Outdoor Education at Foley

May 4, 2023 | Nature

In addition to our Summer Camp Season, Foley has an Outdoor Education program that runs in the months of May and September. Foley’s Environmental Education Center is open for school groups to come for a 3-day or week-long environmental focused experience. Much...

Loon Fallout

Apr 27, 2023 | Nature

A Loon Fallout is even more dramatic than it sounds… A Loon Fallout occurs when atmospheric conditions are such that the migrating loons develop ice on their body as they fly at high altitudes and crash land when they are no longer able to fly due to the weight...

Baby Animals!

Apr 20, 2023 | Nature

  Earth Day is on Saturday, let’s talk Nature! Summer has the beach, pool, and CAMP days, fall has beautiful foliage and pumpkin spice everything, winter has holidays and snow, but spring has everything good and right in the world. The days are longer,...

You Can’t Dibs Nature!

May 26, 2022 | Nature

Snapping Turtle (Photo by A. Faricy) As I canoed along on my second to last of 14, three-hour canoe classes over the last three weeks, I examined the actions of the 6th graders. A couple was kneeling precociously in the bottoms of their canoes, hands outstretched,...

The Trees Are Our Best Antiques

Apr 21, 2022 | Nature

This blog is a throwback from 2012!   A few weeks ago, Adam and I took a weekend trip down to Minneapolis to visit some friends. Since moving to Camp Foley in January, this was our first trip out of the area and we were excited to be in a city again with all the...

3 times Nature Found a Way

Mar 24, 2022 | Nature

Nature always finds a way…   Our director and fearless leader Alli Faricy recently attended the ACA National Conference and attended a talk on exploring the impact Covid 19 had on our children, and if there are any positives we can find in this pandemic. We...