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Growing Grit in our Girls
It's hard to be a girl sometimes, let us help. I recently read this blog from "A Mighty Girl" on girl's confidence and started reflecting on being a girl in general. We women have to walk so many...
How to make Soda Bread!
There is this one magical food everyone looks forward to when coming back to Foley every summer... Soda Bread! This magical bread is similar to a coffee cake but hard to describe unless you've...
Video Creativity- 2nd Session
Round 2 of showcasing our creative campers! We will be showcasing our expert camper talent in 3 different blogs to represent our 3 amazing camp sessions. This week is all about 2nd session video...
Happiness and Friendship: A Camp Story
Kids go camping for a million reasons and counting -- what's not to love about the great outdoors, leaving the electronics behind for a while, and learning a ton of new things? However, it's easy to...
5 Holiday Treats You Can Make as a Family
The Holidays are just around the corner, and that means COOKIES! Ok... ok... it also means coming together as a family and giving gifts and celebrating your own traditions. But who doesn't love a...
Alpha Games 2022
The Battle of the Factions! The 2022 Alpha Games was an all-session affair this summer! Alpha Daily challenges became a part of camp life. Everyday a new challenge was introduced for one activity...
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Wishing our entire Foley Family a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with lots of love!
TBT – Camp in 1993
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...
Just Keep Swimming
2012 at the Swimdock on the mat. What's the one activity that absolutely everybody does at Camp Foley at one time or another? Swimming! With 4,000 acres of fresh, clear water right outside...
TBT – Heard it at the Pizza Parties!
We were so happy to see so many great people in St. Louis and Minneapolis this year at our Pizza Parties! At both of these Camp Foley get-togethers, we asked those who attended to share some things...
Camp Creature – The Common Snipe
The Common Snipe Is it possible to meld a Throwback Thursday and Camp Creature blog into one? Well in this segment of the Rattlin’ Bog we are certainly going to try. Who remembers going on...
Throwback Thursday: 2012 Octos
For this Throwback Thursday post, I reached out to some of the 2012 Octos. I asked them to answer two questions: What was your favorite part about being an Octo, and what did you learn from the...
Can You Canoe?
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...
Camp Creature – Common Loon
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...
Throwback Thursday: 2005
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...
Sail into Happiness!
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...
Throwback Thursday: The McGuire Sisters
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...
Throwback Thursday: Top 12 in ’12
As 2012 comes to a close, Camp Foley is counting down the Top 12 in 2012! 12. Norm came to Camp Foley! 11. The LIT morning and evening programs of relays, races, and large-field games were fun for...
Local Minnesota Teen Does Good!
Did you know that the most popular water sport at Camp Foley was invented by two teenagers from Minnesota? That’s right! In 1922, 18-year old Ralph Samuelson theorized that if it was possible to...
Throwback Thursday: 2004
Did you know that Camp Foley tuns 90 in 2014? We're already starting to plan Foley's 90th birthday so it can be as big a success as its 80th birthday back in 2004. For this edition of Throwback...
Camp Creature – The Minnesota Black Bear
Are there bears at Camp Foley? Possibly... While we certainly don’t see them wandering through camp every day, one species of North American bears is indigenous to the North woods. It’s the...
Throwback Thursday – 1997-2002 with Melanie
Melanie, 1997 Melanie Pflug Anderson first came to Camp Foley at age 19 in 1997. She spent six summers at Foley in the late 1990s and early 2000s – three summers with the Ish-Yak girls and three...
Bullseye!
Were you impressed by Katniss Everdeen’s skills with a bow and arrow in the movie The Hunger Games? Have you ever dreamed about experiencing the adventures of Robin Hood first hand? If so, you’re...
TBT: 2012 CITs Throwback
For this edition of Camp Foley's Throwback Thursday we caught up with some of the 2012 Counselors in Training (CITs). We asked them two questions: What made you want to be a CIT and what was your...
Camp Creature – The Minnesota Snapping Turtle
Crikey! She's a keeper. Today’s Camp Creature story is about a young Minnesota Snapping Turtle, who lived in the Camp office in 2012 and 2013. It was found in the summer of 2012 down by the...
Throwback Thursday: Camp in 2003
For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we thought it would be interesting to take a trip back to 2003 to see what Camp Foley was like. Amazing enough, it was very similar to what it’s like today....
Post-Thanksgiving Thanks!
Snow in November! The temperature has dipped here at Camp Foley. It was a chilly 0° this morning up on Whitefish Lake, and camp is blanketed with a light layer of snow. We are definitely thankful...
We Dare You To Climb That!
Ever looked at the side of a mountain or building and wondered if you could climb it? Or what it would feel like to make it all the way to the top and check out the view? These yearnings inspired...
Throwback Thursday: Memorable Moments of 2012 (Part 2)
For this Throwback Thursday we talked to Susan Nitschke, a third session camper, about her favorite memory from 2012. Susan filled us in with a great activity memory that shows how much you can...
CAMP CREATURE – The Minnesota Red Fox
Ever wonder what kind of animals roam around Camp Foley? One of the most popular among those who frequent camp is the Minnesota Red Fox. Several Camp Foley staffers have spotted foxes here on the...
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