Camp Explore is more than just a location; it’s a destination.
Thank you for your interest in the TFS’ Summer Camp Program. Camp Explore will resume summer 2025 offering an exemplary children’s overnight camping experience. Children in the 3rd to 8th grades will explore the Sierra Nevada trails, lakes and peaks with new camp friends. Tahoe Family Solutions is excited to offer our Camp Explore and Explorer’s Club programs at no cost to families in 2025 thanks to the generosity of our community!
A snapshot of Camp Explore 2021
Overnight Camping – Base Camp
For completed Grades 3rd through 6th
DESCRIPTION
Our Base Camp Campers get to participate in a busy, fun filled summer schedule with our amazing Base Camp Counselors. Each Counselor will maintain the same group of campers throughout our summer session. Opportunities to create strong friendships, lasting memories, and participate in many activities such as hiking, swimming, kayaking, crafting, and so much more. Our Base Camp Campers will have the opportunity to learn outdoor skills & safety, make s’mores around a campfire, and explore nature as a team. Camp Explore is excited to meet our campers this year. We look forward to a wonderful, fun, and exciting summer season!
Backpacking Group
For completed grades 6th through 8th
DESCRIPTION
Children who have completed 6th thru 7th grade will be part of the backpacking group. Our Backpackers get to learn so many skills with our Wilderness First Responder Certified Expedition staff. They can create strong friendships, lasting memories, and participate in many activities such as hiking, swimming, kayaking, crafting, and so much more. Our Backpackers will learn the skills to be successful campers in the backcountry, gain outdoor skills & safety, and learn how to become environmental stewards of our local habitats.
Explorers Club
The TFS Explorers Club empowers its young participants through an outdoor recreation and environmental science-based program that promotes critical thinking, and personal growth while layering our youth in an increased level of support throughout the year if they need it. Offered only to Camp Explore participants, the Explorers Club provides youth with year-round adventures centered in outdoor wellness and STEM-based activities. Monthly adventures through the Explorers Club include ski trips to different Tahoe-based ski resorts, camping trips to new climates and ecosystems, as well as participation in community focused projects that allow our participants to give back. Like Camp Explore, the Explorers Club creates an environment where children are encouraged to engage their innate curiosity, build their confidence and create friendships. through the generous support of our community sponsors and donors, these enriching activities are offered at no cost to children and families.
Camp Explore would like to thank
our collaborative partners:
The Stephen J. Wolfe Foundation
IVGID Diamond Peak Ski Resort
Vail Resorts Inc.
Epic Promise Vail
Jim Fahey
Walker River Conservancy
JM Plumbing, LLC
PerrysPlanlt
Monica Gonzalez
Train Tahoe
Camp Richardson Resort
Happy Tiers
Andre Chevalier
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office
Cabela’s
Western Intergovernmental Child Support
Engagement Council
The Home Depot
Propane Solutions, LLC
The Bear League
The Generator