Meet Mr. Nick St. John

They say you have just a few seconds to make a good impression, and it's almost impossible to ever change it. Well lucky for me the first camper at Camp Foley I met was Nick St. John. Nick tells me he has been coming to Camp Foley for 4 years, and it's the people that keep bringing him back! As a brand new Assistant Director here at Foley, these words were like music to my ears. When I asked Nick if he meant the other
campers or the staff he answered "both!" "Christina, Peter, and Austin are probably my favorite counselors, they always make sure you're having fun and involved in what’s going on."

This will be my first summer with Camp Foley and I share Nick’s enthusiasm to fast forward to summer. "I like coming to Camp Foley because the weather is cooler up there than in Arizona, it can be around 100 degrees so it’s not as fun to be outside." I was a little jealous when he told me he was wearing shorts all year round and I'm looking out the window to a frozen lake.

Nick and I share interests in all the activities at Camp Foley from
Paintball, Riflery, and Wakeboarding. The older kids might
want to look out for Nick on the speed ball course in Paintball - I
won’t give away his secrets but I think I have my work cut out for me
this summer.

When I think about what I would want my kids to get out of Camp Foley,
I'm happy to hear Nick's thoughts on how camp has changed him as a
person. "I'm more mature. It’s easier for me to make new friends and
I'm more outgoing." It’s not every day you hear a 12 year old boy say
he's more mature. It’s easy for us to think about Camp Foley as being a
summer getaway with all the great memories - From timidly arriving on
the bus the first day, to wishing you had just one more night to hang
out in your cabin with your new best friends. Nick and the other
campers will carry all of these memories with them for the rest of
their life, but what they don't realize today is the way Camp Foley
has given them the mold to becoming a more confident, responsible and
respectful person.

So whether you wear shorts year round or 'parka' is in your vocabulary,
keep June and July in your minds and I can’t wait to meet hundreds of new
friends!

- Adam Ashley, Assistant Director, Camp Foley