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Financial
Assistance
Thanks to generous donors, Financial
Assistance helps make YMCA programs and services available to
people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
The YMCA also accepts charitable gifts to fund our Financial Assistance
program. To make a contribution,
please contact a member of our staff.
YMCA
Camp Campbell is a branch of the YMCA
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FACILITIES
YMCA Camp Campbell is situated on a 71 acre site which straddles the San Lorenzo River. It is located approximately 3 miles north of the historic town of Boulder Creek on State Highway 9, amid the giant redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The site, facilities and services are accredited by the American Camping Association.
The facilities include 14 all-weather, heated cabins for student housing, with centralized restroom facilities. Visiting teaching staff are accommodated in Riverview Lodge, a modern facility overlooking the San Lorenzo River. Each unit in Riverview Lodge sleeps 4-6 and has a private bath with shower. Teachers will also have a dresser, table to work on, closet space, shelves, microwave, small refrigerator, and a telephone available for their convenience.
Program facilities (see Camp Map ) include the Nature Lab for hands-on discovery activities, Sommer Lodge for indoor rainy day presentations, Recreational Hall for game times, Arts & Crafts Pavilion, Health Cottage, Outdoor Amphitheater with stage, heated swimming pool (available based on season, weather, and program considerations), and game fields and equipment.
The natural resources available for study at YMCA Camp Campbell provide the quality and diversity necessary for a well-rounded outdoor education curriculum. The area is dominated by the mighty redwoods, but there are other representative ecosystems present such as the lotic, riparian, meadow, mixed evergreen forest and chaparral. The San Lorenzo River is not only the home for small aquatic invertebrates, crawdads, great blue heron, ducks, and occasional river turtles, but it is also the spawning ground for steelhead trout and silver salmon. Several miles of hiking trails, complete with activity areas and vista points, lead students to the homes of raccoon, black-tail deer, gopher snakes, and great horned owl. Of particular interest are the relics of a bygone day when lumber mills and logging crews harvested the redwoods with two-man saws and ox teams. Remnants of the narrow gauge railway and trestle are still visible.
See photos from your visit to Camp:
Outdoor Science School
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