Another Look Back at Our Year
We’re excited to continue sharing pictures and stories from our programs in a fun 3-email series. We hope these special moments will make you smile and want to learn more about what we do at The Crest for our community. Feel free to share these emails with friends and family!
We look forward to your support of The Crest.
In 2025, The Crest served 1,250 students, which is 4% of the K-12 students in the county.
- $50 covers the summer camp registration fee for 1 student
- $150 covers the cost of a school group to participate in a farm tour
- $500 pays for a week of summer camp for one student
- $1,000 for your name on an engraved stepping stone leading to a wall tent in The Crest Village
- $2,000 covers the entire cost of the bus to and from camp for one week (transporting kids from throughout the valley)
- Any amount is always gratefully appreciated
Notable comments from parents, teachers, and staff
Outdoor School students, Field Trip students, and Nature Day Campers were excited to learn about world of plants — in the forest, the meadows, wetlands and vegetable garden.
“Kids finding edible plants was like they found the jackpot. Finding a caterpillar and a lizard were also wow moments for kids.” -Eduardo, The Crest Staff
Said one of the campers, “Johnny Jump-ups taste like cotton candy!”
“My kids ate way more greens than normal because they were ‘special’ from The Crest, so that was great!” -Nature Day Camp parent
“[My child] thought it was great to be connected to the food and to be bringing it home for his family.” -Nature Day Camp parent
“Can we pick peas?” was a common daily question during summer camp
Field Trip in the Pine Garden
Field Trip students picking lettuce
Our favorite, a Summer Camp Salad
Picking peas
Learning about the native wetland areas on Willow-Witt Ranch can be interesting, but students of all ages really enjoy helping to restore and maintain these areas. Every Spring, The CREST, in partnership with Willow-Witt Ranch, plants native willows. Students from Outdoor School programs and school field trips support The CREST and Willow-Witt Ranch in maintaining the native ecosystems on the land.
Willow Stakes in our wetland meadow
