Camp Cooper Begins Long-Awaited Facilities Upgrade
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We are excited to introduce Phase I of the Camp Cooper Master Plan: Eco-friendly bathroom and shower facility construction, replacing facilities built more than 45 years ago.
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Energy-saving construction features will include solar energy, composting toilets and rainwater harvesting to serve as a model for sustainable outdoor education facilities.
We Are Fundraising For Facility Improvements
Including Bathrooms & Showers, Remodeled Cabins, Expanded Classrooms and Offices
Picture Camp Cooper's Future
The Bathroom & Shower Complex will increase capacity to serve students and their families, and is Phase I of a multi-phase project to overhaul all buildings at Camp Cooper.
A solar shaded classroom adjoins one of the buildings acting as a teaching center and desert gateway.
Shaded passageways and native landscaping will surround the new facilities. All facilities and walkways will be ADA compliant.
Construction will be a mix of techniques, including sustainable rammed earth.
Rainwater, harvested from increased roof surface, will feed surrounding native planting areas.
An aerial site plan shows building layout.
Bathroom Stats
2,030
Square feet of space
for bathrooms & showers
Includes 350 sq ft of shaded outdoor classroom gathering space
23,212
Gallons of rainwater
available to direct to vegetation
Includes 5,175 gallons harvested off of surrounding hardscape pathways
45
Years of operation with current bathroom facilities
Original Camp Cooper buildings built in the mid 1970s
+5
Future toilets: 9
Current toilets: 4
Includes 2 wheelchair accessible/family bathrooms
+7
Future showers: 7
Current showers: 0
Includes 1 wheelchair accessible/family shower room
+1
Future urinals: 3
Current urinals: 2
Urinals will be zero-flow water conservation units