When I agreed to interview Helena Hickok (2 year Foley Campers) and Riley O’Connor (1 year Foley Camper) for “The Rattlin’ Blog”, I was immediately struck with two thoughts – 1. This is going to be fun and 2. Will I be able to get a word...
They say you have just a few seconds to make a good impression, and it’s almost impossible to ever change it. Well lucky for me the first camper at Camp Foley I met was Nick St. John. Nick tells me he has been coming to Camp Foley for 4 years, and it’s the...
The best part of camp…..reunions! Oh! Surprise! You thought I was going to say soda bread or maybe waterskiing…well…I didn’t. While those things are of course way fun and more importantly actually happen at camp, one of my favorite parts of camp is all the great...
Is the single most important thing about camp the fact that the child’s parents are not there? I’m sure for most campers this at least makes their top five. So why is it becoming so increasingly difficult for parents to allow their child time away from their side?...
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Well, what do you think about the opening quote? Does it make a noise? Does it not? Well, all I know is that the ones we cut down around camp all make noise! Every year...
