Kate joined the Camp Aranzazu staff in April 2018 after starting her development career at Houston Habitat for Humanity and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She works out of the Houston office, visiting San Antonio and the Coastal Bend as needed. …

Written by: Mandy Hood, Facilities Director

Written by: Kurt R. Podeszwa, President I am blessed to be a part of this amazing organization and to share our news with you in my first Coastal Connections letter. As you know, we welcomed campers back to Camp Aranzazu in 2021 and were able to serve some 875 campers…

Written by: Bianca Hernandez, Development Associate We’re excited to share that Rose Kemp has joined the full-time staff at Camp Aranzazu as our new program supervisor. Join us in welcoming Rose to the Camp Aranzazu team! Rose shares our program team members’ enthusiasm for camping and dedication to provide an…

Written by: Bianca Hernandez, Development Associate Did you know that when you donate stock, you avoid the tax on the gain while deducting 100% of the value of the contribution? When you give stock, you may earn 2–3x the tax savings vs. donating cash. It’s a win-win for you and…

Written by: Kate Plouvier, Development Director As a graduate student, I took high-level courses in nonprofit management to prepare myself for a career in the sector. I enjoyed studying theories of social entrepreneurship, human resources in nonprofits, youth development programs, philanthropy and fundraising, and leadership in public management. …

Camp Aranzazu is participating in the myWalgreens donation program! You can donate your myWalgreens cash rewards to Camp Aranzazu thru 5/31/2022. At Walgreens, you’ll earn unlimited 1% Walgreens Cash rewards when you shop and you can choose how much to donate. It’s that easy. Whether you’d like to contribute $1…

Written by: Carleigh Mitchell, Program Manager This past November, we had our first ever Camp Aranzazu hosted family camp weekend called Camp Aranza-Crew! We were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to host a family camp weekend which was created out of a want to serve people safely in the…

Written by: Carson White, Facilities Supervisor, and Mandy Hood, Facilities Director Did you know that Camp Aranzazu has two pools? One was built in 1960 and was renovated in 2006 for our inaugural summer and again in January of 2020! We call this the Classic Pool. The second pool was…