Foley Encounter in St. Louis!

Symi and Annie at the concert.

Symi B. was in St. Louis with her family and was desperately trying to meet up with Annie E! (Both girls attend Camp Foley's Third and Fourth Session.) All hope appeared lost as snow and Annie's school schedule were proving difficult to schedule around. Symi's family headed into the city for a surprise concert, Owl City. They arrived a bit late, after the opening act, when someone in the crowd shouted "SYMI!" That's right, it was none other than Annie! Despite not being able to plan a time to meet up, the girls ended up being at the same concert in St. Louis.

Cabin Menominee in 2012
(Annie far left,Symi far right)

We ask ourselves, is there anything better than a reunion with camp friends? It doesn't matter if it's a big group or a small group, there is always a lot of fun to be had! Why? The answer is simple: Camp friends are the best! Even after you've grown out of camp, reunions with camp friends are the best kinds. They always involve a lot of laughter as you remember summers past and crazy times as you create new memories with good friends.

When was the last time you met up with camp friends? If you've had any Foley reunions lately (big or small!) make sure to share them with us. Email us: Tell us what you did and share a picture!

Back in the day...

Alli here, reporting in about reunions and gatherings with campers, staff and alums. This month we have a great example of how camp friendships hover around like that last beam of sunlight when you are trying to sneak in a final ski run before the sun goes down. When I added up the approximate years that this group of people attended, worked or otherwise helped out around camp it equaled more than 85 years! That doesn't even count the years that their kids have attended. Needless to say this is a very dedicated group of friends who we are happy to call part of the Foley Family.


The following all-star Foleyites got together for, as Beth put it, a "super fun afternoon/evening of ice skating, snow shoeing, snowmobiling and a bonfire at the Hughes'."

Future Foleyites (The Kids of all the Alums)

I have bolded the Foley Alums
Mary (Burnett) & Chad Jurgens
Pat & Chrisy (Barnett) Hughes
Brad & Jen Yerhot
Beth (Berger) & Andy Foster
Mollie (Juelich) & Drew Wulff
Nancy (Hughes) & Peter Kotovic Peter and Kym Kronschnabel (technically Kym is now an Alum, too, as she attended the 2010 Triathlon - welcome to the crew, Kym (you are in trouble now)!

Beth continued to say, " It was a lot of fun having our kids enjoying playing together outside on the lake." We hope that this enthusiasm for the outdoors and dedication to each other continues on long enough to see your grand kids play together in much the same way. I know from a personal level that many of these people have enhanced my own Foley experience and I hope all the readers out there take a minute to think about those great Foley campers and staff that created lasting memories and allowed for irreplaceable friendships.

Thanks to Mary Jurgens for the photo and giving us the heads up about the reunion. As always, let me know about your Foley get-togethers and hopefully you will see your name on the next "Rattlin' Blog".


Alli Faricy, Director