Over 140 Summer Camps and Programs In and Around Ventura County

Calvary Community Church K-5 Conejo Valley "Adventure Weeks" Summer Camp 6/17 to 8/9!

Looking for a summer camp within range of Ventura County? Here's a list of over 140 summer day camps and residential camps and programs in the area. Actually, there are hundreds and hundreds of individual camps available. We've attempted to categorize the camps into 3 main groups; Traditional/Learning, Sports and Music/Arts, though many camps cover many fun activities all in one.

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No doubt there will be some typos/errors on this list, so let us know if you find one.

Traditional Day/Overnight/Learning Camps

1. Adventure Weeks Day Camp at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, grades K-5 in the fall, June to Aug, fun trips each Thursday, www.calvarycc.org or 818.575.2257
2. America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College, Junior Safari Zoo Camp, ages 6-14, various sessions all summer, www.moorparkcollege.edu/current_students/teaching_zoo/junior_zoo_info.shtml or call 805.378.1441
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo & Las Virgenes, 10 weeks of camps in Thousand Oaks, Agoura, Calabasas, Newbury Park, Jun to Aug for grades 1 to 12 www.bgcconejo.org or 805.449.1309
4. Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme Summer Day Camps, ages 6-13, 3 locations bgcop.org/programs/Daycamps.html
5. Boys & Girls Clubs of Simi Valley "Summer Club" www.bgcsimi.com/p_summer.html
6. Camarillo MMA Summer Camp basic first aid survival skills, basic rifle safety, weapons. etc. cammma.com/category/summer-camp
7. Camp Calabasas at DeAnza Park in Calabasas for all ages www.campcalabasas.org/Summer-Camps-2012.html 818.878.0162
8. Camp Conejo Girl Scout Day Camp in Thousand Oaks last week of June for girls ages 5-11. Theme of camp is "Going for Gold" campconejo.shutterfly.com Campconejo@gmail.com
9. Camp Cottontail at Castaic Lake (previously Malibu), overnight camp for kids ages 6 to 16 www.campcottontail.com
10. Camp Funtastic day camp in Camarillo www.pvrpd.org/recreation/community/day/funtastic.asp or 805.482.1996 x18
11. Camp Gan Israel at Chabad Jewish Center in Camarillo in July for 2 to 5 year olds www.chabadcamarillo.com
12. Camp Helping Hands service/learni

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Local Thousand Oaks Moms Create Service-Learning Summer Camp That is Fun-Filled and Community Inspired

Thousand Oaks locals, Meredith Madnick Cornelius and Anne Byer Marquart decided to create a summer camp focused on service-learning after they wanted to send their own children to one and realized there were none available for younger children.

From that realization, Camp Helping Hands™ (CHH) was born. CHH is a co-ed summer day camp for kids ages six to 13 with service-learning as its core theme.  Service-learning emphasizes both service and learning and requires participants to use their knowledge and skills to address real-life needs in their own communities.  

At Camp Helping Hands, campers will do just this by following the four phases of the service-learning process: investigation, planning, taking action, and reflection. When campers are led through this collaborative process, they share and invest their ideas and skills and feel truly committed to the project and to making a difference. Local organizations from the community will join as service partners, and local college students will lead the groups as CHH counselors.  

The theme for 2011 is “Living: Our Place in the World,” and the three-week session will be hosted at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.  During week one, CHH campers will work with Waste Management to see firsthand how a landfill can be transformed into a pollinator garden. After a brief facility tour, which includes an up-close visit with Avian Entertainment falconers and their bir

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Latest Work of Chuck Trunks Entitled "Twurfer Dude"

Chuck Trunks is a Camarillo artist who prefers to spend time on his art rather than on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and all the other social networks out there. He's not the kind of guy messing around with an iPhone in his spare time. But he does recognize many of us are that way, including "Twurfer Dude" below, who is obsessed with surfing and tweeting.

For more of Chuck's work on Conejo Valley Guide, click here.

Here are some local surf classes and activities for those looking to emulate Twurfer Dude:

Ventura Surf School

Surfclass.com (Ventura)

Surfing L.A. Surf School (Malibu, Ventura)

Rent a "Surf Bike" at Ventura Boat Rentals

Ventura Surf Club

Malibu Makos Surf Club

Ventura Makos Surf Club

Over 120 Local Summer Camps (some with surfing!)

Or just cool off in a local community pool!