INTRODUCTION FOR PACIFIC CAMPS
By Mr. Bud Harley
It started with a dream. Back in 1983, before leaving the Navy, I had the opportunity to work a at a summer day camp in Oxnard California. What amazed me was the fact I could not only interact and affect the lives of children but I just loved the concept of playing and teaching children as a way to talk with them about Jesus. Years later someone asked me the question “If time, money, education and any other resource was not a barrier what would I do?” My comment then, as it is now, is to build an organization where relationships and Jesus would be intertwined.
At Pacific Camps we meet children’s needs in tangible and practical ways. That dream has been transformed into Pacific Camps and Family Resources. Our mission has changed very little, although there have been changes in the programming, staffing, budgets, and locations. We are here to “Build individual relationships with children so they and their families come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ”. Through the years some things have not changed;
1) The need for parents to find a quality program for their children where the staff will love them and keep them safe.
2) Watching a child jump and play at the beach during the summer.
3) Looking at the eyes of a child when they learn how to make a lanyard, when they realize that they can create something worth keeping (or giving away).
4) To see a child grow in responsibility as they learn about morals, friendships, or about the God who made them.
5) Watching a child learn a song or sing and worship wholeheartedly and unhindered.
6) Watching the face of a child when they listen to a joke that is really not that funny but still laugh because laughing is just as much fun as the joke.
Camp Camarillo Child Care
Pacific Camps holds its 501 (c) (3) non-profit tax status through the IRS. Camp is completely self-supporting and receives no financial benefits outside of monies to itself.
The first year of summer camp registration grew from 35 to 110 children, with an average daily attendance of 38 campers. Currently, camp will register approximately 600 campers with an average summer daily attendance of approximately 275 campers.
In September of 1991, Camp expanded to the After School program. This program began with 13 registered participants and now daily attendance averages approximately 200 children in 5 active locations within Ventura County. In December 2000, Camp opened a site in Agoura Hills. In June of 2001, Camp Moorpark was started. June of 2002, we partnered with Dove Christian Ministries to open Camp Oxnard. During June of 2003, in conjunction with Ventura County Christian High School, Camp Ventura was opened. In October of 2003, In January of 2007 we opened another campus in North Oxnard at the first Presbytirain Church on Ivywood Dr. and a site in Newbury Park at Christ the King Lutheran Church.
Pacific Camps has received 3 Carol M. White Physical Education Grants that have enabled us to purchase a portable rock wall, a climbing spider, playground equipment, skate ramps, as well as other equipment to enhance our program. Our mentoring program PATHS (Positive Adults Teaching Helping Shepherding) started in 2004 with a grant from the Federal Department of Education
Mr. Bud
By Mr. Bud Harley
It started with a dream. Back in 1983, before leaving the Navy, I had the opportunity to work a at a summer day camp in Oxnard California. What amazed me was the fact I could not only interact and affect the lives of children but I just loved the concept of playing and teaching children as a way to talk with them about Jesus. Years later someone asked me the question “If time, money, education and any other resource was not a barrier what would I do?” My comment then, as it is now, is to build an organization where relationships and Jesus would be intertwined.
At Pacific Camps we meet children’s needs in tangible and practical ways. That dream has been transformed into Pacific Camps and Family Resources. Our mission has changed very little, although there have been changes in the programming, staffing, budgets, and locations. We are here to “Build individual relationships with children so they and their families come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ”. Through the years some things have not changed;
1) The need for parents to find a quality program for their children where the staff will love them and keep them safe.
2) Watching a child jump and play at the beach during the summer.
3) Looking at the eyes of a child when they learn how to make a lanyard, when they realize that they can create something worth keeping (or giving away).
4) To see a child grow in responsibility as they learn about morals, friendships, or about the God who made them.
5) Watching a child learn a song or sing and worship wholeheartedly and unhindered.
6) Watching the face of a child when they listen to a joke that is really not that funny but still laugh because laughing is just as much fun as the joke.
Camp Camarillo Child Care
Pacific Camps holds its 501 (c) (3) non-profit tax status through the IRS. Camp is completely self-supporting and receives no financial benefits outside of monies to itself.
The first year of summer camp registration grew from 35 to 110 children, with an average daily attendance of 38 campers. Currently, camp will register approximately 600 campers with an average summer daily attendance of approximately 275 campers.
In September of 1991, Camp expanded to the After School program. This program began with 13 registered participants and now daily attendance averages approximately 200 children in 5 active locations within Ventura County. In December 2000, Camp opened a site in Agoura Hills. In June of 2001, Camp Moorpark was started. June of 2002, we partnered with Dove Christian Ministries to open Camp Oxnard. During June of 2003, in conjunction with Ventura County Christian High School, Camp Ventura was opened. In October of 2003, In January of 2007 we opened another campus in North Oxnard at the first Presbytirain Church on Ivywood Dr. and a site in Newbury Park at Christ the King Lutheran Church.
Pacific Camps has received 3 Carol M. White Physical Education Grants that have enabled us to purchase a portable rock wall, a climbing spider, playground equipment, skate ramps, as well as other equipment to enhance our program. Our mentoring program PATHS (Positive Adults Teaching Helping Shepherding) started in 2004 with a grant from the Federal Department of Education
Mr. Bud
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