Party at G-A-C!
From 2015, watch Session 4’s Cabin 10 perform a remake of “Party in the USA” GAC-style during Big Campfire! “Hopped off the bus at GAC with my trunk and my duffle bag. Welcome to the lake of...
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Saying Goodbye to Sailing Legend Boris Gregory
Boris & Irene Gregory “Push the tiller towards the sail!” Boris Gregory’s distinct voice boomed through his megaphone across the GAC cove for close to three decades. Campers from the 1960s well...
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Messages for an Anxious Camper
“Children want to be independent, and they realize that they cannot be truly independent until they beat homesickness, even when they have a painful case of it.” – Michael Thompson, PhD., Homesick and...
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Why I Send My Kids to Camp: It Grows Their Grit
“The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles.” – Garth Stein Written by Christine Carter, Ph.D. What quality does the Buddha share with Luke...
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2016 Counselors are Here!
Today, our 2016 counselors arrived for staff training! Many are former campers and counselors who have spent many summers with us. Some have traveled from the other side of the world to be counselors...
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Parking Your Helicopter
By Audrey “Sunshine” Monke, Camp Director Originally published on her website, Sunshine Parenting. As parents of this generation, we’ve been told that great parenting means being super-involved with...
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5 Fun Ideas for Letters to Campers
By Audrey “Sunshine” Monke, Camp Director Originally published at Sunshine Parenting Because we’re not in the habit of writing letters to our kids much these days – with brief texts being the primary...
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Meet Your Head Counselors
Head Counselors provide leadership and support for our counselors and campers and make sure each camper is having a fantastic experience at GAC. Each Head Counselor has seven cabin groups with whom...
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Meet Your Camp Directors
For 2016, we have an experienced team of leaders heading up GAC. Together, they bring more than 100 years of experience to this summer. You can read more about each of them on the Directors page, but...
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5 Ways Camp Grows Grit
With our Growing Grit theme for 2016, we’re talking with campers a lot about grit this summer! Here are some of the things our campers are doing to grow their grit: Want to read more about how we’re...
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Our Photo & Video Team
Want to see the faces behind the lenses this summer at GAC? It takes a talented team of photographers, videographers, and designers to record and share the fun we have up here at GAC. This year’s team...
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The Tradition Continues: From Camper to Counselor
Former GAC Campers on the 2016 Staff Campers to Counselors from Gold Arrow Camp on Vimeo. The number of former GAC campers who’ve returned to be counselors at GAC has exploded in the past few years....
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Learning about our Trees
Smelling our favorite tree, The Vanilla Tree! In our expanded Nature program this summer, we’re learning to identify the five most common trees we have in camp – Jeffrey Pine, White Fir, Red Fir,...
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Junior Counselors Make their Mark
Our first group of 2016 Junior Counselors (JCs) is completing their final week of their month here with us at GAC. They have been a tremendously positive influence on the camp community, and we are...
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The Dutch Connection
Ajax, Dutchie, Orange, & Bloom (2016 Dutch Staff) It’s a human-interest story that spans nearly 25 years and has at its epicenter the small Dutch city of Woerden, which beyond its city proper is a...
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Hop on Bambino’s Energy Bus!
By Audrey “Sunshine” Monke One of our treasured camp traditions is reading to campers each evening at bedtime. We adopted the tradition more than a decade ago, because we realized how calming it is and...
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Life Skills Learned at Camp
Dr. Emily “Fish” Andrada is serving as our Camp Doctor this session for her 10th summer. When “Fish” isn’t spending her time at GAC, she works as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physician at...
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Favorite Outdoor Cooking Recipe: Banana Boats
One of the best things about being outdoors is cooking over a campfire! Especially after a long hike, food cooked outside, over a fire, tastes especially yummy. At GAC, kids have the opportunity to...
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Coach’s Award 2016: Kettle!
Ken “Coach” Baker, Jeanie Vezie (previous owner of GAC), and Audrey “Sunshine” Monke (1989) In 2009, Gold Arrow Camp lost a dear friend. Ken “Coach” Baker worked at GAC from 1981-1992 and had a huge,...
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Friendship: The Gold of Childhood
By Audrey “Sunshine” Monke, Camp Director Join Sunshine for an online workshop, Coaching Your Child to Better Social Skills, Thursday, September 29, 11:00-11:30 (PDT) “Friends are everything. They are...
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