Camper Blogs! Part 1

Oct 10, 2013 | Activities, Campers, Nature

Journalism campers hard at work! This summer, we had some ROCKING Journalism classes. For one of the signups, some Foley campers had the opportunity to blog for and about camp! For the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing the camper-blogs with the Foley community a...

TBT: Zac and the Corn Snake

Jun 20, 2013 | Activities, Nature

Calvin the Corn Snake! As I was getting packed up for my return to Camp Foley in 2013, it made me think about all the memories and friendships I made. One of the activities that I really liked to teach was the nature class. The campers were always excited to go on...

Camp Creature: Fisher

Jun 3, 2013 | Nature

Let’s start this off by clearing a few things up. The fisher (sometimes called the fisher cat) does not eat fish, nor is it a feline. So, we’ve already confused a whole lot of people just by introducing this creature’s name. The name comes from...

The Enviro Center Closes (for the Season)

May 31, 2013 | Nature

Enviro Ed – Week 1 Today at exactly 1:39 PM we said goodbye to our last students from Environmental Education for the season. We had an AWESOME three weeks that included ten schools and 431 students. Students got mucky in the muck pond, saw tons of creatures at...

Camp Creature: The Bobcat

May 20, 2013 | Nature

This week we’ll be introducing you to the bobcat! An “elusive” creature as Camp Foley’s Director, Alli Faricy, put it. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), “Few humans ever see a bobcat in the wild.” The...

Environmental Ed – Week 1

May 20, 2013 | Nature

Last week we had an AWESOME time with sixth graders for five schools in Minnesota (St. Bartholomew, Annunciation, Holy Trinity, St. Boniface, and Marquette) at the Foley Environmental Education Center. Not only did we have some super fun students in the camp, but we...