Monthly Archives:September 2024

A BIG thank you to our camp families for taking the time respond to our end-of-season survey and giving valuable feedback about the recent summer so that we can continue to improve as we make plans for 2025. Our theme this summer was “Open New Doors in ’24,” and from the comments we received from parents about the transformations being noticed at home after spending time with us, it obvious that your camper/s opened the doors wide this summer! We also appreciate what you share with your network about the Woodland/TP experience.

PARENT PERSPECTIVE – OPEN NEW DOORS

Because our survey responses come together for both Woodland and Towering Pines, and many camp families have children at both, they are co-mingled here:

More confident, more knowledgeable in skill areas, learned a lot about friendship; I love that they are outside and active all summer. Making friends and learning problem solving.

They are both taking more ownership and responsibility around the house and they have more confidence in all that they do.

Our son’s independence and maturity is so impressive! I also love that camp affords the opportunity to develop new skills and try new things in a fun, safe, supportive environment.

They love camp – we’ve heard new stories every day they’ve been home. Their confidence grows every summer & they are building incredible friendships. Excellent staff, wide selection of activities to choose from; they feel comfortable & happy at camp.

She learns from the experience and gains self-confidence. 

We loved how well they were taken care of, how they returned so happy and with great friends and memories.

We felt that he grew, he is more patient, and happier overall.

Always comes back to courtesy and kindness and more confidence in themselves.

More mature, happier, more open ** more maturity ** more confident ** more independent, they return very happy; it’s their happy place ** confidence, conflict resolution ** self confidence and overall more open and happy

PARENT PERSPECTIVE – SHARE WITH OTHERS

I shared the TP website with a co-worker and said I feel 100% safe & happy with my daughters at CW and feel their son would love the experience at TP.

A wonderful community ** smaller camps, family run, tight community ** so many opportunities available to the children **  wonderful family run camp without a competitive focus that other camps have ** character building and leadership opportunities along with being outside and NO ELECTRONICS ** 

The camp leadership really knows what they’re doing, the kids love it, and they come home as better, more independent, confident, and capable people.

CAMPER PERSPECTIVE

Towards the end of camp, each girl had the opportunity to share her thoughts on what “opening new doors in ’24” looked like (all campers whose form we received are included here):

Sunrise

Jacinta: try/learn new things; in gymnastics I learned how to do a cartwheel, handstand, and backbend; in swimming I learned back crawl and elementary backstroke; a lot of foods were new; Milly: I tried doing a “mini-jump” off the dock without holding my nose; I tried riding a horse for the first time (Daisy), and archery; Sloane: I tried sailing and learned all the parts of the boat; in fishing I learned how to cast; Reggie: in sailing I tried being the skipper and how to aim at the target in archery; Fiona: in tennis I learned how to hold the racquet; Mara: I learned new moves in gymnastics, how to aim in archery, and I tried eating noodles

Silver Birch

Liza: trying new activities like riflery, archery, and swimming in a lake; Georgia: trying new things like archery, dance, and zoo; Audrey: fishing was a new activity for me this summer; Amelia: I went out of my comfort zone and stayed for 6 weeks this year! Lucia: I tried sailing for the first time; Luci: trying new things and having fun playing sponge tag in canoeing; Eleanor: I tried sailing and arts & crafts; Lizzy (CIT): spending a lot of time with a new age group and learning from them and how to be a counselor for them.

Starshine

Maria: kneeboarding, trying new horses, and talking with new people; Evie: funny, happy and silly summer; Dani: it was the BEST summer EVER, and I had an opportunity to learn more activities; JoJo: a year of opportunities that I love; Jaclyn: trying new things even if they scared me or were hard.

Sunnyside

Lia: getting into level 5 in swim and doing a walkover in gymnastics; Clara: fun! passing milestones! trying new things and making new friends!; Emilia: making new friends, trying new activities that I can’t do at home, and learning new things; Elyse: making new friends everywhere in every activity; being confident when trying new things; Indira: try new things and if you don’t like it, try again and maybe you will like it; Alice: trying new things, even if you think you will be bad at them; finding new people and new activities, and maybe even new foods; Julia: trying new things like sailing and learning more; Masyn: trying new things like fishing – it was hard at first and then I caught a walleye!; Mojo: trying new things again like riflery (I hadn’t done it for a few years) and riding (I rode a variety of horses).

Driftwood

Ana Roberta: making new friends and trying new things; Casi: trying sail race for the first time and making new friends; Ren: trying sailing and meeting new friends; Olivia: I tried fishing and improved in my activities; Maggie: I tried riflery and fishing this summer; I also took fishing, tried new activities, foods and made new friends; Delia (CIT): trying riflery and archery again

Treetops

Maria: different, fun, trying new things and meeting new people; Amelia: trying new things, taking different activities, going out of my comfort zone – it was SO fun!; Maddie H: trying new things (like banana creme pie) and experiencing camp; Hannah: fuego – getting to go to Cathy’s for being Clean Freaks; Olive: trying new activities (riflery) and re-opening a previous activity (archery); Maddie B: trying new things like pumpkin flavored foods; Lou (CIT): doing drama for one day, being a live-in CIT, and trying riding after 3 years

Hilltop

Norah: trying new things and being open to change (riding different horses); Julia: trying new activities (like sail race and kneeling in riflery) and trying to improve in the activities I already do; Sydney: trying archery; Karen: trying new things (wakeboarding and tennis) or giving previous activities another try (like riding); Clara: trying new things and being more confident in everything I do; Taylor: new experiences and stepping out of my comfort zone by taking more advanced classes (tennis and competing in sail race); Regi: a new summer full of memories, especially going the aqua tramp; Phoebe: trying new things and going out of my comfort zone.

Tamarack

Mariana: coming back was like it was my first year again; nostalgia and fun; Ana Lau: trying new things I have never done before even if I was afraid; Katherine: always trying to put the best version of myself forward and treating each day as if it were my last, helping others achieve life goals and working to achieve my own; Izzy: trying new activities, improving my skills, and getting to know my cabin better; Elizabeth: trying riflery for the first time and continuing to do it!; Ivana: I signed up for riding this year after being away from it for several summers; Amalia: trying and loving new activities like sail race and bonding with my cabin on cabin nights and in activities; Stella: trying new activities and learning new things; Vale: it was one of my favorite years because it was filled with great memories and incredible people.

Aquarius

Ivana: I learned to go out of my comfort zone, enjoying the now and being grateful for having an amazing space away from home where I can be with the people I love and doing my favorite activities; Robs: I tried a lot of different things for the first time like sailing and riding, and I loved them!; Lilah: trying new things and going out of my comfort zone (assisted in swimming, shot in the standing position in riflery, and worked on learning Spanish).

ENROLL for SUMMER 2025

While feelings are at an all time high from the summer, now is a GREAT time to enroll your camper/s for 2025 and reserve your spot/s: https://cwtp.campbrainregistration.com