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Summer 2016 Blog Kick-Off!

Greetings Tawonga families and friends! After working all year to prepare for an incredible and memorable season, the...

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We’re Ready for the Campers!

After a week of intensive training, known as In-Service, Tawonga’s 2016 summer staff is incredibly excited and prepared...

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VIDEO: Meet Our Summer Director Team

Take a few minutes to watch this short video and get to know Camp Tawonga's talented Summer Director Team: Becca, Sam,...

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Five Tips for Parents of First-Time (or Nervous) Campers

By: Ashley Costello    You probably already know long-time Tawongan Ashley Costello, Camp’s Assistant Director...

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A Mission to Israel to Build Community Back Home

By: Jamie Simon   As a new leader in the Bay Area Jewish community, I felt intimidated this month to embark on the...

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In Their Own Words – Nine Expressions of Gratitude from Tawonga Campers

Over the summer, Tawonga campers were asked to write expressions of gratitude to our amazing community of donors about...

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Bar and Bat Mitzvahs with a Tawonga Twist

By Jamie Simon, Associate Executive Director   Tawonga just launched our very first bar and bat mitzvah training in the...

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Trading Sandals for Snowboots

By: Julia-Rose Kibben   Julia-Rose (pictured center, above) is a 16-year-old junior at Convent of the Sacred Heart...

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Author Steve Almond Credits Tawonga with Best Advice of his Life on Dear Sugar Radio

  Just a few weeks ago, the popular WBUR podcast Dear Sugar Radio, a show that offers "radically empathic...

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What Does Tawonga Mean?

By: Ken Kramarz One of the most frequent questions I get is, “What does Tawonga mean” If you ask a camper from the...

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