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Caritas Creek at CYO Camp is a comprehensive, 5-day residential environmental education experience for young people. The program offers a blend of age-appropriate science curriculum and retreat style activities fostering social, spiritual, and academic development for youth from diverse backgrounds. One of the unique aspects of the program is the faith community-building experience of Caritas, where focus is placed on recognizing the individual's unique gifts and strengths. Through hands-on exploration, Caritas endeavors to illuminate the divine in all things and build empathy and understanding for the natural world. Students return to their communities with a greater appreciation for their responsibilities as peacemakers and as ecological stewards.

Schools from vastly different socio-economic and cultural groups attend Caritas Creek. We purposefully schedule schools from different locations in the Bay Area together to facilitate positive interaction, and generate a greater awareness of the commonalties among diverse groups of people while also learning to appreciate differences.