My son calls Summerkids his happy place. Hes gone for 3 summers and loves it. We are so happy with Cara and the staff as well a all the activities. Its the true camp experience, which is hard to find here in the LA area. Highly recommend.

This camp is so dear to us, the fun, adventure and shared joy is just off the charts. The kids spend their days screen free and occupied with imaginative, active and socially nourishing play. We love it

My kids have been attending Summerkids for 3 yrs and we absolutely love it!!

I have been a camper at Summerkids for 6 summers and have had the time of my life there. All the counselers have been very supportive and kind. Great camp, send your kids

Our children have been attending SummerKids for several years and have had a great time throughout, in all aspects of the programs.

Lovely camp and location, coming back next summer

Very good chance your kid will die if you send them here

No accountability! Shame!

My daughter has been attending Summerkids for eight years now and couldnt imagine going anywhere else! Each year there is a wonderful combination of returning campers and new ones. She loves the combination of seeing old friends and making new ones. We also appreciate how the camp as grown along with her. Summer Challenge is perfect for those middle school years. Because of the many exceptional counselors our daughter has known throughout her Summerkids experience, it is now a goal of hers to be one herself. Its truly a magical and warm place!

Cheap -0s they won’t provided mask for kids, parents have to, they won’t offer milk or juice or water parents have to, they don’t provide lunch, they don’t refund money but give credit toward camp lol, they don’t have enough staff per kid ratio, worst thing above all they still offer swimming to kids . My god

This is a wonderful summer camp for school age kids! My daughter has been going there since kindergarten. She comes home every day with a new, fun & different experience to share. It could be a craft or an outdoor adventure. And, as she has gotten older, the activities have advanced. The camp also builds community as the kids get to know kids from different schools and then they end up playing sports together as they get older. An all around wonderful experience that will create lifelong memories and friends!

My daughter absolutely loved Summerkids. She loved the freedom to choose from a variety of great activities and appreciated being in such a beautiful outdoor setting. She also really loved the staff. Summerkids counselors are all bright, conscientious, and great with kids. They are excited to be there and it makes the campers excited to be there too. I cant think of a better place for my child to spend her summer days.

My son has attended summerkids for the past two summers as well as winterkids which is their holiday session. He leaves everyday exhausted and happy. Its a large campsite, fully enclosed and filled with fun activities. He was able to choose on a day to day basis what activities he wanted to do. He particularly enjoyed archery, gardening, school yard games and crafts - especially the tie die days!!! My son loved his counselors and I found the staff to be very warm and helpful.

Our girls have cherished their time at Summerkids for many years now. From the traditional camp songs to the wide variety of activities (crafts, hiking, cooking, sports, epic!) the days there are full of fun new adventures in a beautiful natural setting. Their favorite part, though, is spending time with friends old and new and the wonderful counselors. Thank you, DiMassa family, for this treasure of a camp!

Summerkids is just a magical place. The extremely responsible and well trained staff goes to great lengths to make sure that each and every child is having a wonderful experience.The camp allows kids to explore the outdoors and try new things in a safe, encouraging environment. Kids are able to choose from a variety of activities each day so there really is something new for everyone to enjoy from swimming, to archery, to craft projects.This is a family owned camp that has been providing kids with a truly unique summer experience for generations. My kids came home every day tired out and happy. There really is a reason why people come back year after year!

My daughter spent three summers at Summerkids and loved every moment! She enjoyed all the activities including swimming and hiking. Her favorite was Epic! What’s Epic? You’ll have to go to find out!

Both my kids have attended Summerkids for years. They loved the fact that could choose what they wanted to do at each period. I loved that they came home tired, dirty, and happy. This was the best camp experience ever. Wish I could have gone!

I have two boys who love to play and get dirty and a niece who loves arts and crafts. All 3 have had outstanding and totally unique experiences at SK Pre-K, SK, and Challenge. It’s a wonderful opportunity for kids to enjoy a little more outdoor time, a little less structure, and a whole lot of new adventures.In total, our family has more than 12 years of Summerkids time - with more to come.I highly recommend this camp - for the kids because they love it. I also love it for me. As working parents, the flexible times for drop off/before and after care/etc. really help make it work for our family. We now know so many returning campers that we have figured out carpools and other group parenting strategies to make things even easier.

