My family has been active in Camp Fire for 4 years, with me as a club leader, and we LOVE it! Our…read moreboys have an amazing organization to belong to that is non-discriminatory and non-religious. I have 2 special needs kids, and all kids are met right where they are at. Kids do service projects, outdoor skills, crafts, and much more. They earn emblems to sew onto their uniform. Camp Fire is so affordable, even for our one-income family. My family has attended Camporee (summer family camp) for 4 years, Fall Fest (autumn family camp) for 1 year, and my older child has attended Yelm Day Camp for 2 years. We have also participated in numerous day events that get the clubs together - all well organized and exciting. All the staff and volunteers are kind, respectful, compassionate, and FUN. I highly recommend Camp Fire in general, and especially our local council - Camp Fire Orca.

From the owner: Family Clubs: We meet regularly to explore the outdoors, exercise our creativity, engage in…read morecommunity service, and make new friends! Camp Fire clubs help youth build self-esteem, learn life skills and become responsible citizens concerned about and active in their communities. Day Camps: For youth entering 1st through 9th grades. Programs in Puyallup, Yelm, and Tacoma. Overnight Camp: Camp Orca is located just west of Olympia on Summit Lake. Week long adventure (Sun-Sat) for youth entering 4th-12th grades. Family Camp: No Camp Fire experience necessary! Join us in June or November for a fun filled weekend exploring nature and meeting new friends. Heated cabins always guaranteed! Statement of Inclusion: Camp Fire works to realize the dignity and worth of each individual and to eliminate human barriers based on all assumptions that prejudge individuals. Designed and implemented to reduce sexual, racial, religious, and cultural stereotypes and to foster positive intercultural relationships, in Camp Fire, everyone is welcome.

BEACH Program there is just a huge money pit. They sell it at all costs, selling scholarship dreams…read moreto so many under-informed and impressionable parents. Chris has told everyone that he can get your daughter a scholarship. They just want your money.Your daughter will be considered a "cash-cow" to them. If you are on their regional beach team, DON'T EVEN WASTE YOUR MONEY - that's a joke. Yes, Christy will smile all day and tell you how awesome your daughter is, etc, and swipe your card. Its a hard sell to parents that are just trying to do their best for their kid and are easily deceived & boy do they lay it on THICK. Next is the whole "Ohana" or 'family' bs they try to sell. I don't care what they say, there is no Ohana or team feel here. Girls/parents screw each other over all the time - its literally a pit of viper parents. Really, its bad - the worst club experience x 100 - because you have to schedule your own partners (NO, they do not help or pay) and schedule your own games - with other moms, complete with ego's & rampant backstabbing that Dakine is aware of but does nothing to step in. Its not much better on the Elite travel team. Fork over $3k for the summer & winter - and if you are not part of the ~10 favored Chris crew - you are just a funding source for them. Know this going in, they WILL treat you and your daughter poorly. They WILL NOT help you with partners to play with. You WILL get lots of smiles and BS, until you figure out (like most of us) you were completely duped. They completely lull you into a sense of security that they will take care of you. THEY DO NOT. And btw, most parents on Elite detest Chris, but have to pander to his narcissistic BS to get attention for their kids. Its pretty pathetic. Just know, there are other orgs out there to consider, before getting sucked in. Just remember he is selling the same lines to every fresh faced girl and mom/dad who walk in there! They depend on the old saying "a sucker born every minute".

Excellent camp this summer for my daughter she learned a bunch from high level coaches.read more

this place. is horrible. they let kids do what they want with nothing being done but chance after…read morechance. teachers seemed like they were overworked with no training. doesn't seem fully staffed for how many kids they have. just felt like they didn't want to help other kids except leaving the nasty kids that would hit teachers and other students.

I loved living here and being able to be a kid back in the early to mid 80s Judy and Scott were and…read moreAlways be considered family they gave my father a single parent with no place to live a job and a place to live the studio apartment down stairs next to the nursery.we lived there for almost 2 years 81-83.great memories sorry to hear it has gone to this.....RIP SCOTT AND POPS RANDY LANE OLSON Willie Nelson in glasses....

I'm not judging it based on the education, I'm judging it based on the fact that the university…read morealong with local police/ security have done such a poor job. I walked along Pacific avenue yesterday and was absolutely DISGUSTED, I was asked by 4 different people if I could give them money! Massive illegal homeless camps everywhere around here, AND GUESS WHAT? Did the overall majority of students and general public look healthy and happy? NO! Absolutely not! Also, these businesses are blind to what's going on. They have people begging for change outside their store, as they charge $20 for a sandwich? If I were a student here (CWU grad instead) it would motivate me for the wrong reasons to leave.

Biggest regret of my life is attending this joke of an institution. They went so far as to deny me…read morea student loan from a 3rd-party, claiming I didn't need more than $1000/mo to live off-campus on. Absolute scam artists, and I didn't learn a single thing here; unless you're a rich kid with daddy's $$$, don't even apply here. Even the professors lie to you with financial guarantees. Avoid like the plague

I come here more days a month than I can count! Just to give my time, if you; or anyone else in…read moreyour family are needing volunteer hours for school, this is an amazing place to come to, and find out your options!

