what to expect

You can expect lots of smiles and excitement! Our team of volunteers will be ready to greet you with open arms! When you pull up to the resort, a Blue Skies team member will greet you and help you get checked in.

Our days begin with fun and togetherness! We start with Good Morning Blue Skies, worship and Chapel. Afterward, parents gather to get to know each other and share their stories while the kids play and have fun! Afternoons are spent with fun activities from lounging at the pool, bike rides, walks along the shoreline, fitness center and more - there’s also plenty of time for naps or to sit back and take in the view! After dinner, get ready for lots of laughs and fun family time at our evening activities! After watching a glorious sunset, you can enjoy some milk and cookies before climbing into a comfy bed.

It's gonna be a great time! And hopefully, exactly what you and your family need!!

We ask every guest family to attend our welcome dinner and participate in our first Kindred Journey session. This is important so everyone can meet each other and get connected. We hope our guest families participate in all the fun at camp, but, take from this week what your family needs and participate in what you choose.

meals

Thanks to the locals and our volunteer team, we can enjoy sharing all of our meals together, spending time getting to know one another. Some of the sweetest memories and best connections at camp have been made while sharing a meal together! Please let us know if you have any dietary allergies or restrictions.

We will have snacks and drinks at camp activities too. We encourage everyone to bring a reusable water bottle, it helps us be good stewards!

housing

Volunteers and guests will stay in rooms at Kona Kai San Diego Resort. Your room assignments will be given at check-in.

communication at camp

We are going to try GroupMe this year at camp to communicate with our volunteers and guest families. You will receive a team text soon! We will send daily camp schedules, updates, and encouragements via the group text.

join facebook

Make sure to join the Facebook page here for intros from other families going to camp!

travel

We wish we could blink you to camp, but each family must provide their own transportation to and from camp. The closest airport to Kona Kai is the San Diego airport (which is only 3 miles away).

guidelines

To help keep everyone safe, please review our guidelines for camp by clicking HERE. We ask all campers to abide by these guidelines to ensure we all have an incredible week together!

podcast

Click here to hear Melinda’s heart behind the ministry and the hope Blue Skies brought to the Dryden family as they join Christy Nockels on her podcast!

welcome FROM MELINDA

Click here to read a welcome from Melinda to our guest families to learn more about Blue Skies!

COST

Thanks to the fundraising that our volunteers participate in and the generous donations of others, this retreat is provided at no cost to you and your family apart from your transportation to and from camp. Each camp costs between $50,000 - $75,000 to host. If you know of a church, business, foundation, school or individual who may be interested in sponsoring an activity at camp, we’d be happy to talk with them!

If you can’t make it to camp

Please let us know right away if for some reason you can not make it to camp. We want to make sure every room is filled with families who need a little Blue Skies! Please call your site director, Jenni Rodden @ 719-502-1537 if you need to cancel.