In Loving Memory of Hoggy the Hognose Snake

May 8, 2025 | Nature

Ally here! It is with a heavy heart that I present to you Hoggy the Hognose snake’s Obituary. This was a hard one to write Foley Fam, I’m not going to lie. Hoggy had been at Camp Foley for as long as I have been coming to camp as a camper. He was one of...

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Mar 17, 2022 | Holidays, Nature

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Time to don green clothes and lots of shamrocks and celebrate this fun Irish holiday.   This day is named after the patron saint of Ireland Saint Patrick who was a bishop on the island during the fifth century. My favorite myth...

Camp Creature: Bullsnake

Mar 2, 2017 | Nature

Crikey, Mate! Don’t. Move. Do you hear that rattle sound? I know what you’re thinking, “Dude, we don’t have rattlesnakes up at camp.” You are correct, but did you know…OH, LOOK! There it is – the elusive Bullsnake. Have no...

Environmental Education Always on the Mind

Jan 19, 2017 | Nature

The school year is well underway and our campers are comfortably immersed back in their every day, hometown lives. As youth developers, our goal is to have a positive impact on youth year-round, not solely during the summer months while campers are in camp. So how can...

TBT: Critter Invasion

Dec 12, 2013 | Nature

Jordan teaching Nature in 2012. Growing up in the area, I have always had a passion for all the critters I could find in the woods. As a kid, I would come back to my house with an assortment of critters in my pockets: a snake, a frog or two, and possibly some worms,...