What a thrill to be able to shoot a bull's-eye using a bow and arrow! At the Foley Archery Range, campers are instructed in:

• Safety
• Equipment selection
• Proper stance
• Proper procedures of aiming, drawing, and release
• Scoring of targets
• Forearm guards and finger guards provided
• Awards challenging the beginner to the advanced shooter from the Camp Archery Association.

Join us on a journey of creativity. Let your imagination run wild! Create one-of-a-kind works of art. Talented art instructors help guide campers in completion of quality projects. What can you make? Although the projects vary from summer to summer, here is a list of some of our past projects…

• Sculpy Beads
• Tiffany Candle Jars
• Plaster Masks
• Printed Cloth Placemats
• Tye-Dyed Clothing
• Floss and Beaded Jewelry
• Beaded Key Chains
• Lanyards
• Seed Art
• Piatas
• Paper-mch Creations
• Painted Tiles
• Duct Tape
• Lanyards

Don't get lost in the woods! Use your senses and the knowledge you'll gain from Foley's camp craft classes to help make your outdoor excursions successful and fun!

Campers learn proper procedures for:

• Building camp fires
• Open fire cooking
• Propane stove cooking
• Backpack loading
• Choosing tent sites and establishing a base camp
• Low impact camping
• Basic wilderness survival
• Orienteering
• Whittling
• Knot tying

J-Stroke, C-Stroke or Draw? Learn the difference between these types of canoe strokes and glide effortlessly across Whitefish Lake!

Award progression ranges from novice to advance.

Campers learn:

• Basic parts of the canoe and paddle
• Basic strokes and usage
• Boarding and debarking
• Maneuvering successfully
• Safety and rescue procedures
• Campers can choose to sign-up for an extended day,
  overnight, or day canoeing trip adventure!

Instruction follows the guidelines of the American Canoe Association

You can challenge yourself and take safe physical risks on our awesome climbing tower! If you have never climbed or are already a climbing fan there is something for you on this tower!  We also have a bouldering wall to practice your moves and hone your skills.

• 38 feet tall
• Two sided
• One side has an overhang and an incline area
• Four basic routes
• Other more difficult routes available as marked
• Learn how to climb and how to belay

Is your best move off the diving board the belly flop? Have no fear at Foley! Try front dives, back dives and even special tricks from the 1-meter diving board.

• Quality instruction offered by staff with competitive diving experience.
• Instruction techniques and award progression adapted from Ron O'Brien's, former US Olympic Diving Coach, coaching methods
• Campers learn:
  • Body alignment and stance
  • Boardwork
  • Takeoff and approach
  • Balance and control
  • Basic dives in tuck, pike, and straight positions

Be whoever you want to be in the snap of a finger. Sing a solo out loud in front of the whole camp community! The stage is set…. dare to be in drama!

• The fun begins each session as campers chose to sign-up for a three-day activity sign-up or for the whole session and participate in the all-camp drama production!
• The shorter sign-up offers campers fun impromptu moments for their creativity to come alive. Quick skits and charades teach campers to be silly and develop other personas.
• The drama production allows all campers who want to participate be a part of the action. Try-outs are held for lead roles. Campers help to re-write roles and develop their own take on familiar plays. The final production is held for the whole camp community on the Sunday before campers depart.

Ever seen Zorro smoothly flip his sword around and think, "Hey that looks cool!" Well at Foley the word "Engarde" is held in high appreciation. Foley offers instruction in foil fencing and provides all the necessary safety equipment!

Campers learn:

• Safety
• Proper footwork for lunges, advancing, retreating, cross stepping, and some trickier moves.
• A variety of grips
• Offensive and defensive moves
• Inner-camp tournaments held at the end of the session.

Whether you take fishing seriously or do it as a leisure activity, there's nothing like feeling a tug on the end of your line! The exhilaration of reeling in the "big one" can be yours at Foley. You can also learn to cast a fly fishing line and tie your own flies.

• Use Johnson and Helix rods and reels and intricate lures
• Sign-up for a fishing activity period and learn about:
• Safety precautions
• Proper casting methods
• Hook removal
• Baiting
• Not in to the early mornings, but rather like the leisure pace of fishing? Sign-up for social fishing and enjoy kicking back on the docks with friends while you fish.
• The Whitefish Chain of Lakes has a variety of fish including Walleyes, Northern Pike, Bass, and various Panfish.

Strap on your helmet and jump on your bike! Peddle like mad as you go up and down Foley's own mountain biking off-road trails! Feel a thrill as you conquer "The Bowl"!

