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July 2023 by Ryan M.
Champion runs an excellent summer program! In an increasingly digitized world, Champion provides kids the opportunity to play outside, try new things, and make lasting connections. The counselors go above and beyond to make each kid feel welcome, safe, and comfortable enough to take risks in a structured and fun environment. As a teacher myself, I can't express enough the value that places like Champion bring to a child's development. Keep it up!
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June 2023 by Bahrig M.
Thank you Tony to you and your wonderful staff! Counselors were courteous, professional and fun...a wonderful, winning combination!We plan on joining & continuing to invite our friends this and next year.Enjoy the rest of summer,Bahrig, Ara's mom
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June 2023 by Kara M.
We love Champion Summer Camp!!!I have 5 kids (3 girls & 2 boys) and have sent my kids there the past few summers. Champion is by far my kids favorite camp (and there's no close 2nd). They have such a great time and tons of outdoor/indoor activities that they love (like soccer, dodgeball, basketball, carnival events, arts & crafts, dance and loads of games!)Having my kids in a fun and safe environment where they are outside and physically enjoying themselves away from screens & technology is a real plus for me and my husband!Hats off to the owner and his staff!!
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May 2023 by Analicia B.
My son absolutely loved this camp last year and requested to come again this year. Tony is very helpful and accommodating when needed to be. Very thankful to have found this camp!
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May 2023 by Stephanie Basso
Champion Summer Camp is a fantastic summer camp for kids! Both of my children attended and they loved it so much that they later became counselors. The camp offers a variety of fun activities and field trips that kept my kids engaged and entertained all summer long. I'm so glad they had such a positive experience and were able to take on leadership roles as they got older. I highly recommend Champion Summer Camp to any parent looking for a fun and safe summer camp for their kids.
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May 2023 by Cristy B.
My kids attended Champion Summer Camp from the first year it opened and eventually went on to become CITs. If you want a true old-school style summer camp filled with games, sports, arts and crafts, and lots of laughs, CSC is a great option. Running a camp like this takes a lot of effort, organization and I'm sure patience! The drop off/pickup always was easy. My kids especially loved the field trips and slip n slide on hot days.
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December 2022 by Sarah Ann Caldbeck
My 5yr old son and 7yr old daughter absolutely LOVE this camp!! They attended the camp last summer and had such a blast with all the different fun activities Champion provides and meeting new friends! It is by far their favorite summer camp and specifically requested to go again this summer! They just completed week 2 of summer 2022 and they again came home each day raving about each day! Champion does an excellent job of providing of an experience for children on what a fun summer camp is all about! Highly recommend!!
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August 2022 by Alice H.
I'm hesitant to write this review but as I trust the Yelp community's reviews to make decisions on my kids' camps, I hope this helps give insight to prospective parents.** They left my 6 year old alone outside for an entire class session. The first day of camp had water play. My kid's shoes got wet so the counselor helped her put them in the sun and had her sit on a bench to wait. Then everyone went indoors for other activities, leaving my kid alone outside. She was not able to get to her shoes because the pavement was really hot. After a long time, she finally just ran over to her shoes. A counselor then found her and brought her to art class when they were cleaning up after the activity. I don't know exactly how long she was left outside on her own in the hot sun, but being that a class ended in that time, I'm guessing 30-60 minutes. She came home near tears. I called Tony who was 90% business-apologetic and 10% defensive (claiming that she might have only been out there for 10 minutes, as kids don't have a strong concept of time).** There is NO check in and check out protocol. There is no checking off of names when they arrive, and no ID checking during pickup. And obviously no head-counting when camp is in session.** I can't speak for all the counselors, but all the ones that I saw during drop off were quite young (teenagers) and just talking with each other rather than interacting with the kids. Some of them were chatting with each other as they made friendship bracelets.** They struggled with enrollment this summer and sent us many emails the weeks prior, encouraging us to spread the word. This is fine and understandable, but I felt they took it too far when my daughter told me that they were telling the kids that "Galileo is boring" and negative statements about other camps.** On the last day of pick up, my husband went to pick up my daughter and found Tony getting in the kids' faces and yelling at them, drill-sergeant style. Tony was saying how he was fed up and how they weren't listening. While I did not witness this, my husband was quite shaken up and wanted to file a report. (We didn't, and felt it was better for us to share our experience and let parents make their own decisions)All this being said, there are some positives about this camp. The material and communication prior to camp was impressive. Tony was responsive when we had the issue the first day, and he did follow up the following day to check in. He was also flexible with allowing my younger daughter to drop out earlier this summer due to schedule conflict and charged us a reasonable fee. My daughter did have fun at moments, and came home quite happy with her face painted one day.For us, the negatives outweigh the positives by a landslide, and we don't be going back.
