The Roughing It Blog

For the past three days our administrative staff have been spending some quality time together during our Admin Training weekend! We are so appreciative of all their hard work and are really looking forward to spending the summer with such a great group of skilled and passionate leaders. 

There’s Still Time to Share Roughing It with your Friends and Enroll in Camp Refer-a-Friend – You and Your Friend can Save Up to $150 Ways to Share Camp With a Friend:  • Complete our Refer a Friend Form online. • Invite them to our Open House: Sat May 3rd, Sat June 7th • Bring a Friend

Without our amazing, dedicated, and passionate staff Roughing It Day Camp could not be what it is today. We love our counselors and hope you do too and we want to get you excited for this summer by showing you who some of our returning counselors will be.

Congratulations to Mike, Allison, and Max for completing the Wilderness First Responder Course! This summer we will have four certified WFRs working at our camp.

  Ahoy Mateys! We’re excited to announce our new waterfront video featuring all four of our spectacular waterfront activities and the famous Captain Matt! Whether your campers have tried our waterfront activities before, or this summer will be their first time down at the docks this is a great video to see.

Finding a summer camp for your child is an important decision. There are a large variety of camps to choose from, and selecting the right one for your child and your family can be a daunting task. Camps have very different programs so it is very important for parents to

New Challenges and Activities for You Every Year!We offer a variety of activities for campers  4-16, with instruction by age and ability so there is always something new for you to learn. See all our Activities for campers by grade. Check out Super Choice 2014 special activities for Older campers 5th-10th grades!

Roughing It Now Offers 36 Stops in the East Bay and SFNewly Added Bus StopsSince 1972 our camp has grown from a handful of campers on an island in Hawaii to over 300 campers attending Roughing It every week! We’re so greatful for our counselors campers and staff, but also for our

Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all! Wishing all our campers, camper parents, and Roughing It alumni a day full of love and joy. If you didn’t already see our Valentine’s gram be sure to watch our video today! With camp 128 days away from its start we send our

Today is the first day of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Here at Roughing It we love the Olympics so much that we celebrate it every summer!

If you are a new camper family signing up for Roughing It Day Camp or you are already registered for summer 2014 then we have some great events for you! Throughout the year Roughing It offers Camp Shows, Camp Tours, and Open House events for new camper families to get

Happy Chinese New Year to you and yours! D’Juno 2014 is the year of the horse?! 

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We hope our many camper families enjoyed their three day weekend. Here are some activities happening in the Bay Area for you and your family to participate in to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Click Here Martin Luther King Jr addresses crowd from steps

If your campers are missing those fun morning clues from the D’Juno crew we have a treat for you! Click Here to see our friends Max, Melissa, and Captain Matt give a clue for our winter D’Juno. See if your campers can figure out where it is!

Jessica, G4 Counselor Hey Girls, I hope everyone is having a fun and exciting December! I am currently teaching kindergarten for SFUSD. Working with this age is definitely exciting, but I miss my 4th grade girls. This winter break I will be curling up with some delicious hot cocoa and

Melissa Lowell, KP Counselor Hi campers! I have missed you all so much these past few months! I’m currently getting ready to graduate college in the and plan to move back home afterwards! It’s been such a beautiful holiday season, and I am really looking forward to this coming winter

Greetings, Outdoor Explorers!I hope your adventures this school year have been exciting. I can’t wait to explore some more of the Lafayette Reservoir next summer. There’s a secret ornament tree that sprouts ornaments this time of year. It’s not on any map, but folks who have seen the tree tell

We hope the memories of Roughing It warm your heart this holiday season. Rekindle your camp memories by watching our holiday videos, come to the Camp Sing-a-Long, or visit the Reservoir to see the Ornament Tree. We hope to see you at camp! And see our holiday greetings video here!

Today is Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a global day of giving. Join us in supporting the Giving Tuesday movement by donating this holiday season! Share the movement with family and friends and use the hashtag #GivingTuesday to promote this wonderful day of giving! Here are

The month of November is a great time to give thanks. Here are some quotes from camper parents about why they’re thankful for their campers’ time at Roughing It Day Camp.  “The sense of team – within the smaller group as well as within camp as a whole; the enthusiasm and caring of

See what some of the Roughing It crew are thankful for this holiday season. Messages from Gus, the camp horses, the Roughing it staff, and of course, Ann and Hobie. Wishing everybody a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah!