August Kindness Calendar
Happy August! We have loved spreading kindness and want to keep it going. Enjoy these kindness tips and feel free to download and print the calendar here. Share Tweet Pinterest Share Email The post...
View ArticleSummer 2025 Registration Now Open for Returning GAC Families
Hello GAC Families! Registration for Summer 2025 is now open for returning GAC campers (and siblings) and families who were wait-listed for 2024. We cannot guarantee or hold space for your camper,...
View ArticleWelcome Mini Camp 1 & Shaver Watersports Campers!
Counselors are excited and ready to create MAXI fun and friendship during Mini Camp 1 and Shaver Watersport August! Some fun statistics about this week’s campers include: 145 first-time campers at GAC!...
View ArticleManhattan Beach 10k, Here We Come!
It’s that time of year! The GAC Runners are headed to Manhattan Beach on October 5th, 2024 for the 47th annual Manhattan Beach 10k! We love attending this race for so many reasons, but especially...
View ArticleSeptember Kindness Calendar
Happy September from Gold Arrow Camp! This month, we’re continuing to celebrate kindness with our September Kindness Calendar. Follow the prompts each day and practice kindness wherever you go! You can...
View ArticleOctober Kindness Calendar
The new month means we have new ideas of ways to be kind to those around you! We hope these ideas fill your bucket as you fill others’ buckets. You can download and print out your own October Kindness...
View ArticleNovember Kindness Calendar
November is a great time to show gratefulness, so make sure we are showing others how thankful we are for them. Enjoy November’s Kindness Calendar and you can print a calendar here. Share Tweet...
View ArticleDecember Kindness Calendar
Hello all! Can you believe it is the last month of the year already!? Here are 31 ideas to keep your kindness going through December. Have a fabulous month! You can download the printable version here....
View ArticleHelping Our Kids Process Trauma & Loss
When scary things happen, communities help each other. Some people in our community are helping by checking in on their friends, offering a place for evacuating families to stay, and helping at...
View ArticleHelping GAC Families
With the recent Southern California fires, we’ve had many people from the GAC community including current families, alumni, and staff reach out to us asking how they can provide support. We have heard...
View Article2025 Theme: Try Something New
While we always want our campers to Have Fun, Make Friends, and Grow at camp, we also put a focus on one specific character trait or skill each summer by having a Summer Theme. Over the years, we’ve...
View ArticleEpisode 75: Creating a Happier World with Airborne
Welcome to the Gold Arrow Camp Podcast’s 2025 Season! We’re kicking off the season with a series on “Creating a Happier World,” because our vision at GAC is to create a happier world, one camper at a...
View ArticleEpisode 76: Creating a Happier World with Chelster
We’re continuing our podcast series on Creating a Happier World with Sunshine’s chat with our beloved Director of Camper and Parent Services, Chelsea “Chelster” Rowe. Chelster shares her GAC story and...
View ArticleEpisode 77: Creating a Happier World with Bagel
This week on the Gold Arrow Camp Podcast, Sunshine chats with fourteen-year veteran camper and staff member, Ben “Bagel” Bronstein about the community and positive culture that keep pulling him back...
View ArticleShop GAC’s Online Store Now Through April 18
Shop GAC’s online spring store now through April 18th! We have created some great options for you to purchase online now that will be delivered before summer. Very few apparel items are offered in our...
View ArticleEpisode 78: Creating a Happier World with Speed
This week on the Gold Arrow Camp Podcast, Sunshine chats with Armando “Speed” Negrete about the lasting positive impact of his experience as a GAC staff member in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The...
View ArticleEpisode 79: Creating a Happier World – The GAC Philosophy
Join Sunshine, Chelster, Gem & Delta for a chat about Gold Arrow Camp’s Vision, Mission, Goals. Learn about the positive habits and character traits we want our campers and staff to take with them...
View ArticleEpisode 80: The Magic of Camp (Happy Campers Book Excerpt)
This week on the podcast we’re featuring a short excerpt from the introduction to Audrey “Sunshine” Monke’s book, Happy Campers: 9 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults....
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