Summer Adventure Camp and Beacon Summer Challenge

Kiyomi Noguchi
Summer Program Manager

The Chinatown Beacon Center summer programs provide safe, supportive, opportunity-rich spaces for young people during the summer. Summer Adventure Camp and Beacon Summer Challenge expose young people to experiences that they might not otherwise have. For example, participants go on field trips such as camping, sailing, and swimming, create digital videos, create art projects, compete in challenges, and have lots more fun. Participants are placed in groups where they make lasting friendships and show team spirit as they work toward meeting the goal of the weekly challenges.

The themes for this summer are: leadership and community. This program is offered to current K – 7 students from San Francisco and will be located at Gordon J. Lau Elementary School 950 Clay St. San Francisco.

The 2005 camp schedule is as follows:
Summer Adventure Camp
    Monday to Friday
    June 20 – August 5
    8:30am – 4:00pm
Beacon Summer Challenge
    Monday – Friday
    June 20 – August 5
    10:00am – 4:00pm

Frequently Asked Questions

When was the summer program first started?

The Chinatown Beacon Center started running its own summer program in Summer 2002 after contracting with other agencies like the Chinatown YMCA and Cameron House in previous summers.

How did the program start?

There was a conversation with the beacon staff to decide weather to start a program and decided to run it themselves.

Who helped develop this program?

CBC staff and participants

Can I go to summer school and come to CBC’s summer program after summer school hours?

No.

Can I go on vacation and miss three weeks of CBC’s summer program?

No

I’m going to be in high school next year and am too old for the summer program. What can I do?

You can apply for the Summer Assistant Leader Training program.