Camp Shane California

Camp Shane CA is awesome! I lost 7 pounds in the first week just from being so active in the perfect California weather and eating their healthy meals! I had so much fun on our field trips to the beach! Camp Shane CA is held on a beautiful campus– clean and spacious rooms, clean pool, and lots of grassy areas with shade for fun activities like soccer, games, and obstacle courses! Fun counselors put together entertaining and silly nights for all the campers to enjoy. Getting homesick at first is normal anytime you’re away from home, but once camp is over you’ll be counting down the days until you return.

I absolutely love this place! I sent my 13 year old there last summer to shed some lbs. The results were fantastic! The camp director Chris was very handsome and very helpful ;). I highly recommend this camp!

I feel very fortunate to have been a part of the Camp Shane family. I think it’s best to address something upfront, yes kids will probably be unhappy about the food. The kids were put on a strict calorie limiting diet, that’s how weight loss works (calories out greater than calories in). Many of the kids had never eaten vegetables before, so their bodies had to adjust to a different kind of food. I was actually quite surprised by what the kids did receive, they got a plethora of awesome meal options that almost always came with an amazing desert (the organic vegetable brownies were dope). I can guarantee you that nobody starved. My only complaint would be that I don’t believe the kids necessarily received enough electrolytes, so there were some cramping issues as their bodies were flushed of excessive amounts of sodium. It was very interesting to me to watch the kids as the weeks progressed. Counselors were always willing to push kids to get the best out of them, but the kids did not always see the correlation between them being pushed during the week. I would hear phone calls were kids would complain about counselors in one breath and then celebrate the 13 pounds that they lost without realizing the relationship. I would also like to address the other comments on the page that are less than pleasant regarding their experience. Some kids are sent to camp against their will and they are determined to dislike the camp before they even arrive. Some of these kids realize how great it is and change their mindsets. Other kids who are dead set on hating their experience, well I don’t need to tell you about their sentiments.
Is Camp Shane a Utopian society where there are no issues and everyone has the time of their life? No, but it has so many positive aspects that it’s hard to shoot it down. Developing a healthy lifestyle is critical to living a great life and that can be hard when kids have missed that opportunity early on. Shane is here to help kids catch up and begin living a healthy lifestyle and this means so much more than eating and exercising. Kids at Shane learn more about themselves and interpersonal relationships than they do about anything else. If a kid is self-​conscious about their weight, Shane represents six weeks out of the year that they can put those self-​conscious tendencies to rest. Everyone at Shane is there for the same reason, the camaraderie is tangible, it’s in the air.
Shane is here to help, they help in so many ways that can’t be put into a brochure. The campers will develop relationships that will last a lifetime. It’s easy to complain, but perhaps that’s because the kids just haven’t learned how to properly reflect and articulate their feelings. I’m so proud to watch kids who have changed not only their body composition, but their minds and their lifestyle. Camp Shane is a home run! Kids will lose weight, gain confidence, and be on their way to a healthy lifestyle.

I am lucky enough to have been part of Camp Shane CA. I have been here for 2 years in California and blown away by the amount of professionalism and quality of work the entire company has done to make sure the campers succeed. The amount of care and compassion this camp displays truly shows why Camp Shane has so many success stories.

first of all if I could do 0 stars I would. This camp is ridiculous. Do not send your child here, they will be yelled at persistently by horrible councilors. In summary if your child enjoys being yelled at, playing ultimate frisbee 24/​7, and running up mountains THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!

Absolutely awful there was barely any food served and made everyone feel like crap! DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE FOR THEIR SAKE

Camp Shane is the best thing that ever happened to my daughter. Of course she lost weight but I was more impressed by what she gained! She came back home radiant and full of self confidence. Camp Shane was a safe place where she could be. herself and not feel judged. It has a family atmosphere so the kids feel part of and help eachother. My daughter is a returning camper this year and I can’t wait to see. what more she gains ;)

Check in disorganized no paper work was sent to us from corporate new York after we paid Daughter had an OK time lost 25 lbs but did not keep it off basically I feel anyone that went to the camp was going to lose weight because they only fed u certain amount so no matter what you were going to lose weight.