SFGate.com
Spring break: A family affair
U.C. Santa Barbara's Family Vacation Center has been offering popular summer
family camp programs based in student residence halls for 36 years. Less well-known
are the center's newer spin-offs, Family Spring Break and Summer Inn. Read
more... |
The Boston Globe
Get
with the program, hard by the Pacific (pdf)
The Lees chose to stay at the Santa Barbara Family Vacation Center a program
through the alumni association of the University of California, Santa Barbara,
because it was something the whole family could do but had built-in flexibility.
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Frommer's Magazine
Tag
Along with the Kids to a Family Camp this Summer (pdf)
You ever get envious when you drop your kid off at
summer camp thinking how wonderful it would be if you could stay? Read More... |
Sunset Magazine
Mellow days, starry
nights (pdf)
At today's laid-back family camps options range from golfing to fly-fishing. Read
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Santa Barbara Newspress
Family Vacation Camp
at UCSB: Fun, relaxation for everyone (pdf)
I know from haggard families on vacation. I've seen perfectly sensible
people drag virtually all of their worldly belongings out into the wilderness
to experience the joys of camping with small children. Read
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Coastlines Magazine
Vacation Center Celebrates
30 Years of Family Holidays (pdf)
It was 1969. Clark Kerr had only recently been forced to step down as UC president
by California's new governor, Ronald Reagan. Breathtaking growth at UCSB had
seen enrollment grow from 2,380 in 1958 to 12,220 in the fall of 1968. Read
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Wall Street Journal (pdf)
Summer
School
People used to go to summer school when they got in trouble. Now, they're
going just for fun. Read More...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Family Vacations
at UCSB (pdf)
A family vacation on a university campus? Yes, when it's the scenic seaside
campus of UC Santa Barbara. Read More... |
Baby Center
Family
Camps - Golf, swim, or play tennis—without the guilt. (pdf)
One of my best-ever getaways was to a family camp. When my second child was
6 months old, I booked a week at the Family Vacation Center at the University
of California, Santa Barbara. Read More... |
