August 25, 2023 Dear CSA Family and Community, I want to thank everybody for contributing to CSA’s 2023 summer camp! The High Sierras gave us seven days of beautiful weather. The campers arrived on a Sunday, excited for what the week’s programs would bring. They quickly learned that archery, arts and crafts, nature walks, scarf,
Read moreDirector’s Note Dear Camp Community, As the holidays are in full swing, the CSA board is reminded of how thankful we are for a passionate, engaging, and hilarious staff. We are thankful for our supportive parents who take a chance on summer camp. Most importantly, we are thankful for the best campers in the world.
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August, 2022 Dear CSA Family and Community, I want to thank everybody for contributing to the 2022 CSA Summer Camp! We created 51 weeks of stories to share with friends and family. We walked with nature and learned. We performed and cheered others on. We laughed until we cried. We listened to each other and
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Hello CSA Family, The election for Camp St. Andrews 2022’s community-elected positions occurred yesterday. Please welcome our new Camp Director, Mr. Matt McGeorge, and congratulate our 2022 leaders!! Camp Director: Matt McGeorge Scarf Director: Denora Smith Registrar: Ana Flores-Siemsen Medical Director: Jon Chiu Chaplain: Bright Winn Member-at-Large (2022-24): Mike Siemsen What’s next? On November 13,
Read moreAugust 15, 2021 Dear CSA Family and Community, While the past year-and-a-half has brought us varying degrees of personal challenges and altered plans, anxieties and tragedies, or all of the above and more — ninety-three of us were able to come together at Camp St. Andrews 2021 for a week of desperately needed reconnection with
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Camp St. Andrews San Bruno is open for camper registrations and staff applications! Secure your spot today!! Here’s a quick FAQ: Q: Is CSA 2021 definitely, absolutely, for-sure happening? A: We’re pretty sure, fairly certain, and all indications at present point to YES. Of course, there’s always a possibility that public health circumstances change, but
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No, not that one, silly… 😯 Camp’s! The community elections for CSA’s 2021 Leadership Committee are coming up in a few weeks on October 10 at 10 a.m. Woah … It’s on 10/10 at 10. That’s like that eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh century thing from history class! Anywho, it’s our
Read moreWe’ve reached the end of another camp year … well, kind of. Who knows … everything’s weird these days, amiright? Regardless, this is the time of year when the Camp St. Andrews’ director does a “year-end letter” that talks about how camp went (virtually?) and what’s comes next, as well as the schedule of events
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June 15, 2020 Dear Camp St. Andrews family, As mentioned in my previous letter, CSA spent the last 49.5 years ensuring each camp session was a memorable, magical experience for our campers, leader trainees, and staff. Unfortunately, it has become clear for a number of reasons that it’s beyond our power to do so this
Read more May 23, 2020 Dear CSA community member, The Camp St. Andrews Leadership Committee (CLC) hopes you’re all remaining healthy — physically, of course, but also financially and emotionally. As an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, our sole personal interest in CSA is our devotion to seeing its present and future success. For 49.5 years, we’ve focused squarely
Read moreHello Camp St. Andrews family, We hope and pray that our camp community out there is staying safe and healthy (and sane). We’ll have more info and details on what we’re doing in the short term for our existing and upcoming registrants, but for now, please see the below letter from our Medical Director, Jon
Read moreNOTICE OF OPEN CAMP LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE (CLC) POSITIONS Were you a Leader Trainee or on the counseling staff (U.D., Counselor or CIT) in 2019? Would you like to participate in the planning of CSA 2020? Come join the Camp Leadership Committee for Camp St. Andrews’ 50th Anniversary Year! So what’s a Staff Liaison? Basically, you
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