here, or on camper caboodle. We are already looking forward to making more memories next summer!

We are already missing our summer friends! Relive all of  your favorite Roughing It memories with our Summer 2017 Highlights video here, or on camper caboodle. We are already looking forward to making more memories next summer!

Today was the final day of camp this summer, and we just want to thank everyone for an amazing summer! We hope you all take away life-long memories from camp, and we hope everyone has a great school year! Check out our staff singing a farewell song under the “Summer

This week at Roughing It, we celebrated Olympic week! This is a very special week for us, as our campers work on sportsmanship, positive attitude and forming lasting ties with friends. Campers competed in lots of challenges and fun team building activities at our program areas, and enjoyed trying to

This week at camp is world cultures and cultural awareness week at Roughing It. We practiced life skills around camp such as understanding differences and appreciating diversity. As part of this week, we celebrated International day on Wednesday! Campers had a great time dressing up for the different cultures represented

Today we welcomed our wonderful camper families to camp for Parents Closing Circle! Camper groups have worked hard all week getting ready to perform songs and skits for all of their loved ones. We were so impressed with all of the creativity that the campers showed this session. Parents Closing

Week two of camp has been a blast! This week is creativity week at Roughing It, and boy are our campers showing off their creativity! Campers are working on life skills such as creative problem solving, positive participation, and group and individual responsibility. On Thursday, we enjoyed seeing all of

We are so excited to welcome back all of our returning campers for session two, and would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new campers as well!  All of our new camper groups are off to a great start, coming up with their group names and