Summer 2025 – A GREAT success!!

Hi Campers and Staff! Summer 2025 was an extraordinary success and as we wind down into closing weekend on Oct 10th – 12th,  we wanted to pass on a heartfelt congratulations to the staff, leadership and City of Berkeley for a great job and fabulous summer.

Camp had more campers return than ever since the fire, and the feedback FOBTC received in our survey was outstanding. The kitchen and food service was a huge hit, along with all the programming, staff show, and facility!

Friends Weekend over Labor Day sold out for the 4th consecutive year, and we had more campers than ever! We raised funds to bring high school groups to camp for Nature Stewardship Weekends, and also to help improve Shade by the River! We raised over $25K for that effort, and summer 2026 will benefit from these improvements!

Last weekend we hosted a group of 50 students/teachers from Berkeley High – first time at camp – to do service projects and get introduced to Camp. It was an amazing success! Huge thanks to Board members Meka Tull, Phil Klingelhofer, Janet Sowers and her family for their leadership and involvement.

Closing Weekend is here. The City is looking for a new Camp Manager. Staff are having a great time and learning a lot, and returning, and more people are coming to camp each summer.

We are truly blessed to have Camp back in our lives, and the gratefulness is palpable! Great work City Staff! and thank you to everyone who came to camp this summer!