• Obstacle course to improve technical riding skills.
• Foley provides Trek mountain bikes of variety of sizes
• Off-road trails ranging from novice to advanced are located right on Foley property.
• Safety helmets are worn at all times.
• Campers learn:
• Basic bike maintenance
• Techniques for ascending or descending terrain
• Proper shifting techniques
• Learn how to "Bunny Hop" and other ways to go over obstacles like logs, etc.

• Campers can choose to sign-up for an extended day or overnight mountain biking trip adventure!

Surrounded by birch and pine tree forests, Foley provides a wonderful setting to learn about and experience nature at it's finest.

• Check out the broad collection of animal skulls and pelts in the Nature Center.
• Watch and learn from our resident animals – a variety of snakes and turtles.
• Experience the stillness of a forest.
• Stargaze on a beautiful clear night.
• Swim in a crystal clear sandy-bottomed lake.
• Catch a glimpse of a White-tailed Deer or Red Fox as they trot through the grounds.
• Be surrounded by the sounds of Loons, Owls, and many other birds.

Be the captain of your own boat as you smoothly glide along the water in your self-propelled playak, challenge each other in Paddle Board battles or relax on a four person paddle boat.

• Receive basic instruction in the use of double-bladed paddles and simple kayak-type boats.
• Learn how to maneuver your playak through experiential games and relays.
• Take quick trips around the lake.
• Fun and laughter!
• The Log! Try your skill at balancing on the free spinning center portion just like the lumberjacks used to do.

Be part of a team that is the first to capture the flag of your opponent and return it to your base! In this activity we will focus on using teamwork, making quick decisions, thinking strategically, learning to communicate under pressure and having a lot of fun!

• Tippmann 98 Markers, full face V-force goggles and quality paints

• 60' x 260' woods course and a 100' x 150' speedball course
  
• Play many types of games, all professionally run using American Paintball League standards.

Feel triumphant as you increase your target score with every shot!

• Before shooting a rifle, campers must complete our orientation class.
• Campers use .22 caliber rifles at our 50-foot regulation size range.
• Campers wear proper eye and ear protection.
• Campers learn:
• Safety rules
• Proper techniques of breathing, relaxing, aiming, squeezing, and shooting.
• Stances – Prone, Sit, Kneel, Stand
• How to score targets
• Awards are earned through the North Country Marksmanship Club, which is based on a national program.
• Campers have opportunities to participate in inner-camp tournaments and friendly matches with surrounding camps.

Camp Foley is the only camp in Minnesota, and perhaps the Midwest, where sailing instruction follows the US Sailing Association format. With only one to two campers per boat, campers are able to gain more hands-on experience and learn at a better and faster rate.

• Foley campers sail JY-15's, Catalina 14s and Escape Mangos
• Campers can choose to sail between 1 to 3 hours every day!
• Basic land instruction using videos and drills given prior to going to boats.
• Learn:
•     Launching and landing from dock
•     Proper tacking and gibing
•     Proper body positions
•     How to read the wind
•     Sail positions
•     Sail trim
•     Sail racing techniques and skills
• Sailors can sign-up for Sail Racing and participate in Regattas with surrounding camps.
• All campers can choose to take instructional sailing classes on any of the boats
• Younger campers can enjoy sailing by riding along with our staff or experienced older campers.
• Advanced sailors learn how to fly a spinnaker.
• Foley sailing instructors are trained in US Sailing Association teaching techniques and all campers log their experiences in the Certification Record Book published through US Sailing .
• Become familiar with great sailing colleges

Design, plan, cut, drill, sand, hammer, glue, create, embellish…become a woodworker! Start with a basic and boring piece of wood and end up with a creative personally designed masterpiece! 

• Learn the proper procedure and safety precautions for basic woodworking hand tools.
• Power tools including a Jig Saw, Band Saw, Drill Press and a Power Sander.
• Skilled shop instructors help guide campers in their completion of quality projects.
• What can you make? Although the projects vary from summer to summer, here is a list of some of our past projects...
• Treasure Boxes
• Baskets
• Note Pad and Pencil Holders
• Marionettes
• Flower Presses
• Rockets
• Pine Cars – For the popular Pinewood Derby!
• Sailboats
• Wind Catchers
• Miniature Totem Poles
• Cup Holders
• CD Boxes

Imagine the sensation of floating on air...but hey, what's that? A fish! You're not floating on air; you're floating in the water! Enjoy the view and breathe easily through your snorkel as your fins propel you along.

