Join Us For The Lafayette Res Run!
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 out. This is a super […]
Join Roughing It Day Camp at the Lafayette Reservoir Run on October 22
Roughing It Day Camp loves seeing our friends around town. Check out where we’ll be this weekend….
Our Hearts Are With You
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 those who are dealing with […]
Summer 2017 Highlights Video Is Here!
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!
Closing Circle…. A time to say good-bye
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!
Final Week of Summer 2017!
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 beat their own times as […]
Staff Farewell Song!
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 2017” tab in Summer Videos […]
Roughing It goes International!
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 here at camp. They also […]
Parents Closing Circle!
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 Circle is a very special […]
Creative Campers at Roughing It
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 our campers dressed up for […]
Welcome Back for Session 2!
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 cheers! This week at camp […]
Session One Farwell Song From Staff
Today was the last day of session one! We want to thank everyone for an amazing first session! We hope that you all had a great session with us, and we hope to see you back soon! During our final closing circle, the Roughing It staff performed a song for all of our campers, which […]
Aloha From Roughing It!
This week at Roughing It is our last week of session one, and was camp spirit and community week. Campers focused on team building, communication, making friendship ties and keeping them, saying farewells, and closure. On Wednesday, we celebrated Hawaiian Day, one of our many dress up days at camp. Campers dressed in their best […]
Captain Caboodle’s Day at Camp!
Hey, it’s me – CAPTAIN CABOODLE! I loved visiting camp today and getting to say hi to all of my favorite Roughing It campers! I can’t wait to stop by again soon! Be sure to keep checking in at Camper Caboodle for photos and news from camp! Share your favorite pics to FACEBOOK and be […]
Eco-Week Excitement!
This week at Roughing It is Eco-Week! Campers learn life skills like outdoor survival skills, group challenges (where everyone survives!) respecting the environment, minimum impact, making a contribution, taking action, and positive participation. All of our campers participated in Ranger Rachel’s non-natural nature challenge, where campers competed to see which group could remove the most […]