Im not sure what the other person is talking about there is a door and someone if not several folks…read moreat the desk at sign out time as well as other times. I don't believe a child has ever been stolen, wow. The staff is loving, caring and professional at all times. The care that children get here far surpasses anywhere else. This is an establishment that goes above and beyond on a daily basis, not only do they make sure that every child is in excellent care, they go beyond expectations when it comes down to giving back to and being a strong pillar of support in the community. This is not a corporate type for profit center, you know the franchise names- this is a family owned and ran center. Their hearts and hands go into making this an excellent choice for anyone considering or needing excellent quality care for their children. Yes parking maybe tight, but it's an urban area and that's just par for the course.

My daughter has made many friends here and enjoys coming. From Summer field trips, outdoor/indoor…read moreplaytime, to creative arts and crafts projects the staff keeps the children entertained through fun filled activities. My favorite is the parent night days that they provide, wonderful staff and reasonable prices.

My daughter loved going here. She would ask to go even if we were home. Great job of keeping the…read morelearning going over the long breaks and wonderful summer program. She has aged out but still talks about some of the events and activities she did. Friendly staff with good communication.

This place has gone from great to disgusting and unsafe over the past couple of years. Management…read morehas turned over a couple of times since then and teacher staff is now a revolving door. We just pulled our daughter out of there because they aren't even pretending to apply a curriculum for pre-k. They're babysitters, now, and not even very good ones at that. Most recently, we found soiled clothing stuffed into her backpack with her other clothing, sheet, and blanket. Not in a bag, just right into her backpack which now is soaked with urine. My four-year-old doesn't often have accidents, but good lord, what lazy, thoughtless person thought this was ok? During the pandemic, staff was supposed to be masked. Almost daily, either on dropoff or pickup, there were staff seen in classrooms or in the office (the part parents and kids walk though) either completely without a mask or the mask pulled down. Every time I brought it up, I was told that they'd "mention it in a staff meeting" or confirm that yes, it is their policy for staff to mask up. Regardless of your views on masking, the fact that they just didn't enforce their own policies that are supposed to be in place for safety, is unacceptable. The owner, Tom, also spread misinformation during the pandemic regarding masks and other preventive measures via signage posted at the center and at the summer camp location. This place started going down hill quickly when the director (a couple of directors ago, I think) left. Andrea was the last good one, but it was clear that she was being hamstrung from actually doing anything good there. I know it's tough finding a child care center these days, but please, if you have the option, look elsewhere. I'm sure there are other places just as bad or worse, but I no longer trust this place to keep my child safe and certainly not to prepare her for kindergarten. The dozen or teachers who have cycled through that room in the past few months have been uninterested in getting to know the kids, have completely ignored kids who clearly needed attention, were downright mean to kids (witnessed during dropoff on numerous occasions). If you can help it, please trust your children to another center. Also, the five star review that this is updating was written with the promise of a starbucks giftcard. I'm not sure how many other positive reviews are genuine.

They're always very nice when I arrive to pick up my niece, Kaleiah. They already know me. LOL! The…read moreschools smell like Clorox. They seem to always be cleaning. The kids always appear happy.

If you're looking for a place to play competitive baseball, DO NOT go here! Aaron T's "vision" of…read morethe teams that he runs out of his facility is that of a glorified rec team where you will pay upwards of 2-3K to get non-competitive baseball. Take a look at the "Tigers" organization record and AT baseball "vision" to see for yourself. This is not competitive baseball, this is a rec league that you could pay a $100 for. Glad we didn't have to pay, but everyone else is getting ripped off! His trainers also did not work on pitching at ALL during the season until the very last month, leaving our team struggling pitching wise (heard of others as well). The trainers that he hires, are great with the kids, which is why I'm OK with giving it ONE star, other than that, his program for "select" teams suck. Go somewhere else. Every time it's removed, I will add more information, including pictures of what Aaron said himself was his "vision" to prove my above statement. Edited to add: Owner is now threatening lawsuit. Will provide and post picture of letter when/if we get it. Here is how Yelp feels about that. http://www.yelp.com/faq#involving_lawyers

Horrible program with disrespectful owner. Be careful about paying for anything in this program…read more I spent hours on the phone after giving some constructive criticism and asking for refund and was told i was an uneducated parent and that they were under no obligation to refund us money (even though they do not make anyone sign a contract0. The training was minimal with about 30% of it just doing calisthenics and hardly any one on one time with the trainers. No improvement after months of training. And practice times were horrible (3:30 pm on Saturday)??? My son went in loving baseball more than anything and wanted out because it was absolutely no fun and was having an awful time. When i brought this to their attention i was just told that it was just my kid that the program wasn't working for. He was just not a good fit. YIKES! Do not join this program.