At Camp Echo Lake we emphasize mutual friendship, respect, equality, and fun among all our campers and staff. That said, when you combine the like-minded camp community that we live in at camp, the deep friendship connections, and maybe a little Warm Inner Glow from…
With our first new camper get together, the New Camper Bowling Event, coming up, I have been thinking about all the pretty awesome FIRSTS our new campers will experience this summer – and some even before the summer! Your camp Big Brother or Big Sister…
This week we are featuring an article written by Jess Michaels on the New York Family Website titled Is Your Child Ready for Sleepaway Camp? This article gives great insight from experts in the camping industry and child development field, including our very own Co-Director Laurie…
With 2018 coming to a close, I find myself reflecting on this past year. Of course, camp is a huge part of my year, and I find it funny to think that I probably fit more action into those 51 days of summer than I…
August 31st, 2014, Shelburne Airport, Ireland. Approximately 4am. As I ascended the escalator in search of my gate, a man turns to me and queries “is that Echo Lake in Warrensburg?” It took me a second to process the question, I then realised that I…
