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If you want to keep up with what’s going on at Allegany Boys Camp, you’ll love the free newsletter. Subscribers get it in their email every 6 weeks, or you can read past issues right here on this page. When you subscribe, here’s what you’ll get:

Articles


Articles by staff explaining parts of the camp program

Adventure Learning


A feature showing educational projects campers have been doing, with essays and photos by the campers themselves.

Camp Kindling


Camp news updates and current needs

Browse the Archive

Boys thrive on the clear boundaries, rich relationships, and creative problem solving that happens at camp. Some benefits of camp that are hard to find anywhere else:

April 2020

  • “Not a Slave, But a Son”
  • Learn about the Mountaineer’s Fish Tank Project
  • How does the Coronavirus affect camp? Please pray with us about having our boys return to camp soon!

February 2020

  • Read the article “The Bible Speaks to Boys” and learn how scripture is a very important part of the work at camp
  • Check out the Camp Kindling section to find out about camp news and needs

December 2019

  •  â€śBoys, Staff, and Money”
  • Photos of current camp staff

October 2019

  • A camper’s mother shares
  • Hear from the Mountaineer group about their recent hiking trip to the White Mountains
  • Read the Camp Kindling section to find out about camp news and need

September 2019

  • A camper and his mother shares about their camp experience.
  • Adventure learning: the Mountaineer’s Early American History Bus Trip

July 2019

  • Hear from Luke and his parents about how camp impacted their lives
  • Read articles about the Pioneer’s recent bus trip
  • Details about our upcoming Open House on August 3

April 2019

  • Hear from a former camper and his dad about how camp impacted their lives
  • Learn about ways that you can help to support camp

January 2019

  • We are giving an update and sharing pictures about our chuckwagon project.
  • 100-Year-Old White Oaks Become Chuckwagon

December 2018

  • Our annual Christmas newsletter highlights the staff that work at Allegany Boys Camp.

November 2018

  • Read about Entrance Tent and what makes it important
  • Hear from several campers about their recent hiking and canoe trips
  • Find out about ways that you can support camp

October 2018

  • Learn about Crafts Tent and the importance of this tent in campsite
  • Hear from one of the campers about what he learned from Mountain Man Merle

September 2018

  • Find out what happens in Wood Corral
    Hear from a former camper about his time back at camp

June 2018

  • “Therapeutic Sleeping” & what happens in sleep tent
  • Our bob white quail project that we did this spring
  • Find out the details about our upcoming Open House

May 2018

  • Read about the Cooktent in campsite
  • Find out how many trees were planted at Camp this spring

February 2018

  • A few answers to Freezing Questions
  • Find out who is coming and going at camp
  • An article on Respect For Authority

December 2017

  •  "A Dash Through The Decades"
  • Current Staff

October 2017

  • Practice Makes Perfect… Or At Least Progress”
  • “Knot Tying”

September 2017

  • Read about the 5th and final step in problem solving
  • How to start a fire with a bow and drill
  • Find out who is coming and going at camp

July 2017

  • Step 4 in problem solving
  • Our newest sanctuaries at camp

June 2017

  • “Problem Solving 3.0: Choose A Solution”
  • “Educational Trips”

April 2017

  • Learn about step 2 in problem solving
  • Read boys’ articles about wilderness survival
  • Find out who is coming and going at camp

March 2017

  • The first step of problem solving
  • The joys of pure maple syrup
  • Ways you can pray for camp

February 2017

  • “Image Bearers Through Relationship”
  • “Orienteering”

November 2016

  • Apple Butter Days
  • Trees

October 2016

  • God is Good
  • Honey Bee

August 2016

  •  Father/Son Hiking Trip
  • Poison Ivy

July 2016

  • My Day With A Group
  • Butterfly

June 2016

  • Problem Solving
  • Fish

April 2016

  • Structures
  • Birds

March 2016

  • Groupwork
  • Solar System

February 2016

  • My Camp Stay
  • Snowflakes

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