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2020 Dance Themes!

December 23, 2019

One of the highlights of each session is our camp-wide dance. We all come together at our Granite Grove event space for a night of kicking our heels up to some of our favorite songs. Dances feature favorite group dances, like Footloose and Tragedy. There's also our photo booth for some pictures with friends, special snacks and drinks like the "Soy Rogers" and "Shirley Chipmunk," and a wide selection of games for those campers that prefer playing over dancing. Each of our dances has a theme, and campers and staff are encouraged to dress up to match the theme. Some people bring costumes from home, while others improvise using their clothes or making something at Arts & Crafts. Whatever you choose to do, we know you'll have a great time at our dances. This year's dance themes are:

June Shaver Specialty: Hollywood

Come as your favorite celebrity or dress to impress as one of your favorite movie characters for this fun SoCal themed party!

Session 1: Pirates

Shiver me timbers matey! Session 1 campers will be walking the plank to fun with their peg-legs, eye patches, and other pirate accessories.

Session 2: Groovy Hippies and Tie-Dye

Let's have some far-out fun in Session 2, when we enjoy the dance with our best hippie costumes, or your tie-dyed favorites.

Session 3: Halloween

Having a hard time coming up with a costume for Session 3's Halloween dance? Any costume will do as we celebrate the one night of the year when people love costumes as much as we do ... Read more

Sunshine Visits Chandler School This Thursday

November 13, 2019

This Thursday, November 14, 2019, Sunshine will be spending time with parents and friends of Chandler School in Pasadena, CA. Her talk on "Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults" is part of their ParentEd series, which also features two of Sunshine's favorite parenting educators - Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. & Julie Lythcott-Haims. If you are in the Pasadena area and want more information, please click here. We hope to see you there!

#OptOutside

November 4, 2019

Join Us In Opting Outside

This year, we’re thrilled once again to join with REI, the outdoor equipment co-op, to encourage you to opt outside on Black Friday. REI gives its employees a paid day off instead of opening for the crush of people looking for deals the day after Thanksgiving and encourages other organizations to do the same. They also started the #OptOutside hashtag as a way for people to share what they’re doing in nature. We love the idea of #OptOutside because it matches so wonderfully with our Core Values, specifically that we want children to “experience the awe of nature.” We hope that you’ll join with us in spending time outside on Friday, November 29th. If you take pictures, you can share them on social media using the hashtag #OptOutside. We’d love it if you also tagged us (@goldarrowcamp) so that we can see what you’re doing outside. We’ll share our favorite GAC family #OptOutside pictures on our social media channels. If you’d like more information on the Opt Outside movement, visit REI’s Opt Outside website.

Raise Thriving Kids Workshop – September 27 in Newport Beach

August 30, 2019

Make this the happiest, most connected and growth-filled year ever for your family!

Raise Thriving Kids Workshop Port Streets Clubhouse 1900 Port Carlow Place Newport Beach

Friday, September 27 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join Audrey "Sunshine" Monke and Sara Kuljis  for a 1-Day LIVE parenting workshop in Newport Beach, California.

What you’ll learn during this workshop

[caption id="attachment_5744" align="alignright" width="300"] Audrey & Sara[/caption] • Creating the Family Culture You Want by learning how to move your actions closer to your values and determining what kind of family you want to build. • Raising Successful, Thriving Kids means defining what success for your kids looks like, what character traits you seek to foster, and how to help them become thriving adults. • Building Your Positive Parenting Toolbox that includes skills like Authoritative Parenting, Connection Before Correction, Play & Fun, and the Power of Affirmation. • Loving The Child You Have by harnessing the power of Positive Language - Behavior Management, Calming Skills for Ourselves & Our Kids - Internal Chatter, Empathy, and Compassion.