The Camp Echo Lake Trail

Back at the Lake with BCJ: Reconnecting with Camp Friends!

Posted by on December 13, 2021

Hi Echo Lakers!  Happy December! What an exciting time of year we find ourselves in between all of the holidays and festivities! I hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of 2021 and taking advantage of all the opportunities to be surrounded by family…

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How to Help Your Camper Adjust from their Summer Home to being Home

Posted by on August 14, 2021

How to Help Your Camper Adjust from their Summer Home to being Home (NOTE: This article was originally posted in the summer of 2014. It is being tweaked to add some Summer 2021 specifics and republished to offer a refresher to parents for their children’s arrival…

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Letters from Amy: Counting Down to Camp

Posted by on March 12, 2021

Wowee and ZOWEE! You have to know that this 83 year old is almost ready to JUMP OUT OF HER SKIN!!! Last summer with NO CAMP I was practically in tears! I was crying for our campers. I was crying for our staff! I was…

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Keeping Up With Kelly: Game Changers: How Small Moments can Make a Huge Impact

Posted by on March 5, 2021

Camp is filled with a number of big events. We have fireworks on the 4th of July, Halloween, Carnival, Campfires and many more.  It is easy to map your way through a summer at CEL using these big events as milestones. However, throughout my 15…

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Talking Summer with Sam: New Year’s Resolutions

Posted by on January 19, 2021

The start of any year brings hope, optimism and for me, the moment when I start counting down to camp in days rather than weeks and months. This year is no different! At the time of writing there are 157 days until Summer 2021 officially…

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