Family Camp
The best way to wrap up summer.
August 7 – 9, 2026
Want to end your summer with a bang? Look no further than JCC Family Camp, a weekend of fun for the entire family. With activities and adventures planned throughout the days and nights of this all-ages weekend, we guarantee Ranch Camp’s Family Camp is a great way to end the season and gear up for another school year.
What does a weekend of camp look like for my family?
Family Camp weekend is filled with activities and fun for everyone!
Families can expect to ride horses, play sports, swim, do a ropes course, meet our farm animals, and sing around the campfire while devouring some s’mores.
Activities are tiered out to accommodate different age groups. If your family wants to stick together during the day, plan on attending activities for your youngest child.
What’s the Schedule?
Families should plan to arrive Friday afternoon for the entire weekend, and 9:30 am Saturday morning for the Day-Only option. Friday night will begin with a dinner followed by Shabbat service and dance session, and then an adult evening mixer with babysitting available for children ages three and above.
Saturday morning will begin with breakfast, alternative morning Shabbat services, Family Camp Rodeo, adult trail rides, and a plethora of other activities to try in the afternoon. Day-Only participants will wrap up their experience around 3:30 pm. Dinner and a short Havdallah service will be followed by a camp-led bonfire, and close with an adult mixer and game night, with the option for babysitting children three and up.
Sunday begins with a short breakfast, some free-activity time, final rides, and a lunchtime wrap-u with grab-and-go picnic-style items to eat on-site or take for the drive home.
Are there events for adults?
We offer riding times specifically for adults that can be registered for in your application process. We’ve added a fee to hold registrants accountable and ensure proper attire. There will also be an adult mixer each night and open saloon on Saturday morning.
We have several different housing options to meet your family’s needs. Let us know if you have any questions about housing for your family.
Cabins
These camp cabins are perfect for large groups, as they contain about ten beds per cabin with four of those being twin mattresses designed for parents and caregivers. If you are a taller individual, consider bringing a mattress topper or alternate housing.
Cabins do not have in-unit bathrooms and will use shower house and bathroom amenities nearby.
Cabins may be booked privately or shared with multiple families. If you book a shared cabin and have another family that you would like to share with, please let us know, otherwise, we’ll match you with another family or two to room with!
Tiny Homes
A step up from our cabins are our community ten, 10’20’ container homes surrounded by a fire pit, which include a full/twin bunk bed setup and built-in bathroom—ideal for family of three or two small children.
Cottages
These glamping cottages each contain one bedroom, one bathroom, and include a queen bed and a cot for the kids. Their proximity to other cottages provides a bit of distance and privacy.
TASC Tents
These back-to-basics platform tents provide families with a rustic weekend. With a private, propane firepit, no electricity and a 100-yard walk to the closest restrooms, this is the most authentic weekend experience.
Food is one of the most important parts of camp! Don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team if you have any questions about how we can accommodate your dietary needs.
All meals, including snacks, are included in the registration cost.
Although we do our best to accommodate a variety of dietary restrictions, which are listed in the registration form, we encourage you to bring supplemental snacks, as we cannot cook individualized meals.
Being that JCC Ranch Camp’s Dining Hall is a supervised Kosher facility with kosher-certified foods, we ask that you do not bring outside food into the dining hall in order to maintain the space’s kashrut status. Check out our typical menu below:
This is a great option for families who want to get a taste of the weekend but cannot attend for the entirety of the experience. Adults cannot sign up for trail rides in this option, and there may be limited time for children to experience all of the program’s offerings.
Day-in-the-Life Family Day at Camp: August 8, 2026 – from 9:30am – 3:30pm. A day of zip lining, horse petting/Teva, Art, and a Camp Fire + a tour of Camp & Lunch.
What’s the registration process?
Our Staff Teams
When it comes to staying healthy, both physically and mentally, we have two incredible staff teams to support campers.
