Hey, Camp Folks!

The summer season is in full swing—lots of you may already be back from your summer camp stay. Where was your summer camp experience this camp season? Maybe you went to the camp that we’re featuring on today’s Summer Camp Spotlight Blog post! We’re swinging the Everything Summer Camp spotlight westerly where we find the great Geneva Glen Camp in the lovely state of Colorado.

Geneva Glen Camp is nestled amongst the ponderosa pines of Indian Hills in the heart of Colorado. They’ve welcomed generations of campers to create their own community on this beautiful land summer after summer since 1922—one of the older camps in America.

Through friendships, traditions, and activities, Geneva Glen helps its campers to develop the character within, as well as values and leadership. The campgrounds are set up to provide awesome and adventurous activities. Enjoy awesome times at Geneva Glen Camp engaged in campy pastimes like Hiking, Exploring, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Archery, Climbing, Challenge Courses, Music, Drama, Arts & Crafts, and Pageantry and Ceremony.

Geneva Glen Camp comfortably houses more than 200 campers each year. The boys live in dorms with about 15 other peers as well as their group counselor while the girls occupy the cabins in groups of 12 to 13 including a counselor or two. Geneva Glen prides itself in their counselors’ ability to create a welcoming and embracing environment for each camper in ever group.

Regarded by many as ‘magic’, the summer camp lifestyle at Geneva Glen Camp strengthens the loyalty of each member in the camp family every summer and inspires generations of campers to return summer after summer. If you’d like to look into Geneva Glen Camp further for your own future experience, check them out some time. And, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Campy Kids!

I’ve mentioned French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts a number of times before here on the Blog what with ‘Share Your Camp Story’ submissions from French Woods campers themselves as well as posts about all the celebrities who attended this camp in the past like Robert Downey Jr., Zooey Deschanel, Jon Favreau, and others. Today, however, let’s focus on just the camp and the great things going on there in the state of New York.

French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts sits contently on a private lake in the western Catskill Mountains of New York State near the Delaware River on the Pennsylvania Border.

Offering individual choices for the performing arts, French Woods gives opportunities like never before for their campers as young as 7 to 17 years old. Younger campers have more guidance and supervision at French Woods, while older campers are able to take on some responsibility and have a chance to work in the areas of their interest.

French Woods Festival of Performing Arts offers Theater, Dance, Music, Circus, Magic, Rock N’ Roll, Visual Arts, Film and Video, Sports, Tennis, Fitness, Water Sports, Skateboard, Horseback Riding, and more.

French Woods campers are provided with a spacious, comfortable, and modern home base, complete with electricity, private showers, and private toilet facilities. They’re responsible for tidying their own spaces, and the toilets and showers are cleaned daily by a professional cleaning staff. Ten campers live in each bunk, supervised by three counselors who all tuck away in the accommodating and cozy wooden bunk beds.

If you think you’d like to follow in some of the famous footsteps who have attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, give this summer camp a good look for your own summer experience sometime and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hello, Camp Kids!

With the camp season kicked into full gear, perhaps you’ll come across the summer camp that you’ll be heading to as we continue to add to our Summer Camp Spotlight category of Blog posts. Today, we’re fixing our camp spotlight down South to the heart of Texas.

There, we find El Tesoro summer camp which has been showing kids an awesome summer experience since it was first founded in 1934! Camp Fire Camp El Tesoro is a 223-acre located in Granbury, Texas, on the bend of the Brazos River at Fall Creek.

There’s lots of fun activities offered at El Tesoro including Archery, Arts & Crafts, Astronomy, Canoeing, Drama, GaGa Ball, Group Games, Hiking, Horsemanship, Kayaking, Low Challenge Course, Outdoor Cooking, Outdoor Living Skills, Singing & Music, Sports & Games, Swim & Water Games. You’re bound to enjoy your jam-packed summer days at camp.

