My name is Caroline (I’m the one on the right!) and I’m 15 years old. There is nothing I like to do more than to brag about my favorite place in the entire world – Tyler Hill Camp! I live in New York City and I go to Fieldston High School. My favorite activities are hanging out with my friends and having a good time! My favorite sports are softball and basketball and I like to sing and dance too.
I have been going to Tyler Hill for 8 years and it has truly shaped me into the person I am today and I don’t know where I would be without it. Going to Tyler Hill was the best decision my family and I have ever made and I am so excited to return as a 9th year camper next summer and continue to grow with my Tyler Hill family.
1) What is the number #1 thing you love most about camp?
I really don’t think it’s possible for me to narrow my list of things I love about camp to only one thing! However, the things I love most about camp are the everlasting friendships and unforgettable memories I have made at Tyler Hill.
2) What was the funniest thing that happened to you at camp?
The funniest thing that has happened at camp actually occurred this past summer. My division (Teen Girls) had to dress up like the contestants on the show “Toddlers and Tiaras” for our divisional sing theme. We wore the most ridiculous clothes and even more ridiculous make up. Everyone in the camp was staring at us! It was so funny! We had such a great time doing it!
3) What is your favorite memory from last summer?
My favorite memory from last summer was on the last night of camp. My whole division stayed up the whole night and we watched the sunrise together. We reminisced about past summers and all of our favorite times at camp.
4) Describe camp using only 3 words:
Friendship — Perfection — Family
5) What are you most looking forward to doing this summer?
I am going to be in the oldest division this coming summer! Yay! And I know my division will really step-up and lead the camp. I am especially excited to work with the younger campers because they are so much fun and they remind me of who I was back in 2004 when I first started at camp. Lead by example!
This past weekend our Tyler Hill 10th and 11th grade campers spent the weekend at camp with us for our annual “Indian Summer” weekend. Although rain was forecasted, the sun was shining all weekend long as we gathered with our campers to reminisce about this past summer, plan ahead for Summer 2012 and just hang out and enjoy each other’s company!
Flag football, a roaring campfire, delicious meals and being surrounded by our summer family were the centerpieces to the weekend. It was so great to have just one more weekend together after the summer season ended. We were thrilled to see and to be with all of our old friends — but sad (again!) to say good-bye…
Now the countdown truly begins until the summer of 2012. Check out these photos of our awesome weekend taken by none other than one of our campers and Indian Summer participant, Jordyn!!! Thank you Jordyn for taking such FABULOUS photos!!!
It’s school time again! Like us, you’re probably feeling a little sad that camp is over and school has begun. Back to the books & homework, counting down the days until we can come back to our summer home and all our great friends – both new and old! So to help you daydream about camp, check out some of these great photo highlights and tune in to our YouTube video channel HERE to relive all your favorite camp memories!
Just like you wrote letters home during the summer, why not write letters to camp? We’d love to hear from you! Are you starring in your school’s theater production? Did you make the lacrosse team? Send us your updates to be included in a future blog post! Submissions can be sent to letters@camptlc.com.
Before you know it, camp will be right around the corner again! Hey, it’s only 276 days until camp begins again!
Camp POWER, a program through the Country Roads Foundation, is a one-week, fully funded, overnight camp experience for 150 kids from East New York and Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Driven by a volunteer staff, coming from far and wide, Camp POWER this year will take place at Tyler Hill Camp once our summer season has ended.
Slade Sohmer, a former Tyler Hill camper & Counselor (from age 7 yrs – 22 yrs) became involved with Camp Power last year. According to Slade “It was an amazing week. I was a bunk counselor as well as the head judge and Olympics coordinator. After the session ended last summer, I introduced Scot (from Camp POWER) to Andy and Wendy, and the deal was made to bring POWER to THC. What better way to exemplify Tyler Hill’s STARFISH values? I will be there this summer and I honestly just can’t wait!”
Camp POWER campers are not only given a week away from their turbulent neighborhoods, but more importantly, they learn about themselves, their counselors’ different backgrounds and the world outside their neighborhoods they don’t see very often.
Through our STARFISH Values Program we teach our THC campers that each individual can make a difference. Hosting Camp POWER this summer and other events throughout the year just like this, shows our campers that when each person does his or her part, together the impact is amazing!
On a scale of 1-10, our Visiting Day was a 12! We could not have ordered better weather if we tried!
Everyone was so excited! Parents were running down the hill towards their children who were anxiously waiting!!! Hugs and kisses were happening all over as our campers couldn’t wait to share all their wonderful camp experiences with their families.
