Can You Canoe?

Jan 21, 2013 | Activities

Perhaps one of the best ways to capture the serenity of any waterway in Northern Minnesota is by canoe.  The quietness of the canoe is what enables Camp Director Alli Faricy to snap all those cool pictures of the various camp critters.  Canoeing is also one of Marie...

Camp Creature – Common Loon

Jan 14, 2013 | Nature

Photo: Alli Faricy As the evening waves break across the shoreline of Whitefish Lake, a beautiful yet haunting sound can be heard echoing through the tall pine trees that guard the grounds of Camp Foley.  Again, the sound pierces through the silence: Woooo –...

Throwback Thursday: 2005

Jan 10, 2013 | Alumni, Campers

The youngest campers at Camp Foley in 2013 will be eight years old. That means, they were born in 2005, which happens to be the year we’re going back to for this Throwback Thursday. First summer of Paintball at camp in 2005!! Paintball wasn’t a Foley activity until...

Sail into Happiness!

Jan 7, 2013 | Activities

One of Camp Foley’s JYs. Who doesn’t love a good sail around Whitefish Lake on a warm Minnesota summer afternoon? As one of Foley’s oldest activities, and certainly most popular, we decided to dig a little deeper into the sport of Sailing and what...

Throwback Thursday: The McGuire Sisters

Jan 3, 2013 | Alumni

Summer 2012 with the McGuire Sisters Megan, Molly and Emily McGuire from Des Moines, IA. There always seems to be a McGuire at camp. In 2012 three of the many McGuires were the Des Moines McGuire sisters. And amazingly, those three girls all played a different role at...