Adventure Day Camp

Key Highlights

• ✓Highly enjoyable and positive experience for children from 2nd grade through 8th grade, with at least one camper returning for multiple summers over many years.
• ✓Fosters a strong sense of community and connection for older campers, evidenced by a former camper's long-term positive memories and plans to enroll their own child.

Standout Features

• ⭐Proven track record of creating positive, lasting memories for school-aged children (2nd-8th grade) who attend multiple summers.
• ⭐Ability to foster personal connections and a welcoming atmosphere for older kids, as suggested by a former camper's positive recollection and mention of specific staff ('Hi Kevin!').

Perfect For

Ideal For

🍎Food Policy

• • Campers have two lunch options: purchase daily lunches from SchoolFoodies, or send a bagged or cooler-packed lunch.
• • We do not have the ability to microwave or refrigerate lunch items.
• • We recommend sending lunch in a cooler pack that fits in your child’s backpack.
• • We ask that you limit the sugar items sent in your child’s lunch to avoid bee problems and promote healthy eating.
• • If your child is a picky eater and needs encouragement to finish his or her lunch, please indicate so on your application.
• • Adventure Day Camp does not provide snack; please send a snack with your child.
• • If enrolled in the SchoolFoodies Lunch Program, we recommend adding additional items for snack or sending a light snack.
• • Counselors will monitor campers to ensure they are eating their snack each day.
• • Occasionally, Adventure Day Camp will provide fruit, popsicles, or a small amount of candy.
• • Due to several campers with severe nut allergies, we ask that you refrain from sending foods containing nuts, especially peanuts, whenever possible.
• • All food items offered by Adventure Day Camp, including during the Overnight Campout, will be nut-free.
• • Please notify Adventure Day Camp of any child allergies; this information will be given to the counselor and monitored by the Health Care Co-ordinator and Camp Directors.

🛡️Safety Policy

• • Provides a safe environment for children.
• • Each group of campers is led by at least one Camp Counselor, who is 18 years or older and has extensive experience working with children.
• • All staff are required to complete an extensive three-day training program, and most will be certified in First Aid & C.P.R.
• • Archery is a highly supervised activity taught by an archery specialist.
• • All swimming is fully supervised by Red Cross Certified Lifeguards and Camp Counselors positioned in and around the pools for additional supervision.
• • Transportation uses fully equipped 10 to 25 passenger vans and buses, all equipped with seat belts.
• • Transportation drivers must be at least 20 years of age and possess a clean driving record.
• • The Camp's Transportation Director tests and monitors all drivers, who conduct thorough bus checks prior to the start of each day.
• • Strong policy regarding nut allergies: nut-free items provided by camp, and parents asked to refrain from sending nut-containing foods.

📅Booking Policy

• • Please carefully read our Terms and Conditions before enrolling.
• • To enroll in Adventure Day Camp's Enrichment Camps (Enrichment Plus or Afternoon Only), campers must also be enrolled in The Dorris-Eaton morning Academic Workshops.
• • Enrollment for transportation service is for both AM and PM and for the entire session.
• • Transportation service has limited capacity.

🚗Parking Information

• • Walnut Creek: CVS Parking Lot (1123 S California Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA 94596) serves as a bus pick-up/drop-off location.