Resilience, Grit and DURABILITY.

Oct 7, 2014 | Campers

Something recently caught our attention on the Children & Nature Network website. The title of the post, “The Importance of Being Durable: Building Natural Strength in Our Kids” immediately made us think of “grit,” an important part of...

No Electronics Means New Skills

Sep 8, 2014 | Campers, Parents

Campers work together and work on skills they don’t even know they are gaining! One of our campers said that she was really proud of herself for “learning how to survive nature with no electronics.” We thought this was just awesome! So many young people are so...

What an AMAZING summer!

Aug 18, 2014 | Alumni, Campers, Parents, Summer Job

It’s hard to believe that our summer officially ended on Saturday. We said goodbye to our remaining counselors on Friday and our summer ADs headed out Saturday morning (after one last wake surfing session). After 10 weeks of non-stop Camp Foley fun, everything...

Camper Creations

Jul 5, 2014 | Campers

We love when our campers submit things for us to post on the blog. During a Journalism class First Session, one of our campers, Thomas R., created a sweet comic about the Dark Squad. Enjoy…              ...

Growing Grit at Camp Foley

May 22, 2014 | Campers

We’ve been throwing around the word GRIT for a few years now at Camp Foley. The definition, according to Google, is: courage and resolve; strength of character and is synonymous with courage, tenacity, and perseverance. Foley-GRIT is defined as the courage to...

Camp and Social Entrepreneurship

May 6, 2014 | Campers, Parents

Campers taking initiative to complete a task during the Final Banquet activities. We recently came across an article on Huffington Post Education that was a great read and something we’d like to share with our camp community. If you call up any camp professional, they...