Young Set Club

I had heard mostly good things about YSC but had also heard how the manager, Debbie, ignored concerns of other parents. I took a risk and wish I hadn’t. On the first day they lost my child. He told me he went to the bathroom and when he came out his group was gone. He was scared to death and had to wander around looking for his group. The counselors didn’t even go to look for him when they noticed they lost him. More than once I came to pick him up and they called him up front and he never arrived. I had to go back to find him with no counselors even looking for him. The final straw was the worst. One day I came to pick up my 6 year old child and found him sitting on the curb by the parking lot! I immediately brought him back into the lobby to find out why he was in such a dangerous place and how he got there. It turns out that the manager, Debbie, had let him walk right out of the front door, which is left open all day and which she was supposed to be monitoring! A lot of finger pointing ensued but nothing was ever done to correct this issue. Not only did Debbie never apologize for putting my child in danger she had the nerve to blame him! The counselors are not attentive, Debbie will blame everyone, counselors and parents alike, for their shortfalls and you should use at your own risk.

The other day
I saw a gorilla
A great big gorilla
The other day I saw a gorilla
The other day I saw a gorilla
There was a gorilla that lived up in the hills in Thousand Oaks and his name was Uncle Gore. He was a gorilla that escaped from Jungle Land, a old zoo like habitat in Thousand Oaks that shut down before I was born. He was the good old urban legend camp counselors would scare us kids with at our sleepovers here at camp. I of course didn’t realize he wasnt real until I was much older and my parents told me. Uncle Gore was actually the camp director Mitch in a gorilla suit.
Back in the day, this was the best camp ever. During the school year the bus trasported me from school to camp where my folks picked me up. It had a swimming pool, zip line going across the land. A rope course, tunnels and a ton of fun. Everything that is far to dangerous now. It was jammed packed with lifetime skilled based activities from archery to cooking to crafts.
So many fond memories attending camp here when I was a wee one. Up to now this camp still exists and is ran by Child Development Centers Inc. I revisited this camp in the late 90s and still thought it was super cool as an young adult. Uncle Gore still existed then. The zipline was toned down a little. But its still jammed packed fun.
Review #492

Young Set Club is a kids wonderland. My daughter who is easily bored, had so much fun last summer and eagerly awaits this summer. She has asked a few times to make sure I haven’t forgotten that this is the place she wants to be for summer. They have an Olympic size pool with life guard, zip line, archery, cooking classes, hiking trails and on and on. Each week has a different theme with activities built around the theme and the kids get to pick several of their activities. Unlike the previous reviewer, my daughter got to do the zip line, but I don’t believe it was until week 3 or 4 of camp. The counselors are awesome — many are credentialed teachers who want summer work but all were great. We look forward to another great summer at Young Set Club.

Young Set is an Awesome place as a kid back 1in 1975 I remember this friend of mine named Angie something like that. I remember I had a crush on this boy named peanuts I think that was his nick name. I also remember the game room. One time while I was swinging on a swing on the play constructor I had a quarter with me. I didn’t have any pockets so I put it between my teeth like parents or grandma’s do while they sew but first let me tell you about the quarter I was saving it for the game room that was at young set but it was closed that day after lunch. So I sung instead. well anyhow somebody was yanking my swing from on top of the play constructor and I looked up to see who it was and gulped down the quarter and was very sick. anyhow Angie my friend went to go get the teacher. I had very many awesome hikes at Young Set Club I wish that someone would post pictures or film what it looks like today since we live 800 miles away from young set club.

This placed ruled the world when I was a kid.
On Friday nights throughout the summer, they would host outdoor sleepovers (I’ll use the term camping loosely). As the evening progressed, the counselors would gather everyone by the fire, and tell this crazy story about a gorilla named Uncle Gore, who escaped from Jungle Land in the 60’s. As instructed, we would chant Uncle Gore’s name in unison, until he would ultimately appear on the moonlit horizon. But when that ape came barelling down the hill toward us, I f’ing lost it every time.
My mom told me when I was like 20 that it was some methed out camp counselor in a gorilla costume. Thanks.