Category: Camp News

Almost a month ago, we had 2 high school seniors stay with us for the weekend. One of our guests was my oldest nephew who lives in Nebraska and the other was my next-door neighbor from when we lived in Georgia (an adopted nephew!). We decided to celebrate their graduations by treating them to a fishing trip to mark this important milestone. Aidan and Ben met in 2010 when Aidan came to Augusta with his Mom (my sister) to visit […]

I was recently invited to present at a regional camp conference in Northern California where the theme was “Caring”, one of the C’s of positive youth development (the others are Compassion, Connection, Contribution, Character, Confidence, and Competence). The conference chair made an interesting comment in her opening remarks that I had to check out for myself upon returning home. Riding Staff and Red-shirts care for 4- and 2-legged friends This person mentioned that Harvard was launching a project to “Make […]

We’re Lucky Every Day at TP! We are LUCKY to have such an awesome camp family – the campers, staff, alumni, and friends who make every summer a wonderful experience for all TP boys!  Thank you, Cabin 6 (2015), for sharing your best moments with us! Best thing that happened to me at camp: Jorge: earning “Chief of the Day” Pedro: sailing Ethan: TP Fair Alex A: passing my instructional swim and losing a tooth Louis: becoming a barn “rat” Bryce: getting a bullseye Alex E: […]

Dear Jeff,  Ever since my son returned home from camp, he refuses to wear anything that isn’t TP green.  All he talks about is the fun he had at camp, stories about his cabin mates, and how many days there are until camp next summer.  He claims that he hears a bell ringing periodically throughout the day.  He spends hours looking at the online photos on the Towering Pines website.  He even makes his bed every morning and asks if he […]

Happy Spring! It looks like “Little Bunny Foo-Foo” is making an appearance in the April photo (along with a real bunny from the TP Zoo)!  I couldn’t help but think about the words to the song that is acted out every year as a skit at various TP campfires throughout the summer and how those words play out at camp.  As the story goes in the song, Little Bunny Foo-Foo is hopping through the forest, scooping up field mice and bopping them […]