Earlier last month, we introduced Camp Echo Lake’s Foundations. This week we are highlighting one of our foundations, Safety. Safety: “Protect It” As Echo Lakers we prioritize physical, emotional, social, and psychological safety in everything we do and in every interaction, we have. Why? You can’t have…
In last week’s blog post we introduced Camp Echo Lake’s Foundations. This week we are highlighting one of our foundations, Resilience. Resilience “Stay in it” As Echo Lakers we learn from mistakes, setbacks, and failures and keep going even when things are tough. Please…
Any well-built structure begins with a strong foundation. A foundation is the underlying base, the support, or the ground upon which something is built. When people ask us what the Camp Echo Lake values are or what Dedicated to Human Development means, we look to our…
Jake Sussman has spent 13 summers at Echo Lake as both a camper and a staff member. Jake now spends his time writing lifestyle and opinion pieces for various websites. Below is an article Jake wrote which compares his experiences at Echo Lake to the…
After another great reunion this year, I am reminded how much fun it is to get together with camp friends and reminisce about old memories, while making new ones. Whether it is the official reunion, or other get-together opportunities, getting together with Echo Lakers from…
