Camp Foley's The Gong Podcast

Episode 5: December '08

Alli Faricy — 22 Dec 2008 17:19:26 GMT

February Guest Hosts: Jenny Delaney, Chris Mathiowetz and Sean Gokey join Alli as guest hosts!

Day in the Life Of:This month we are talking with Mr. Bell Ding, the camp bell.

Did You Know - Christmas: Learn some interesting (and often times funny) facts about Christmas and its traditions.

Announcements Be sure to join us for the Pizza parties in Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis.

Sven and Ole: Meet Sven and Ole, Foley's Weathermen/Traffic Reporters. They will give you an update on Foleyland in the winter.

Caroling That's right! We are back with some singing! You won't want to miss (well maybe you do) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Chipmunk Song!

Episode 4: February '08

Alli Faricy — 8 Feb 2008 14:42:05 GMT

February Guest Hosts: Erik Mueller, Matt Kronschnabel, Rosie McCarty, Sarah Hines and Tali Driessen join Luke and Alli as guest hosts!

Meet Your Foley Counselors: A new segment so you can get to know who your Foley counselors will be! This month we started off with an interview of Laura Cadamagnani - a third year fox counselor that teaches Nature, Crafts and does Paintball Refereeing!

Day in the Life Of:This month we moved up to the land activities where we meet the strong and confident, John Climbery (the climbing wall) and Eugene (the little bouldering wall) that could.

Did You Know - Valentine’s Day: Learn all about where Valentine’s day originated, when the first cards were passed around and where and when the first commercial cards were made. Plus find out some crazy facts about the amount of candy we each eat every year!

This Month’s Did You Know Question: How many chocolate bars did we eat at camp this summer?

Announcements and Birthdays: Hear about some of the accomplishments of your fellow campers and staff as well as the happenings around camp! Find out who is having a birthday this month!

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we will continue with part 2 of our 3 part segment on the pack groups at camp by talking about Wolves! Learn all about what they eat, where they live and what they are known for. We have some special guest hosts that helped out with this segment!

Mail Call: We want to hear from you - drop us an Email (or facebook message)! Ask us questions, give us advice, let us know what is new with you and your camp friends, or let us know what you think about stuff at camp. We may read your email or answer your question on the next Podcast and we ALWAYS respond to every email!

Episode 3: January '08

Alli Faricy — 16 Jan 2008 16:27:45 GMT

Day in the Life Of: Sanka and Talula, two laid back paddle boards with a love of the water and their home land of Jamaica (you get to hear us sing again)!

Did You Know: New Years: Find out all you need to know about the origins of the modern day New Year including what the most popular resolutions are for kids that are the age of our campers. Be sure to email us your resolutions for next month’s podcast! We also finished out last month’s Tie Dye question by finding out what the most popular color at camp is!

Announcements and Birthdays: Hear about some of the accomplishments of your fellow campers and staff as well as the happenings around camp! Find out who is having a birthday this month!

Nature Nuts: A new segment all about the nature around camp. This month we will start things out with part 1 of our 3 part segment on the pack groups at camp by talking about Coyotes! Learn all about what they eat, where they live and what they are known for.

Invitation: We are going to be in Chicago, St. Louis and the Twin Cities and want to see you! If you have an idea for a segment let us know! We can meet you and record it! We already have some groups set up to meet so stay tuned for interviews, stories and lots of laughs with fellow campers and staff!

Outtakes: Luke and Alli mess up a lot when they do the podcast so we wanted to share a few of those outtakes with you. We deleted a lot of them but are going to do better at keeping them in the future for your enjoyment.

Episode 2: December '07

Alli Faricy — 13 Dec 2007 23:47:52 GMT

Day in the Life of: An active adventure with Dusty, an overworked push broom, and Sparkles, a smaller, daintier broom as they clean up from a particularly messy meal in the dining hall! Beware of Shaggy, the outside broom

Cooking: On a special cooking segment we will be cooking up Tin Foil Dinners and Rice Krsipie Treats YUMMMM!

Did You Know: Tie Dye find out all you need to know about the origins of tie dye, who used to wear it and why as well as find out the answer from last months Tater Tot Hotdish trivia question.

This month's Did You Know Question: What is the most popular color of Tie Dye at Foley?

Announcements: Hear about some of the accomplishments of your fellow campers and staff as well as the happenings around camp!

Twas the Night Before Camp: A dramatic reading of Foleys version of a holiday favorite!

Holiday Sing Along: Join Luke and Alli as they sing some of your favorite Christmas tunes and listen to a Hanukah favorite!

Episode 1: November '07

Alli Faricy — 13 Dec 2007 23:47:59 GMT

Day in the Life of: Learn all about Foley's 2 Ski Nautiques (Ulrich and Lena) and what life is like for them on an average summer day!

Interview: The Betlz kids (Peter, Kylie and Kevin) answer tough questions about what is like living up in the Northern woods all winter long!

Did You Know: Tater Tot Hotdish - The boys voted and TTHD wins as the favorite Foley dish. We will give you all sorts of stuff that you should know about TTHD!

This month's Did You Know Question: How many pounds of Tator Tots did we eat last summer? Email us your guess!

Announcements: Hear about some of the accomplishments of your fellow campers and staff as well as the happenings around camp!