Mar 30, 2012 | Activities
Shop class – before the move. If you follow the blog and remember what I blogged about the last time I signed in, well this is Part 2! Okay, so now that the shop class is moved into its new building we now can start the revamping process to give Crafts their own...
Mar 27, 2012 | Activities
“In the woods, a man casts off his years, like a snake its skin, and is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel like nothing can befall me in life, no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes) which...
Mar 23, 2012 | Activities, Campers
Ellie Mahoney Ellie Mahoney, an 8th grader at Our Lady of Grace in Edina, MN shares some of her highlights at Camp Foley. This will be her 6th year at Foley! Ellie resounds what many campers say about their happiest Foley memories, “It is meeting new people from...
Mar 16, 2012 | Activities, Campers
I recently interviewed a Foley vet named Spencer W. from St. Louis, MO. We talked about his experience of the past 7 years at Camp Foley, what he has gained, and where it will take him. Spencer pictured with some of his camp friends Spencer first heard about Foley...
Mar 14, 2012 | Activities
There’s no denying that childhood obesity is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. An alarming study by Olshansky et al., 2005 reports that the current generation of children may have shorter life expectancies than their parents for the first time in over two...
Feb 27, 2012 | Activities
Hello! For this Rattlin’ Blog, I thought I would take a slight step back in time to a previous building project that has had a great impact on Foley. Back in the winter or 2009-2010, Marie and I had a conversation on how we could move the Maintenance Center, Shop...