Adventure is Out There!
New Families for 2024-2025 Season!
If you are interested in our program, enter your information here for a chance to win the registration for a father & son campout weekend for FREE (a $250 value)!
This is donated by the RED HAWK Club.
We camp with our sons for a weekend, once a month. We build community, instill values, and most importantly, we have tons of fun outside! Most importantly, we bond with our sons with unforgettable memories.
There are boys ranging in age from 5 to 14, from several schools in the area.
We form strong bonds with other families from all over San Diego, Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside and more.
FRIDAY
Club-wide dinner.
Your club will coordinate all meals for the campout. Spend quality time with your group.
SATURDAY
Individual group breakfast.
Your club will coordinate all meals for the campout. Spend quality time with your group.
Skill building activities, hikes, games.
Every campout will have different organized outside activities for having fun or building skills.
Bead trading (tradition to build communication skills).
Kids can trade and negotiate with beads and trinkets to meet other boys and get them talking.
Chief's challenge.
You get to cheer your group leader in a tournament with a different challenge each campout.
Group Fire.
Come together to honor Red Hawk and celebrate our boys with live music, skits, dance parties, and life lessons.
Movie (optional).
Some campouts have a movie for the kids. Grab a blanket and enjoy.
Fundraiser (optional for dads).
Dads can participate in activities to raise funds for our Dream Catcher program, which benefits families in need of financial assistance.
Midnight Meat.
For those who stay up, a tasty midnight snack that never disappoints. From wagyu sliders to ribs, lobster or just tacos, there is something for everyone.
SUNDAY
Bear Claw hike and cleanup.
An activity to teach the kids to leave the campground better than they found it.
Closing ceremony and patch awards.
Reflect on our weekend, and earn patches!
SEASON SCHEDULE 2024-2025
There will be 9 campouts this season. You can attend as many campouts as you want.
Click here for all campouts.
Additional Group Activities.
These Are Some Club Favorites!
Miramar Air Show 2024 – September 28th
Encinitas Holiday Parade – December 7th
*RED HAWK SPECIAL* Catalina Island - Early Summer 2025 – June 19-22
An important part of the Adventure Clubs Program and the Red Hawk Club. A series of principles for dads and sons. We teach the kids to know them, and live by them.
1. To be clean in body and pure in heart.
2. To be pals forever with my dad.
3. To love the sacred circle of my family.
4. To listen when others speak.
5. To love my neighbor as myself.
6. To seek and preserve the beauty of the great spirit's work in forest, field, and stream.
Each campout has enrollment fees plus the cost of food and supplies. Financial Assistance is available from the YMCA for Campout Registration through the Dream Catcher Foundation.
Paid to YMCA
Annual Registration* (Free for YMCA members)
Adult: $100 / Child: $0
Average Registration per campout (varies by campout)
Adult: $100 / Child: $85
Paid to your group to cover meals
Group dues *
$85-135 per family
Meals and shared trip costs per campout
$46-65 per family
* one-time yearly costs
GET YOUR OWN GROUP APPAREL
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Stingrays
Coming Soon–Check with your Chief!
Get your vest and patches sewn on by Hector Ayala “The Patch Guy”
ADVENTURE GUIDE SERVICES
He will come to your house, size you for a vest, pick up patches, sew, and deliver them back.
Text for pick up and delivery 760.580.1844
Have more questions?
Message us!
Eric Burns (Group Chief) 626.644.6865
Scott Wachtler (Med) 760.707.9556
Mark Schellhase (New Family Ambassador) 619.436.9693
Ryan Savage (New Family Ambassador) 214.435.8689
