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GrowFit San Jose Summer Camps offers a mix of sports, games, and creative projects, including basketball, flag football, soccer, volleyball, table tennis, floor hockey, dodgeball, gaga ball, bubble soccer, and water games. Campers also take part in indoor rock climbing, bounce houses, black light skating, scooters, LEGO building, slime crafting, fun engineering challenges, making glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls, art projects, science experiments, and Inventors Camp challenges.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Daily camp hours are 9 AM to 4 PM; late arrivals and early departures are welcome.
GrowFit San Jose Summer Camps is led on-site by Camp Manager Sara P., and the organization was founded in 2010 by Russ Nuffer. The program states that GrowFit started as a physical education company with a curriculum focused on social and emotional learning, and that GrowFit Curriculum was built to make physical education accessible and fun for children through professionally designed lesson plans. The mission statement explains that GrowFit creates a guided, safe space where children can learn, grow, and engage in sports and athletics with confidence, with a focus on teamwork, encouragement, and exploration, and with goals that include encouraging children to explore the world around them, try new things, build confidence, and challenge themselves.
The camp day includes rotations through nine distinct 30-minute games across the sportsplex, with games handpicked from a proprietary K–8 PE curriculum. After lunch, campers have a creative break with options such as LEGO building, slime crafting, engineering challenges, or making glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls, and the day ends with a group wrap-up session where counselors and peers celebrate each camper’s achievements. Campers aged four to twelve are grouped with peers of similar ages, and each group is guided by a dedicated educator who spends the week getting to know every camper. Full credit is offered up to the day before camp begins if plans change and a child cannot attend.
The organization describes its staff as trained in child development, anti-bullying, and teambuilding, and as an extension of families and part of their village. Every team member undergoes thorough background checks. Managers have an educational background in child development or extensive experience working with youth and coaching, complete the highest level background check, and hold CPR, First Aid and AED, concussion (CDC), bully prevention (National Alliance for Youth Sports), food handling, and Epi-pen administration certifications, along with three hours of online training with quizzes, comprehensive in-person training, and online and in-person emergency response training. Coaches have an educational background in child development or extensive experience working with youth and coaching, complete the highest level background check, and hold concussion (CDC), bully prevention (National Alliance for Youth Sports), and Epi-pen administration certifications, plus three hours of online training with quizzes, comprehensive in-person training, and online and in-person emergency response training. The program lists credentials that include Concussion Certified (CDC), Bully Prevention Training (National Alliance for Youth Sports), food handling certification, CPR, First Aid and AED certification, and Epi-pen administration certification.
GrowFit San Jose Summer Camps notes that it serves families from Alum Rock, Coyote, East Foothills, Evergreen, Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, New Almaden, Perry, Robertsville, Rucker, San Jose, San Martin, South Coyote, South San Jose, East San Jose, Valley, Edenvale, and Shores. The organization also offers dedicated Science, Art, Inventors, and LEGO camps in select locations.
Parent testimonials describe individual experiences with the program. One parent, Margaret M., reports that her high energy 12-year-old son “loved it and always came home with a tired but happy smile on his face,” and that staff were “welcoming and engaged in making sure all of the kids were feeling comfortable, safe, and having a good time.” Another parent, Janette C., states, “My boys had a blast! Thank you for introducing my kids to a few sports they have never played or heard about in a very fun way. They want to come back and do it again soon.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Daily camp hours are 9 AM to 4 PM; late arrivals and early departures are welcome.
GrowFit San Jose Summer Camps is led on-site by Camp Manager Sara P., and the organization was founded in 2010 by Russ Nuffer. The program states that GrowFit started as a physical education company with a curriculum focused on social and emotional learning, and that GrowFit Curriculum was built to make physical education accessible and fun for children through professionally designed lesson plans. The mission statement explains that GrowFit creates a guided, safe space where children can learn, grow, and engage in sports and athletics with confidence, with a focus on teamwork, encouragement, and exploration, and with goals that include encouraging children to explore the world around them, try new things, build confidence, and challenge themselves.
The camp day includes rotations through nine distinct 30-minute games across the sportsplex, with games handpicked from a proprietary K–8 PE curriculum. After lunch, campers have a creative break with options such as LEGO building, slime crafting, engineering challenges, or making glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls, and the day ends with a group wrap-up session where counselors and peers celebrate each camper’s achievements. Campers aged four to twelve are grouped with peers of similar ages, and each group is guided by a dedicated educator who spends the week getting to know every camper. Full credit is offered up to the day before camp begins if plans change and a child cannot attend.
The organization describes its staff as trained in child development, anti-bullying, and teambuilding, and as an extension of families and part of their village. Every team member undergoes thorough background checks. Managers have an educational background in child development or extensive experience working with youth and coaching, complete the highest level background check, and hold CPR, First Aid and AED, concussion (CDC), bully prevention (National Alliance for Youth Sports), food handling, and Epi-pen administration certifications, along with three hours of online training with quizzes, comprehensive in-person training, and online and in-person emergency response training. Coaches have an educational background in child development or extensive experience working with youth and coaching, complete the highest level background check, and hold concussion (CDC), bully prevention (National Alliance for Youth Sports), and Epi-pen administration certifications, plus three hours of online training with quizzes, comprehensive in-person training, and online and in-person emergency response training. The program lists credentials that include Concussion Certified (CDC), Bully Prevention Training (National Alliance for Youth Sports), food handling certification, CPR, First Aid and AED certification, and Epi-pen administration certification.
GrowFit San Jose Summer Camps notes that it serves families from Alum Rock, Coyote, East Foothills, Evergreen, Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, New Almaden, Perry, Robertsville, Rucker, San Jose, San Martin, South Coyote, South San Jose, East San Jose, Valley, Edenvale, and Shores. The organization also offers dedicated Science, Art, Inventors, and LEGO camps in select locations.
Parent testimonials describe individual experiences with the program. One parent, Margaret M., reports that her high energy 12-year-old son “loved it and always came home with a tired but happy smile on his face,” and that staff were “welcoming and engaged in making sure all of the kids were feeling comfortable, safe, and having a good time.” Another parent, Janette C., states, “My boys had a blast! Thank you for introducing my kids to a few sports they have never played or heard about in a very fun way. They want to come back and do it again soon.”
Last updated June 19, 2026.
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