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The Biggest Myth about Summer Camp
The Biggest Myth About Summer Camp: It's Just About Fun When you think of summer camp, what comes to mind? Canoeing on sparkling lakes, laughing around a crackling campfire, or roasting the perfect...
4 Animals That Hibernate at Camp Foley
Nature's Winter Sleepers As winter rolls in across Minnesota, and Camp Foley becomes quieter, with many animals retreating into hibernation. Hibernation, a state of dormancy that helps animals...
How to earn the Highest award at Camp Foley
Awards are big part of the culture of Camp Foley. There are several different types of awards you can earn here at Foley. Below is a break down of all the different type of awards you can earn......
Everything you need to know about Frost Quakes
Around 2-3 pm on Saturday, January 4th, those of us living here near Foley and Whitefish Lake experienced mysterious loud booms and ground tremors. This is called a frost quake…
10 things to do over the Holiday Break
Time off from school is the best! Or at least it was from what I remember channeling my inner student and reminiscing on those winter breaks. As an adult, this holiday time usually isn't as long as...
Who is your support system at Camp?
We have a great team here at Foley! Many different people on the Foley team work together to make sure each camper has a great experience. We want to break down the exact people who will be part of...
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Video Creativity- 3rd Session
The Final Round of Creativity! Every month we have show cased some of our best Videos made in Video Creativity from 1st and 2nd session, and now 3rd session is up! 4 amazing videos were created...
A History of Tennis
We are continuing to take some time this summer to take a look back at the history of Camp Foley. With 95 years of Camp under our belt, Camp has inevitably changed with the times. We are very proud...
Growing Grit in our Girls
It's hard to be a girl sometimes, let us help. I recently read this blog from "A Mighty Girl" on girl's confidence and started reflecting on being a girl in general. We women have to walk so many...
How to make Soda Bread!
There is this one magical food everyone looks forward to when coming back to Foley every summer... Soda Bread! This magical bread is similar to a coffee cake but hard to describe unless you've...
Video Creativity- 2nd Session
Round 2 of showcasing our creative campers! We will be showcasing our expert camper talent in 3 different blogs to represent our 3 amazing camp sessions. This week is all about 2nd session video...
Happiness and Friendship: A Camp Story
Kids go camping for a million reasons and counting -- what's not to love about the great outdoors, leaving the electronics behind for a while, and learning a ton of new things? However, it's easy to...
5 Holiday Treats You Can Make as a Family
The Holidays are just around the corner, and that means COOKIES! Ok... ok... it also means coming together as a family and giving gifts and celebrating your own traditions. But who doesn't love a...
Alpha Games 2022
The Battle of the Factions! The 2022 Alpha Games was an all-session affair this summer! Alpha Daily challenges became a part of camp life. Everyday a new challenge was introduced for one activity...
Video Creativity- 1st Session
Time to get creative!!! We will be showcasing our expert camper talent in 3 different blogs to represent our 3 amazing camp sessions. This week is all about 1st session video creativity! This...
Camp Moves Me 2022 Wrap Up
We have come to the end of November and that means an end to our fundraising campaign Camp Moves Me! This year we raised $13,805, which is crazy to even type out!! We had over 120 people donate...
Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving! We want to shine a spotlight on one our favorite traits, Gratitude! Gratitude gets a lot of attention around Thanksgiving, its in the name! But we also talk about Gratitude...
Camp Foley Hosts 2022 High School Bass Championship
Time to catch some fish! This blog is from an article write up in the Northland Press, the local Crow Wing County Paper... On September 10th and 11th, Camp Foley was host to over 90 school...
How Camp Foley got its Name…
This week we are looking at the History of Camp Foley's name and how it has changed over the years... Did you know that our beloved Camp Foley was not always called that? Camp has had a few...
A Halloween Spectacular!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to celebrate the major holidays at camp? Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day? Well, this year we found out. We lit up camp...
A Captain’s Perspective
One of the most unique things about my experiences working at Camp Foley is something I am only finally able to reflect on after completing my third year on staff. By putting multiple years into...
2, 3, 5, or 6 weeks?
That's right, the 2 week session is back in 2024! Along with our extremely popular 3 week sessions and 2 very special 5 and 6 week options. But which session is the best choice for your family?... 2...
Camp is about Connection
Why do you come back to Camp Foley?" We ask the questions and we get the same answer every year... "The people!" We pride ourselves here at Camp Foley with having over 30 different activities for...
Hummingbird Parents and Summer Camp
I recently stumbled across a very interesting article . The title: "Hummingbird Parents". In the article, provides seven ways a parent can let their child have independent play - outside - and...
Being an International Counselor at Foley
We have another blog written written by a staff member! From the words of Maria Perez, on her perspective as an international counselor working this summer... My name is María Pérez, I’m from...
Why did Debbie decide to work at Foley?
Check out this blog written by Debbie Vazquez, one of our international staff. Read about why she chose to work at Camp Foley... Why did I decide to work at Camp Foley? My answer is simple,...
A Program Recap!
I can't believe camp is over! We all had so much fun with our special days and evening programs this summer, so many Foley firsts and fantastic memories were made! Come along for a recap on all the...
Throwback to the 4th of July!
July 4th was on Tuesday This Holiday is a favorite here at Camp Foley, and we have celebrated it with our campers for many years. Our session line up so that we don't have camp on the 4th of July...
Spirituality at Camp Foley
We are always encouraging campers to GROW while here at Camp Foley. We try to create many different opportunities throughout the 3 week session for campers to do this. Campers and counselors slow...
You Can’t Dibs 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...
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