Nervous Camper? Six Tips to Help Prepare

By: Ashley Costello As Tawonga’s Director of Community Engagement, one of my favorite parts of my job is helping...

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Confronting Our Biases

Last week, a group of 20- and 30-somethings gathered together at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen in San Francisco’s...

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Planting to Replenish

The Rim Forest Fire of 2013 was the largest fire in Yosemite history Camp Tawonga lost three non-camper housing structures...

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Inspired by Nature: Tawonga Quests

Summer may be over four months away, but at the Camp Tawonga office, we are busy planning the most amazing 2017 Camp...

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NEW Video: The Camp Tawonga Mission

In this short video, Camp Director Becca Meyer explains Tawonga's four-part mission, which has remained unchanged since...

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Teen “Winter” Retreat

By: Aaron Mandel, Camp Tawonga Associate Director What’s it like to be at Tawonga in the winter It’s like coming home,...

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Amazing Alumni!

The Magic of Keshet – By Steve Almond

Back in the 1970s, my brothers and I attended Camp Tawonga, all the way from B-1 to B-10 My memories of the place remained...

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Who Said Camp Has to Be in the Summer?
Camp Tawonga Down the Mountain

By Jon Moskin This article was first published on October 20, 2016 on the blog of the the Jewish Community Federation...

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How a Bay Area Dad Survived His Child’s First Time at Sleepaway Camp

By Paul Greenstone The thought of the word “summer” still brings back so many magical memories from my east coast...

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Tawonga’s Chris Salwasser Wins Local “Hard Working Man” Contest

By: Aaron Mandel   Every week, the local country music station, 935 KKBN – The Mother Lode’s Country – holds a...

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