Refer a Camper Month- Why Hudson and Walker brought Will

Mar 30, 2023 | Campers, New Campers

Campers know how to say it best… On the next installment of our Refer a Camper Blog month, I sat down with campers Walker and Hudson, 7th graders, to talk about another important side of Club Paradise, when campers bring their friends to camp! Hudson and Walker...

Getting Lost on the Wolf Trail

Mar 9, 2023 | Campers

I, Ally Daily, had a super fun experience at our Twin Cities Pizza Party. I ran into a camper, Genevieve K., who reminded me of a crazy moment from 2018. I wasn’t always the Girl’s AD, before that I was a counselor for 4 years, including 2018 and 2019....

Banquet or Alpha Games?

Feb 23, 2023 | Campers

Ready for a throwback? Let’s compare our past with our present! What were the banquets like back in the day and how do they compare to Alpha Games? Camp Foley Banquets The Camp Foley banquets were quite the affair! Each one had it’s own theme, and this...

Growing Grit in our Girls

Jan 19, 2023 | Campers

It’s hard to be a girl sometimes, let us help. I recently read this blog from “A Mighty Girl” on girl’s confidence and started reflecting on being a girl in general. We women have to walk so many lines in life. Be pretty but not too pretty,...

How to make Soda Bread!

Jan 12, 2023 | Alumni, Campers

There is this one magical food everyone looks forward to when coming back to Foley every summer… Soda Bread! This magical bread is similar to a coffee cake but hard to describe unless you’ve experienced it yourself. We have soda bread twice in every 3 week...

Happiness and Friendship: A Camp Story

Dec 29, 2022 | Alumni, Campers

Kids go camping for a million reasons and counting — what’s not to love about the great outdoors, leaving the electronics behind for a while, and learning a ton of new things? However, it’s easy to forget that having fun is about more than just...