Their campgrounds boast a 12,500 square foot covered riding area, a 35’ climbing tower that leads up to a 300’ zip line, the Brazos River, Mt. Loma, two huge pools, archery ranges, multi-sports court to play basketball, volleyball, and tennis, a Frisbee Golf Course, the Chapel, The Wohelo Lodge Dining Hall that seats 300 campers, and so much more.

20 new cabins are able to accommodate 12 people including the trained cabin leaders. Each bunk area is provided with some privacy and more than enough space for each camper’s gear and belongings. The cabins are equipped with electricity and full restrooms for convenience in maintaining hygiene at summer camp.

If you’re not already going to Camp El Tesoro, check out this summer camp for the next summer season. You’re sure to love your time there. Have a look around at this Texas camp and, as always, thanks for reading, Camp Fans!

- John

Hello, Camp Kids!

With the camp season kicked into full gear, perhaps you’ll come across the summer camp that you’ll be heading to in our Summer Camp Spotlight posts. Today, we’re fixing the spotlight on the northern tip of the East Coast in the heart of Vermont. There, we find the Farm & Wilderness summer camp which has been showing kids an awesome summer experience since 1939!

Farm & Wilderness Camp provides their campers with the woods and lakes and fields of central Vermont as the backdrop for a magical summer escape. Situated on more than 4,800 acres of secluded land, Farm & Wilderness gives kids entirely new and awesome experiences.

Awesome experiences and fun times are waiting for you at Farm & Wilderness. The beautiful campgrounds provide the proper Activities at Farm & Wilderness Camp include Farm Projects, Arts & Crafts, Swimming, Outdoor Living Skills, Canoeing, Carpentry, Rock Climbing, Cooking, and Music.

Campers live together in simple, wooden cabins and canvas structures tucked in the woods as well as along the lakes. The cabins are not set up with electricity in the cabins. Movies, TV, computers, and recorded music aren’t here at camp. Unplug and enjoy a new sense of freedom in entertainment among your newfound friends. Unplug and enjoy a new sense of freedom in entertainment among your newfound friends at summer camp. 

Farm & Wilderness grows some of their own food for the summer menu. They built their own cabins. And, rooted in Quaker values such as community, simplicity, peacemaking, service, and equity, Farm & Wilderness has woven these values into the fabric of their programs and communities which has created an environment where people develop a deep connection with one another and discover a more simple, rugged, and exciting style of life.

If Farm & Wilderness sounds like it’s up your alley, look into it for your next summer camp stay and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Folks!

Where are you heading for your camp experience this summer season? We love to talk up the camps with whom we’ve formed close relationships. Perhaps you’ll be attending the summer camp we’re featuring on today’s Summer Camp Spotlight. We’re swinging our spotlight to the east coast where we find Camp Fatima for Boys in New Hampshire.

This boys camp is located on Upper Suncook Lake in the beautiful town of Gilmanton Iron Works. Under the same organization as the boys camp, Camp Fatima sits only 30 minutes away from its sister camp, Camp Bernadette for Girls. Although they don’t share the same site, these camps are run together with regular get-togethers for events.

Camp Fatima has crafted itself to be a place where campers get the sense that they belong and have a welcoming environment that promotes friendships. Campers enjoy activities in this beautiful setting such as Canoeing and Fishing on the lakefront. On land, spend time sharpening skills in activities like Archery and Rock Climbing. They also offer a number of Arts & Crafts to encourage creativity!

Catholicism is essential to the Camp Fatima philosophy and it fills each day of the summer camp season. Loving and serving the community in Christ-like kindness is what Camp Fatima aims to instill in their campers. Campers attend weekly Mass services and Camp Fatima holds evening prayer sessions each night which they call “Shrine”.

Energy and positivity abound at Fatima. Campers are grouped with roughly ten other kids to bond with as cabin mates of the same age. You’re sure to have a great, fun, and spiritual time at Camp Fatima! If you’d like to look into Camp Fatima further for your own future experience, check them out some time. And, as always, thanks for reading!

- John