Camp Corner - October 2020

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See whats new at SNC this fall

Greetings, from Fall / School Camp.
Due to COVID, SNC had the opportunity for the 1st time in 25 years to hold a school/fall camp. We thought that this was a wonderful chance for campers to come to camp and do camp activities once school was over. We have a total of 17 campers and 9 staff here. At first, it took some getting into the swing of studying but now things are smooth sailing and everyone enjoys the socialization and the activities. We started with warm temps and a chance to go swimming, and most recently we had a snow ball fight with nightly lows in the teens...BRRRR.

Camp started in the fall but quickly turned to winter!

See all Fall Camp pictures on Facebook

We would love to see your Pumpkin Creations, Please post your pumpkins on our Facebook page.

Camp 2021

Sorry for the delay in opening up the 2021 summer camp application but we have been busy at fall camp. Please note that the dates are one week later than the 2020 season and that our prices have increased for the 1st time in over 10 years. Since we do not know what the future holds, we believe that COVID-19 will still be with us in 2021, so at this time, the protocols that worked to keep us safe in 2020 will be in place again in 2021.

Be sure to see all the 2020 Photos

Changes at SNC
Last newsletter we had you guess what the picture was of.... Well, it is the new floor that is in the Dining Hall, Heath Center & the Boys Bathroom. It sure makes those areas more cheery. We also resurfaced the DH table tops to make them new and shiny.

Making Snow Men at SNC

Bubba enjoys a fall day

Exciting News
After 25 years of having the same old miserable piano in the Ox Barn, we have upgraded to even an older piano. That's right, with the help of the fall camp boys we managed to move a new to us 400lb piano. In the above photo, Justin is helping to put it back together so that it sounds as good as it did the first day it was manufactured in 1906.

1906 Whitney Piano
The Whitney Piano & Supply Company of Chicago was established in1890 by the Whitney Family. In 1895 the Kimball Piano Company acquired the Whitney company to produce a more affordable piano. They were made for over 100 years until Kimball went out of business in 1996.

This particular piano was donated to camp in fall 2020. Inside the piano are 2 handwritten initials & dates: 1926 and 1948. This is when we assume it was tuned.
With a piano this old, we will all have to take care of it being careful to play and not pound on its key board so it can last another 100 years.

Here is a thought: since the Whitney was made, 5 states have been added to the USA and the population of our country was 85 million.

Justin Surprised he needed a hat with a Hawaiian Shirt.

Justin Says...At the end of summer camp 2019,

as we all said goodbye to SNC for the year and

started to make plans of returning in 2020,

we did not anticipate an obstacle quite like COVID-19. Read More

Nick, trying to stay warm in front of the ovens at SNC.
Nick Says...As the summer of 2020 came to a close, we had many reasons to be grateful here at Swift Nature Camp. We were grateful for the families who sent their...Read More