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Open House Bring-A-Buddy Competition: Hammock on the Line

Campout is a great time for campers to chill out, enjoy the outdoors, and get to know one another better. What better way to hang out and relax than in your very own backpacking style hammock! For the past 2 … Continue reading

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Give Your Friends a Chance to Find Out Why Strong Rock Rocks!

The 2013 Open House will be on March 10th from 1:30 – 5:30. This is the perfect opportunity for your friends to spend a day at camp with you! Guests will tour camp, meet the staff, owners and directors all … Continue reading

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Finding The Perfect Role Model

That is the goal. It’s the task set before us each winter and spring as we look for those shining stars who could provide an awesome example for the young people that attend camp each summer. A daunting task it … Continue reading

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Cooking Corner: Monkey Bread

I love to cook and enjoy trying new recipes. Sometimes I look at several different recipes online, change the ingredients a bit, and come out with something better (or in some cases worse) than the original. One of my favorite … Continue reading

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2012 Bowl Bonanza

Let the Bowls begin! Join in the fun as campers and staffers try to beat Rambo, Bacon, Rebecca and Lily Belle in our annual Bowl Bonanza Contest. Bragging rights are on the line as well as some really cool prizes. … Continue reading

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Tribal Pride: Waya or Awahili?

Tribal competitions are a big part of our program. Tribal songs, cheers, and chants are always a part of nightly competitions. Long standing cheers are a part of the tribal tradition at Strong Rock, however each summer campers and staff … Continue reading

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Beautiful Seasons

If you’ve never been to camp in the fall, you are missing a spectacular treat. The trees and landscape that we run through, hide in and call our home during the summer turn into a phenomenally beautiful backdrop for retreat … Continue reading

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Camp is just plain cool

What makes camp so awesome? Is it the cabins, the food, the games, the skills, the directors, the facilities, the counselors or the other campers? Ask 50 different campers and you will likely get at least 30 different answers. One … Continue reading

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Make Up Your Mind

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit” Romans 8:5 Have you ever heard … Continue reading

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Now that it is over

For me, summer and camp are synonymous words. When camp ends, summer ends, though the calendar does not think summer is officially over for another month. It has never been an easy time for me, this camp-to-the-part-of-the-year-that-is-not-camp transition. Maybe it’s … Continue reading

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