Parents met their child’s counselors, friends and were able to see and do the things their child enjoys doing most at camp. Some campers and their families choose to just hang-out on the lawn and talk all day while others water-skiied, swam, went boating or played tennis. This is one of our favorite days of the summer!
Everyone was very happy with the day and especially with our top-notch staff. Rave reviews about the day were echoed as Visiting Day came to a close and we ended the day with our traditional super-soaker water fight throughout camp… As many campers have said over and over again to their parents “Thank you for sending me to Tyler Hill!!! This is the best summer I’ve ever had!”
We had a fantastic day with our ‘Rookies’ last week! We had a group of prospective Tyler Hill’ers join us for a day of fun, friendship and excitement.
Rookie Day is a one day program where we invite prospective campers to participate with other prospective and current campers in a typical day at camp. Parents start the day with their children. Then, as the children go off with their counselors and new friends for a power packed day of activities, parents get a complete tour of Camp, get to meet our staff and speak with the Directors Wendy and Andy. After that, it’s time for Parents to have some fun! Enjoy local sites, engage in some of the area’s activities and have lunch in town on us! They return later in the afternoon to pick up their “camper”, who we hope will be our future Tyler Hill Camper!
We have another Rookie Day right around the corner on Saturday, July 30th – Give us a call at (570) 224-4131 to register and join us for a day full of fun! Check out the video below from one of our Rookie Days from last summer and see what Tyler Hill is all about!
We were so excited for the summer to begin!!!! The buses pulled in through the gates filled with smiles that ran the entire length of the bus – We’ve been waiting for this day, and it finally arrived! Opening Day Summer 2011!!! Screams of joy & laughter filled the air with so many hugs for old friends, counselors and sheer excitement of what’s to come over the next few weeks. HELLO Tyler Hill Campers!!!! We’re so glad our summer family is back together again for another season filled with fun & adventure!
What am I forgetting?!? Ugh….. Yes, the panic of “What am I forgetting?” settles in as you ready your child for camp while you go over all the various piles of things that he or she will need this summer.
But I can tell you that probably the most important thing you can pack for your child is a sense of confidence and reassurance that your child will have an amazing time while at camp this summer. Remind them that although you will not be there, Wendy & Andy and the rest of the THC team of counselors, group leaders & support staff will be there for them and that they are not alone.
Camp will provide your child with the added self-confidence, self-esteem and resilience that comes from doing things that sometimes takes them out of their comfort zone. You can’t over-estimate the benefit for a child that comes from getting through a challenge without mom or dad. Wendy & Andy and the rest of the THC team are there to help them to do just that, and to do it successfully!
So, as you go over the various piles of all the camp necessities that are scattered throughout your living room and pack them up in your child’s duffle bags, don’t forget to pack your child up with a bit of “can do” attitude and a dose of positive spirit! The positive changes in your child of having spent a summer of fun and adventure, and making new friends, will make it clear – It was all well worth it!
We are so proud to write here about Hannah Resnick, our own Tyler Hill sophomore, who this year founded a charity called Art from the Heart.
Hannah learned about Sunrise Day Camp, a Long Island day camp for children who are afflicted with cancer. Hannah invited the director to her home to try learn even more about the camp and all that they do for their very special campers. She found out that this day camp is the only dedicated day camp in the nation for children with cancer. It is a camp especially designed to meet the emotional, social, recreational and physical needs of these children who have cancer while allowing them to enjoy the comforts and safety of their own homes at night. Hannah decided that she was going to make a difference for children with cancer; she got creative and started a charity! And thus Art from the Heart was born.
Art from the Heart held a fundraiser/event last month in Huntington, NY. Andy and I, along with the girls, stopped by and it was packed with friends and family who wanted to support Hannah and her incredible organization. We hope to bring Art from the Heart to Tyler Hill this summer…so look out for more details from camp!
What a great day it was during our Open House this past weekend! All of our new campers & parents arrived to camp for a fun-filled day full of activities for both our incoming campers and their parents! After everyone arrived, Wendy and Andy divided everyone into groups for tours led by our Head Counselors & Division Leaders. (They even got a sneak peak at some of the awesome new facilities we’re unveiling this summer like our new tennis courts!)
After the tours, everyone met back for a fantastic BBQ where we ate hamburgers, hotdogs, watermelon – You name it – We ate it!
After lunch, Andy spoke to the parents about what to expect during their camper’s first summer here at Tyler Hill and how to become a “good camp parent” while the kids are away at camp.
The day definitely got everyone excited for camp. Fun was had by all as the beaming faces exited Tyler Hill. But it’s only for a short time because we’ll be seeing everyone back here at camp in just 16 days!
