What’s Your Grit Grade?

Mar 7, 2013 | Youth Development

Find your grade on Duckworth’s site. The American Camp Association (ACA) recently spoke with Paul Tough about his book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. In the interview, he mentions a Psychologist at the University of...

Get Crafty!

Feb 18, 2013 | Activities

Crafts has a fairly long history at Camp Foley. One of the first mentions Campers getting crafty in the 50s! of crafts in a newsletter was back in 1957 when Red Dawn, a full blood descendant of a Sioux Cheiftain came for a day-long seminar featuring feather crafts,...

TBT – Camp in 1993

Feb 7, 2013 | Alumni

OLS: Cooking over a fire in 1993 For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we’re going way back (20 years!) to summer 1993. After picking through some old newsletters, I found some pretty interesting things… -In 1993 Outdoor Learning Skills “OLS” was...

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...