• A variety of different sized masks and fins are available.
• Campers learn how to effectively use a mask, fin, and snorkel.
• Snorkel along a sandbar.
• Find hidden treasures!
• Play games!

Enjoy the refreshing feel of clean and cool water on a nice warm day! Participate in a game of water basketball! What about those fun inner tubes and noodles?

• All campers have plenty of opportunities to have a blast swimming and playing in Whitefish Lake.

Master a skill! Perfect a shot! Learn to work together!

• Learn and master basic techniques in all levels of the various sports.
• Learn proper stretching methods.
• Participate in intra-camp tournaments or friendly inter-camp competitions.
• Learn valuable sportsmanship and teamwork skills that can last a lifetime.
• Learn that competition is not the only aspect of sports, that there are other more important things to learn!
• Quality equipment available for use.
• Experienced coaches realize the importance of increasing skill knowledge and helping campers to feel successful.
• What team sports does Foley have to offer? Check it out…

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Floor Hockey
• Horse Shoes
• Human Foosball
• LaCrosse
• Sand Volleyball
• Soccer
• Softball
• Tetherball
• Ultimate Frisbee

Test your faith and trust in your cabin mates as you journey to the Teams Course on Foley grounds. Gain confidence as your group successfully crosses "The Spider Web".

• Foley's teams course provides several elements where campers can experience simple success and feel confident in their abilities.
• Trained and experienced instructors
• Safety enforced at all times
• Find these elements and others on our course:
• All Aboard
• Trust Bridge
• Trust Fall
• Trolleys

Serve an ace! Try your hand at tennis and be amazed at the skills you can acquire!

• Experienced trained instructors coach campers in beginner to advanced levels.
• Bring your own racquet or borrow one of Foley's.
• Learn:

• Basic game strategy
• Safety
• Rules and scoring
• Techniques for serving
• Techniques for volleys

• Play doubles or singles!
• Instruction and award progression based upon United States Tennis Association
• NEW courts built in 2007!

Feel victorious as you successfully hit the clay pigeons and watch them break one after another!

• Campers receive orientation before shooting.
• Use 20 gauge shotguns.
• 2 Electric clay pigeon throwers can be adjusted to ability levels.
• Wear eye and ear protection.
• Campers learn:
• Safety rules
• Proper shotgun techniques of swinging through the lead, or sustained lead.

Pack your camping gear and join your friends on some exciting trips!

• Are you eleven years or older?Choose a backpacking adventure!Choose a canoeing adventure!Choose a mountain biking adventure! Discover the art of open fire and propane stove cooking with cuisine to fill and appease the most active adventurer!
• Some of our past trips have found Foley trippers travelling to and exploring:
  Crow Wing River
  Mississippi River
  Pine River
  Savanna State Forest
  Pillsbury State Forest
  Itasca State Park
  Foothills State Forest
  Chippewa National Forest
  Chequamegon National Forest
  Lake Superior Hiking Trails
  Jay Cooke State Park
  Split Rock State Park
  Echo Lake – Foley's own private wilderness reserve of 160 acres
  Tipi Island – Foley's own private island located on Whitefish Lake

• Campers of all ages are also able to experience camping-out by going on sleepovers to our in-camp treehouses and tent sites with their cabin groups. By making an evening snack over the campfire, playing night games, and then sleeping in a treehouse or tent, campers are able to have a fun experience in camping.

Foley has a great ski program. Kids get to ski! You can ski almost every day if you want! This isn't true at all summer camps.

• Foley water-ski program was highlighted in the March 1996 issue of WaterSki and ranked as one of the top 100 summer camp water-ski programs in the United States!
• Camp Foley was specifically noted as one of the TOP eleven summer camp water-ski programs in the United States!
• Try wake boarding!
• Try barefooting!
• Try tricks on the disc!
• Two 2006 Ski Nautique ski boats running every activity period.
• Booms used for instructional work.
• Quality equipment available and a variety of sizes.
• Trained instructors
• Award ribbons can be earned based on the National Water Ski Association program.
• Work up from Beginner to Expert

Catch the right wind and you are on your way to a successful day of windsailing! What a rush as you breeze by others, controlling your own destination!

• Extra wide Starboard boards
• Sails ranging from 3.2 to 6 meters
• On-land simulator and videos used for instructional purposes
• Campers can participate in inner-camp races and regattas with surrounding camps.
• Progressive awards available from novice to advance.
• Campers learn:
• Proper stance
• Wind direction
• Tacking
• Sailing techniques for going up and down wind

• Qualified and experienced instructors guiding campers from docks and small boats.

Instruction based upon US Sailing, Teach Windsurfing Right!