History
With over 40 years of experience, TACL-LYF is the largest Taiwanese American summer camp in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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1983
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Taiwanese American Youth Leadership (TAYL) was established. TAYL camp originally started as a place where first generation Taiwanese parents could pass on their culture and values
1998
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Camp programming leadership was passed to 2nd generation Taiwanese Americans
2010
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TAYL was reborn as Taiwanese American Citizens League - Leading Youth Forward (TACL-LYF). Organization leadership completely transitioned to the next generation of Taiwanese Americans
2012
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TACL-LYF celebrated our 30th anniversary at Monte Toyon Camp and Retreat Center, where our camp theme was The Building Blocks of LYF.
2013
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TACL-LYF began having over 100 campers in a single summer camp
2014
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Starting 2014, Camp Workshops were split by age to be better tailored to the appropriate camper audience.
2017
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Our biggest camp at the time (150 campers) - LYF Camp 2017 surpassed all previous camp sizes!
2022
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LYF Camp returns post-COVID.