“America, Take a Walk”

May 14, 2019 | Nature

Get Hooked On Nature. The trend for today’s youth spending less and less time outdoors is continuing to climb. In this Ted Talk from 2014, Ben Klasky states, on average, school-age students’ screen time use is 7 hours and 40 minutes per day. In his Talk,...

Update: Environmental Education at Camp Foley!

May 8, 2019 | Nature

We had our first groups of Outdoor Ed (and of 2019!!) arrive Monday, and we have gotten the schools off on a good [green] foot. As most of you know Camp Foley hosts various schools during the month of May (and September) specializing in Environmental Education. This...

We Can All Be Leaders

Apr 30, 2019 | Activities, Campers, Parents, Summer Job

Everyday Leadership Drew Dudley states, “we have made leadership into something bigger than us.” I couldn’t agree more. Leadership has been put on this pedestal that makes people question if they are even capable of being a leader. Let me tell you,...

New New New. Even Better Than Llama Rides…

Apr 2, 2019 | Activities

We did a thing yesterday. Some of you loved it. Some of you hated it. It was all in good fun. If we offended you, we’re sorry, but we couldn’t let April Fools go by without some kind of prank. So if you didn’t figure it out by now our social media post yesterday...

Camp Creature: Top 5 Highlight Reel!

Mar 21, 2019 | Nature

One of our favorite things to post about is our featured Camp Creature. We have tons of camp creatures here living in this part of rural Minnesota, which puts us in an excellent spot to explore and see animals of all types. Today we are bringing together some of your...