The late spring brings rain showers, wild flowers and gold to Camp Tawonga! Fourth grade classes from Jewish Day Schools across the Bay Area embark upon a mock Gold Rush to learn about California history. Tawonga becomes the site of it all... from panning for gold to cooking your own meals to learning local dances, greenhorns become sourdoughs.

Students come to camp dressed as characters from the Gold Rush, and meet some local personalities like Levi Strauss, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, and Domingo Ghiradelli... to name a few. Check out the cast of characters below.