My son was at Summer Kids last year. We found Summer Kids to be a warm family environment and my very picky, very sensitive 6 year old loved it. He liked that he got to choose his activities and we liked that he was safe, mostly outside (unless he chose to do an indoor activity) and would come home having thoroughly enjoyed himself. We are fortunate to have this camp as an option and plan to return and continue to be part of this family. Everyone was blind sided by the tragic accident that happened last summer. I felt the camp did the best they could given the details of the situation and my heart breaks for all involved. It troubles me to read recent media that seems committed to generate controversy (thereby increasing ad revenue?) rather than make statements of fact.

Our daughter has been going to SummerKids since she was 6 years old, and this year she is entering Summer Challenge for kids entering 7th grade. Her experience has been consistent and positive - she always wants to go as much as possible every summer! As a parent, there are two main things that keep us coming back (besides her enthusiasm): the outdoor focus, and the people. To be able to have an authentic outdoor camp experience with no electronics and many traditions, not to mention archery and the pool, is an oasis in our urban jungle. And the people care. From the owners, to the administrators to the counselors, I know Im putting my child in a place where she is valued and cared for, while also just having a really great time which is what summer is all about!

My familys experience there in August was surprising and beyond disappointing.I enrolled both my niece, a 5-year old girl visiting from China and my son to Summerkid Camp.My nieces first day in the summer camp was July 29. We walked in around 8:20am. Immediately, the Assistant Director Jaimi approached us and without speaking a word to my niece, Jaimi asked me, Does she speak English? Stunned by her frankness, I replied, she speaks basic English, but she is not a native speaker, it will take her some time to adjust. Jaime immediately responded, If she does not speak English fluently, she shouldnt be here. There was no Hello or welcome to the camp. It was confrontational from first moment we met Jaime. I reminded Jaime that we have talked over the phone a few months ago and she had agreed to let my niece attend. Also, we had already paid for the camp in-full, for both children, and were past the refund date. Jaime again relented and let my niece join her camp group.Around 12pm, we received phone call from Jaime asking us to pick my niece up because, she didnt talk to anyone, didnt eat her lunch, and has cried. I went there at once, and when I arrived Jaime told me what happened and added My niece shouldnt be here and she be with her own people. After I pleaded that my niece needs a little time to adjust, the camps non- structured format is confusing for her and she has never attended a summer camp before, she just needs some time, Jaime told us that she would give my niece another chance the next day, but if she act like this again, she could not come back. I brought my niece home that day.Day 2 (July 30), My niece had a great day. She told us that she met a friend who also speaks Chinese. We were all very relieved. I noticed that my niece started to speak more English. Also she understood the camps format and was able to enjoy the activities throughout the day.Day 3(July 31), my niece came home looking sad but she wouldnt say why.Day 4 (August 1) morning, when we arrived at the gate of the camp, my niece started to cry uncontrollably and refused to go in. She told us that her friend XXX doesnt play with her anymore. I thought this was just a common thing that kids do and still encouraged her to go in. Jaime saw us outside the gate and walked to us. I explained to Jaime what was going on. Jaime said, Oh, her friends name is XXX. We think its not right for XXX to only speak Chinese to your niece, XXX should speak English and make other friends, and XXXs dad agreed with us.This was the point I completely lost confidence of Summerkids. They have created a hostile environment for my niece from day one, minute one. To pull away my niece only friend on Day 3, in the excuse of she needed to make new friends, to me, feels just very strange. I feel like my niece was being targeted and punished for not being a native English speaker. Not willing to continue to expose my family to this toxic situation, I pulled both my niece and my son out of the camp.For the 4 days we were at the camp, it felt like at every turn, roadblocks were placed to keep my niece from integrating to the camp. A five years old child, foreigner or not, deserves better than this.

I would never put my child at this place. They are not culturally sensitive. They should be ashamed of themselves. How can you run a summer camp by being mean to a child? They sound prejudice and they sound like bullies and irresponsible.

My daughter died in a preventable drowning death at Summerkids Camp, Altadena on June 28, 2019. Counselors were distracted, ill prepared & neglected my daughter for 10 minutes or longer while she struggled and somehow made her way from the steps area of the pool to 4 - 4 1/2 ft of water where she was found, lifeless.

My son had a wonderful experience at this camp. It offers diverse, stimulating activities and has a friendly, flexible and responsive staff.

My two boys rushed out of the house every day of Summerkids. We love how they supported their very different interests.

Awesome kids summer camp

Hope the people running this camp lie awake every night for the rest of their lives thinking about the fact that someone’s baby is dead because of their negligence.