For physical health, we have a long-standing partnership with excellent medical professionals in the area that help evaluate and shape our summer policies annually. Our on-site medical staff includes experienced nurses, paramedics, and EMTs who are passionate about working with youth and providing the best medical care possible. We devote significant time to health and safety during our staff orientation so that every staff member knows exactly what to do in an emergency.
- Medical needs at camp: Ranch Camp has an onsite clinic ( Mirpa’ah) that is staffed by a medical staff consisting of a Registered Nurse and clinic assistant (an EMT, paramedic, CNA, or other certified professional with a doctor available by phone always. If your camper needs physical health support at camp, you should encourage them to talk to their counselors about visiting the clinic. Counselors will visit the clinic with their campers for a variety of reasons including but not limited to persistent headaches, stomach aches, twisted ankle, bumps, scrapes, and bruises, heat exhaustion or dehydration, suspected fevers and other symptoms of illness. Campers who take medication will also visit the Clinic or Clinic Team for medication administration.
- Please see our Handbook PAGE __ for details on our Physical Health and Wellness Policies, including Doctor or specialist visits, spending the night in the Clinic, emergency EMS calls, Non-emergency dental or orthodontic issues, eggs, nits, or lice, contagious conditions, prolonged illness, etc.
- Additionally, all staff members are both CPR and first aid certified.
For mental health, we bring a seasonal Camper Care Team together, who support campers daily in maintaining their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. The members of the Camper Care Team have relevant experience, which may include backgrounds as teachers, special education, social workers, school counselors, psychologists, and other mental health professionals. We also have two full-time staff at camp, Assistant Director of Camper Care and Inclusion Specialist, whose jobs are to make sure campers’ health, safety, and wellbeing needs are being met at camp, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Physical Health
We do everything we can to ensure the health of our campers, but health and wellness at camp is truly a partnership with our families and caregivers. Here are a few things you can do to make sure your camper stays healthy while at camp:
- Make sure your child comes with two full-sized water bottles (16oz+), sun protection like a brimmed hat and sunglasses, and a daypack to carry these items in. Hydration and sun protection are the most crucial factors in keeping campers healthy.
- Send your camper with extra sunscreen and practice applying sunscreen prior to camp! While you may think your camper has enough sunscreen to cover themselves for a decade of sunny days, these things are often lost, misplaced, or spilled, so pack extra. Sunscreen will also travel in your camper’s daypack. Bunkmates are not permitted to share sunscreen, bug spray, and other similar products.
- Send your camper with their own LABELED supplies for basic health and hygiene needs (including shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, body wash, hairbrush, etc. – whatever they regularly use at home should come to camp). If your camper runs out of or loses any basic health and hygiene items, please instruct them to tell a staff member right away to get a replacement – we keep most health and hygiene items on hand. We will be in touch if they need an item that we do not already have on hand.
- Help your camper build consistent health and hygiene routines. Build independence in their routines for brushing teeth, getting dressed and undressed, showering, using the bathroom, caring for their hair, etc. Campers should be able to do their health and hygiene routines with developmentally appropriate levels of support.
Mental and Emotional Wellness
Review the Camper Conduct Agreement with your camper and help them understand camp’s behavior expectations. Talking through the behavior expectations beforehand will prepare your campers to work through any social or emotional conflict they may experience at camp. Encourage your camper to talk to a staff member if issues arise and let them know that staff are trained to help them overcome social and emotional conflicts.
Medications
If your child regularly takes medications – prescription medication, over the counter medications, vitamins/supplements, homeopathic medications, essential oils, and anything else that can be inhaled, absorbed, or ingested:
- All medications must be turned in to the health clinic staff on the first day of camp.
- All medications must be in original packaging and cannot be expired (do not “pre-package” yourself OR put medications in mixed bottles or Ziploc bags!)
- The dosage, medication name, and administration instructions on the medication you bring to camp MUST EXACTLY match the dosage and medication name listed on your Physician Form and Health History Form.