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July 2021 by Kiwi F.
UPDATE- was just notified of a positive covid case the week my children were there, unsurprisingly . The lack of masking and lax attitude of the counselors and staff is absolutely astounding. Just because masks aren't mandatory, as a business they can choose to protect the unvaccinated children better by enforcing masking and modeling that behaviour for the kids.
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June 2021 by Julie C.
I highly recommend this camp! Here is the note I wrote to the owner:Dear Tony, My son, (intentionally omitted), had THE BEST time at camp last week! He was introduced to a bunch of sports that he had never played before! Despite our pleading with him to wear shorts (since it was so hot) on dress-up-in-baseball-uniform day, he really wanted the win for best dressed so he came donning his full uniform and was elated that his "hard work" paid off, earning him first place ribbon!! Thank you to you and your team for the support this week. He's looking forward to the next several weeks with Champion. He (and his little brother, who is only 4.5 years now) will be joining next summer!
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December 2019 by Johanne Auerbock
I enrolled my 6 year old twins in a total of 5 camps this summer (Galileo Camp, plus several Burlingame Rec camps), and while they really enjoyed all of them, Champion Camp was hands down their favorite - even for my daughter who was skeptical in advance because she thought it would be all about sports, and that's not really her bag.I could tell from the start that it was a well run camp, getting a detailed set of instructions from Tony the camp director about the logistics.The range of activities (lots of fun games, crafts, sports), the level of energy, the inclusiveness, and the attention from the camp counselors was wonderful - my daughter talks regularly about one of her counselors, Sabrina, who made a huge mark on her heart in just the one week. When she's worried she'll have nightmares, she wears her Champion Camp tee shirt to bed because it reminds her of Sabrina and that gives her happy thoughts (incidentally, it's a high quality shirt in an awesome color, with a different cut for the girls and boys, but still sporty and practical for the girls).My husband and I agreed that if we could design an ideal summer camp, this would be just about what we'd wish for.
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December 2019 by Marci Yamaguchi Hughes
Our two boys LOVE Champion Camp! We have sent our boys to this awesome camp, nestled in the trees at Crocker Middle School, for 6+ years and it is one of their favorites.Tony hires an amazing team each year as camp instructors, our boys always feel well looked after and they have FUN! One of the many cool things Champion Camp does is offer a fabulous outing each Wednesday. Raging Waters is our boys' personal fave, but what I love about Champion is Tony and team's real thoughtfulness...if the outing is Raging Waters, they will always offer a separate option equally fun for the younger children. Another fun outing is Sky High Sports, which seems to appeal to both the younger and older kids. The Wednesday fun day is something all the kids look forward to - it's a really special mid-week treat.Champion Camp also offers the most flexible pre and after care system. It's there for us to use but we are only charged if we use it!And of course, there are discounts for multiple week commitments, etc. One can also book by the day, which gives immense flexibility for family summer trips.We are huge fans of Champion Camp. Our boys have already asked to spend half of their 2020 summer there. ?
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December 2019 by Sabrina Cherny
I was a camp counselor here and I can attest that the children LOVED this camp. Tony also really takes the time to make sure that activities every week are super fun for the kids and that the counselors are some of the best.
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December 2018 by Adam Francis
Sent our 6 year old son for 3 weeks(a full session.). They didn't follow through with everything promised in the brochure. They didn't put sunscreen on him in the afternoons as promised and my husband told the head of the camp and it still didn't happen. Some counselors did it sometimes but it was only applied 3 times in 3 wks for him. I even made a point to speak with a counselor about it once morning because my spray bottle wouldn't work so I asked if they could please apply it that morning for me and to also remember to apply again after lunch. The counselor told me he would have a talk with everyone about it and I found out from my son when I picked him up that they didn't even apply it at all that day. This is mostly an outdoor camp so this is very important to me. Especially since our son has sensitive skin. They kept switching his group each week right when he would finally feel comfortable, they were allowed to wonder around inside and outside of the campus and I heard a few stories I didn't like. He went without lunch a couples days because he wasn't informed of where and how to get his food(knowone noticed.)They were supposed to be giving out iron on stars for the campers jerseys for good behavior or winning challenges etc. but, my son kept asking me why he hadn't gotten any and I didn't see anyone else with any on their shirts so I asked and was told they don't do that much anymore and then suddenly he came home with one that night and he didn't even know why.He was bullied and when he thinks the counselor, not much was done about it so it continued. I spoke with people a few times about everything and no changes were made. He was down everytime I picked him up and he is normally extremely social and this camp seemed to dim that light we all love so much about him. We also noticed that the female counselors were all wearing booty shorts and some were way to young in my opinion to be in charge of a group of young children.
