Category: Camp News

Towering Pines (and Woodland) is in the midst of designing a new camp brochure  – let’s just say that it was time to update the old one!  I have to admit that this process hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would be back in the fall when we embarked on this project.  I guess I thought that we would select some of our best photos from recent summers and then provide the details of the what, when, and […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Cabin 6 (Cheyenne)! During the month of March, I often think of Kermit the Frog and the song, “It’s Not Easy Being Green”.  While Kermit is referring to the color green in his song, I am reminded of a state of being.  When you are “green” at something, it often means that you are new.  There are many times in life that we are put in a new situation, whether it be changing schools, joining a sports team […]

Happy New Year  – Where I THRIVE in 1-5! Camp in the Off-Season by Matthew J Dellinger The wind was howling. The trees groaned and creaked, strained by the raging north winds. All around me was evidence that the weather can torment us on a whim. Icicles formed on my beard as my breath and lungs froze.  I don’t particularly enjoy cold weather, but on this day I was not bothered. In this place I felt more content than in my […]

Here are the final updates from the reunion in Chicago last month.  Campers were interviewed to find out 1) what is the favorite thing about school this year, 2) what activities campers do when they are not in school, 3) any fun trips taken or planned, and 4) what each camper is looking forward to next summer. CJ, Caden, Jake, Christian CJ: 1) new teachers, 2) play sports, 3) Springfield, 4) trying new activities Caden: 1) gym, 2) hang out […]

The whole gang! As you can see, we had a FABULOUS turn out for the annual Chicago reunion the weekend before Thanksgiving!  In a series of blogs in the upcoming weeks, we will give you an update about the TP boys who joined us for the afternoon to watch the 2014 camp video, flip through the new scrapbook, relive camp memories, and of course, to eat yummy treats.  Jake St was the winner of the “how many more days until […]