You are bidding on a $250 gift certificate towards any summer 2013 session. The resident camp at Catalina Island Camps on Santa Catalina Island is for children 2nd - 10th grades.

What is the history of Catalina Island Camps?
Catalina Island Boys Camp was founded in 1922 by University of Southern California football coach, Gus Henderson, on the former sheep ranch of the Howlands Family. For years, boys came each summer for eight weeks. Catalina Island Girls Camp was a separate camp at another location on the island until the 1970s when the two camps merged to become Catalina Island Camps. Today boys and girls come from the greater Los Angeles area, California, Arizona, Nevada and across the United States, Mexico and other countries for fun and friend-filled summers.

Catalina Island Camps provides unique opportunities for campers to develop life long skills in a fun and cooperative group living environment. All CIC programs are built around our mission and the unique marine and land environments of Howlands Landing. Our goals in working with children are:
-to have fun
-to make friends
-to develop respect for one's self and of others
-to create a positive community
-to gain an appreciation of the environment
-to develop a love for Catalina Island

Campers and students accomplish these goals by participating in camp activities and being actively involved in camp life.