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...

Camp Pancakes

Apr 25, 2014 | Campers

Have you ever woken up and thought to yourself… “If only I could have Camp Pancakes for breakfast. Because if I could, I would undoubtedly ace that test, dominate that speech in English and get all of my homework done before Survivor!”? Because that...

Tater Tot Hotdish

Mar 27, 2014 | Campers

Last summer, Joey P. (a five-year camper) said, “The food has changed my life. I mean it is so good.” And you know what, I would have to agree.  When you sit down to a meal, how often is it a meal that someone whipped up for 200 of your closest friends and...

Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup

Mar 20, 2014 | Campers

Campers arrive in less than three months! So what better way to kick off our three-month countdown than by talking about everyone’s favorite… camp food! It may surprise those people that never came to Foley how much campers love the meals! Some meals have been...

TBT: 2009 CIT/LIT Campfire and More

Dec 5, 2013 | Alumni, Campers

2009 CITs and LIT 3s. A long time ago when I decided to join the LIT program at camp I had no idea how much it would change the rest of my life.  It was a great way to spend time with my friends and be involved at Foley. In my last year of camp in 2009, I began to...