The First Full Day of Boys Camp is always exciting. We started our day with an inspiring flag raising led by Cabin C7, a group of our Avail Seniors. After...

Written by Asher Abrahms You and Me is a tribute to the American Youth Foundation and its National Leadership Conference at Camp Miniwanca. I’m grateful to know so many AYF...

At the ring of the bells this morning, enthusiastic campers huddled in their tribes in the hollow to fill the morning air with tribal cheers and a frenzy of positive...

We enjoyed a wonderful opening day of Miniwanca Boys Camp! The staff awoke to thunder and rain, but held fast to the belief that our director Adam states every day,...

Rainy weather woke Miniwanca this morning, but the sun pushed through the clouds this afternoon to welcome our campers with rays of joy! After making their way through registration tables in...

By Anna Kay Vorsteg As we make ready for the program season ahead, it feels important to name a societal trend that is changing the context of the communities through...

By Adam Russell As an incoming intern back in 1999, the one thing that really captured my attention at Miniwanca was its strong sense of place.  I’d had years of...

By Hannah Patterson “Oh we’ve got a camp that’s built on sand…” The sand dunes create an integral part of Miniwanca’s landscape. After all, we’re not calling this blog the...

By Will Shelton Miniwanca offers a lot of unique programs and activities that set us apart from other camps. We have amazing leadership programs; the National Leadership Conference, and the...

1,000. That’s the number of work-hours members of the Miniwanca family donated to camp during the largest ever Volunteer Weekend. As you’re letting that settle in for a moment, please...

Curated by Hannah Patterson On my way to work this morning, I was perusing Facebook when an article posted in the Summer Camp Professionals group caught my eye – How...

Hey everyone, its Chris Farrar here with a special guest posting! I work at Miniwanca as the Four Trails Program Coordinator. It’s so much fun to work with our trip...

by Hannah Patterson Today I sat down with Will Shelton, Boys Camp Coordinator. Or more accurately, I looked to the right of my desk where he sits at his desk....

Curated by Hannah Patterson Through the years I worked at both Miniwanca and Merrowvista, our sister camp in New Hampshire, one of the most helpful things I have found to...

Curated by Hannah Patterson Summer camp culture in the United States has long operated on the premise that campers take something important away from their time at camp, whether it...

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