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About Eagle's Nest
FOUNDATION
Eagle's Nest Camp and Hante Adventures are programs of the Eagle's Nest Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing experiential education programs for young people for over 80 years. Along with The Outdoor Academy (an academic semester school for 10th grade students which operates during the fall, winter and spring when camp is not in session) our Eagle’s Nest Camp and Hante Adventures work to provide a special place where campers, staff members and students find themselves belonging to a community of people whose mission is to promote the natural world and the betterment of human character.
Eagle's Nest is a small camp with a capacity of 158 campers each session. We maintain a quality program within a ratio of three or four campers to one counselor. Eagle’s Nest is a progressive camp which strives to provide a fun and enriching growth experience for our campers. When you read our literature, absorb our philosophy, and look at our varied lists of activities, you will get an idea of the many different ways to use your talents at Eagle's Nest. The opportunity is there; the making is up to you.
COMMUNITY
The most important activity of all at Eagle's Nest is not even listed on the activity sheet. This activity is the community life itself. Communal life is most closely experienced within the four walls of the cabins. Good cabin counseling is at the heart of camp life and counselors live in the cabins with the campers. Communal living is also found within our table families, tribes and activity groups. Community, and a place of belonging, exist throughout Eagle’s Nest. This strong sense of community is what leads many campers and staff members to consider Eagle’s Nest a second “home”.
In our camp community, attitude is very important as is a willingness to work hard, be flexible, be positive, and put the community first. It is also important to have a desire to support others and develop your own potential during the 9-weeks of residential summer camp. At Eagle's Nest you will need to be self motivated and hardworking; if you are, you will reap MANY rewards.
Our program is created by you and guided by the camp and foundation leadership. Staff members help to create the programs and curriculum for the classes that they teach and for the all-camp activities. They are also very involved with creating the general “vibe” and tone that is set for the community which includes helping find solutions to challenges that arise and also creating opportunities of FUN for the whole community. There is a hierarchy at Eagle’s Nest which is guided by a selected camp leadership who is responsible for upholding the safety and integrity of our program in accordance with the guidance of the American Camp Association (which accredits our camp) and the expectations of our campers’ parents. As an accountable organization we hire staff members who are cognizant of the many needs required of an institution that cares for children.