Here at the GAC HQ, we are gearing up for the holidays and enjoying the cooler temps outside! This year, our year-round GAC staff is participating in Run Across America’s Holiday Hustle! We have all set a goal to complete 50k by the new year. The best part is that it doesn’t have to be completed all at once! We can’t wait to get out for long walks with our families or even take small strolls during lunch.
We would love for you to join our team for the Holiday Hustle! All you have to do is sign up and join GAC’s team (our team code is FSJFL). Each registrant gets their choice of a sweatshirt or beanie, so be sure to send us a photo of your participants in their gear (bonus points for having GAC gear on, too)! We will send GAC socks to go along with it, as well as sharing some fun achievements from our team on social media throughout the challenge.
If you have any questions, please email Brittany “Delta” Grissett at delta@goldarrowcamp.com.
Camp T-Shirt Day is Tuesday, November 9th!
We invite all Gold Arrow families and staff to join us and other camps around the world as we celebrate International Wear Your Summer Camp T-Shirt Day on November 9th. Do you want to take part in the fun? It’s easy, just wear your favorite GAC shirt (or any GAC gear!), take a picture, upload it to social media, and use the hashtag #CampTshirtDay. If you tag us too (@goldarrowcamp), we’ll share some of our favorites on our Instagram. We can’t wait to see your best GAC gear! Learn more about Camp T-Shirt Day here.
The GAC Runners had another successful year at the Manhattan Beach 10K! Thank you to the campers, parents, staff, and alumni who represented GAC on the course and at the booth! There were lots of smiles from a happy runners crew. Also at this event, the winner of a free week at camp was selected from the many names of parents who completed their 2021 Parent Evaluation by September 10th! And the winner is…The Galston Family. Congratulations!
If your school or town hosts a running event, let us know! We love to be a part of these community events.
At GAC, we believe that connecting with our kids and forming close, positive relationships with them is the most important responsibility of being a parent (or camp counselor!).
Connection Tips & ResourcesOur Chief Visionary Officer, Audrey “Sunshine” Monke (host of the Sunshine Parenting Podcast and author of Happy Campers: 9 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults) is sharing connection tips with parents who sign up for her email series: Connection Comes First. As soon as you sign up, you’ll immediately get access to a free audio or print download of the first chapter of Sunshine’s book: Camp Secret #1: Connection Comes First.
Sign up for Sunshine’s connection tips (and the free book chapter) here.
Join with other GAC community members (staff & parents) to chat about the important topic of connecting with our kids! We’ll share tips and resources AND get the chance to connect with one another.
When: Sep 29, 2021 08:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register for the 9/29/21 parent coffee chat by clicking this link.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
National Public Lands Day is September 25, 2021! NPLD is a great way to connect with nature and give back to our public lands. There are many opportunities to help restore and improve public lands across the country. For more information about National Public Lands Day and to find an event near you, visit https://www.neefusa.org/npld.
If you participate in NPLD, please send us a picture to mail@goldarrowcamp.com or tag us in your social media posts!
It’s that time of year! The GAC Runners are headed to Manhattan Beach on October 2nd, 2021 for the 44th annual Manhattan Beach 10k! We love attending this race for so many reasons, but especially because we get to see so many wonderful GAC families. This event only offers a 10k race, so if that is not your cup of tea please come hang out with us at the Gold Arrow booth. We would love to catch up with all of you! There will also be a group photo taken at the GAC booth at 9:00 am. We can’t wait to see you there!
Details and registration information are available here.
More information about the GAC Runners program is available here.
Check out some fun highlights and memories from Mini Camp and August Specialty! These sessions were such fun ways to end another GAC summer!
Check out the awesome fun we had during Session 4!
Our Shaver Watersports campers (AKA “Shaver Squad”) headed to Shaver Lake this morning and are already out on the lake enjoying hours of water skiing, wake boarding, and kneeboarding!
The Shaver Squad will spend the next four days at our Shaver Island outpost camp. They’ll head back to main camp on Thursday afternoon and join the Mini Camp campers for Big Campfire (skit night) on Thursday and our end of camp celebrations on Friday – our Banquet, Dance, and Appreciation Campfire.
Learn more about Shaver Watersports Specialty camp here.
Today at Camper Orientation, we reviewed the important friendship skill (especially when you’re at a new place!) of introducing yourself to others. Campers practiced introducing themselves to a camper in another cabin group (since they already met everyone in their own cabin group yesterday) and then introducing their new friend to one of the friends they’ve already made in their own cabin group.
As a camp, we set the goal of introducing ourselves to three new people today. We’re already making friends here at GAC!
