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Helping GAC Families

Helping 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 from 36 camp families who lost their homes in these devastating fires, and we have been gathering information from them about how the GAC community can help. In addition to replacing camp supplies and memorabilia, we are also offering tuition aid to families who need financial support. The Caldwell Foundation, which facilitates camp scholarships for campers to attend Gold Arrow Camp and other camps every summer, has set up a special fire fund for the GAC families who lost their homes in the fires. All donations to the GAC Fire Fund will go towards replacing camp supplies and covering camp tuition for the families who lost their homes. You can pledge your support (which is a tax-deductible donation) here, and we will add the amount to your next camp invoice (for families currently enrolled) and forward the funds to the Caldwell Foundation.  Alternatively, you can donate directly by:

  • Using this PayPal link. Be sure to include “GAC Fire Fund” in the space “Add note to your donation.” 
  • Mailing a donation check with memo “GAC Fire Fund” to:

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Helping Our Kids Process Trauma & Loss

Helping 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 shelters. Many people outside of California are also thinking of us and hoping that we all stay safe.

Kira Bender, MS OTR/L Center for Connection, Pasadena, California

We have many camp families, staff, and alumni who live in Pacific Palisades, Altadena/Pasadena, and the greater Los Angeles areas who have suffered the loss of their homes, schools, places of worship, and businesses. We join our entire GAC community from outside of the Southern California area in expressing our deepest condolences for the devastating losses so many of our cabin mates, co-workers, and friends have experienced.  This interview (watch the video here or listen to audio only here) with Dr. William Lacey is a resource for families and other adults who want strategies for helping kids process the trauma and losses many families in our community have experienced.

About Dr. Lacey

Dr. William Lacey is a Licensed Psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and young adults. His clinical expertise for neuropsychological assessment includes diagnosis, academic and treatment planning for individuals with neurodevelopmental concerns (e.g., learning disorders, AD/HD), traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, complex emotional difficulties, and other complex medical conditions. Domains of psychotherapy expertise include depression, anxiety, ... Read more

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