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The following article appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Thacher, the magazine of The Thacher School. To view the original article, click here. How Tyfahra Singleton CdeP 1996 went from hating camping to running a summer camp for Oakland’s youth. What kind of work...
Our executive director Dr. Tyfahra Milele was a guest on a recent webinar hosted by All Stars Helping Kids, where she gave her thoughts on what it takes to make a real impact with youth from low-income and underrepresented communities. All Stars Helping Kids is one of...
When you think about saving the environment, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably the term that is all over the news at least once or twice a day: “climate emergency.” But let’s admit it: That’s a scary term. And the first pictures that probably pop...
Some of our staff recently got the opportunity to go through Outward Bound California’s ropes course in McLaren Park in San Francisco. It not only was a great way to get folks together in-person and get outside in nature, which is what we love to do the most. The...
Making students spend hours online for remote classes during the COVID-19 pandemic is perfectly normal and it won’t have any effect on kids’ mental health…said no one ever. We get it: This health crisis is a challenge for everyone, but especially for young people in...
We recently got the opportunity to interview James Edward Mills, a well-known freelance journalist and an independent media producer who focuses on the outdoors. We're sure you'll enjoy this interview because Mills is not just any regular journalist. He specializes in...
This year's report focuses on the impacts made during the 2020 fiscal year, including the success of our virtual camp, how our organization helped a former camper transform into an influential camp counselor, a spotlight on our donors, a message from the executive...
Summer camp: It’s as American as apple pie, and millions of kids have been able to use the experience to discover new things about themselves and build relationships that last long after the summer months end. It also remains one of the most popular and, in many ways,...
Massive water fight + colors! We had a really meaningful and fun time during our Camp Phoenix Color Celebration, where campers and staff discuss the ways that our community is unique but also similar. Campers thought about the causes of discrimination and bullying,...
Every summer we visit a local farm and this year we went to Vida Verde! Vida Verde showed us how to milk goats, make cheese, and eat healthy, organic fresh foods. We picked ripe, sweet strawberries and helped harvest cabbage and pick weeds! We even held baby goats....
Today campers presented their work on how to help the enviornment, performed their original poems during "Brain Feeding," used math to make strawberry pineapple juice, and read novels in trees. Hoy los campistas presentaron su trabajo sobre cómo ayudar al medio...
The past few days have been jam packed with activities like “minute to win it challenge,” swimming and banana slug class! Campers learned how to calculate the rate that a banana slug crawls, as well as the approximate age of a banana slug (by measuring its length)....