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...

How Camp Prepares Children

Apr 1, 2014 | Parents

Campers interact with a variety of other children to help prepare for a successful future. “Ready, Set, Go: How Camp Prepares Children for Lives of Success” was published in the 2013 November/December issue of Camping Magazine. In the article, Stephen Gray...

“In Loco Parentis”

May 24, 2012 | Parents

As a camp counselor, we are assuming an incredibly important role. Parents are giving us their children to take care of for the length of their stay at camp. The term used to describe this relationship is in loco parentis, which literally translates from Latin to “in...

Spring to Summer

May 7, 2012 | Activities, Campers, Parents

Camp Foley is proud to bring to you their first-ever Video Blog! Regular summer campers Lauren B. and Ellie S. came to Foley a little earlier than usual this spring to partake in our Environmental Education Center. These two 6th graders came to Foley with the rest of...

Your Child’s First Sleep Away

Apr 9, 2012 | Parents

Make no mistake that a child’s first sleep-away at a summer camp can be a scary and nerve-wracking experience – for both camper and parent! We have seen time and time again that anxious separation of kid and parent on the opening day of camp and it can sometimes be...

A Life Changing Experience

Mar 6, 2012 | Campers, Parents

Imagine me as an extremely shy seven-year-old spending my summers at Camp Foley which in the ’60s was all boys. I was also sandwiched between two brothers. So down the lakeshore, I went for 4 weeks to Camp Wabigoniss, for girls only! So what does a seven-year-old...