Camp Foley's The Gong Podcast

Episode 15: April '10

Camp Foley — 15 Apr 2010 19:05:13 GMT

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means. Special guest hosts Emily H and Caroline S

Did You Know - Disney Characters

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Staff Interview: Meet Dr. Earth, Foley's in house Earth specialist.

KICKS - Aly S CIT interview, Melissa F and Annie E interview.

Nature Nuts Earth Day (April 22) is upon us! Find out some facts that are very environmentally friendly.

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 14: March '10

Camp Foley — 10 Mar 2010 22:39:11 GMT

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means.

Did You Know - Dangerous Jobs

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: A remix of Celtic Jam in honor St. Patrick's Day.

KICKS - A LIT3 Interview with Vanna G.

Top Ten: This month the list tackles the Top Ten Disney Movies with guest host Trey T.

Episode 13: February '10

Camp Foley — 10 Feb 2010 21:11:44 GMT

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means.

Did You Know - Olympics: Find out what the some of the most interesting Olympic facts are as we get ready to watch the 2010 winter games in Vancouver.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: Top songs of 2009.

Meet Your Staff Find out all about Justin K as we interview him at the Minneapolis Pizza Party.

Top Ten: This month the list tackles the Top Ten Disney Heros.

Episode 12: January '10

Camp Foley — 19 Jan 2010 21:14:32 GMT

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means.

Did You Know - New Years: Find out what the some of the most interesting new years facts are.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: This month Chris and Alli tackle the blues (Chris on Guitar and Alli on Harmonica) with back up lyrics by Jenny and Sean.

KICS: A segment that was written and performed by some of our wonderful campers. This month they we hear about a favorite meal and have some singing of graces as well as the "Audio Ninja"!

Whitefish Lake Effect: Sven and Ole are back with the latest in weather and other random ramblings of the North Woods..

Top Ten: This month the list tackles the Top Ten Camp Foley Lip Sync songs.

Episode 11: December '09

Camp Foley — 17 Dec 2009 14:10:42 GMT

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means.

Did You Know - Christmas Movies: Find out what the top 10 Christmas Movies of all time are.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: This month Chris is joined by Alli, Sean and Jennfy for some holiday caroling.

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we are learning all about snow and ice!

KICS: A segment that was written and performed by some of our wonderful campers. This month they present the Foley Bucket list!

Whitefish Lake Effect: Sven and Ole are back with the latest in weather and other random ramblings of the North Woods..

Top Ten: This is a new segment introduced this month! This month the list tackles the Top Ten Toys of all Time.

Episode 10: November '09

Camp Foley — 18 Nov 2009 20:16:02 GMT

Day in the Life Of: This month we follow Carl and Charlotte Canoe.

Word of the Day: Find out what the word of the day is and what it means.

Did You Know - Day Light Savings: Some little known information about why we change our clocks.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: This month we have a guest performance of "The Rattlin Bog".

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we are learning all about why the leaves change!

KICS: A segment that was written and performed by some of our wonderful campers. This month they battle it out over whether TMNT or The Power Rangers are better. There is also an interview with the camp dog, Nike.

Whitefish Lake Effect: Sven and Ole are back with the latest in weather and other random ramblings of the North Woods..

Episode 9: October '09

Camp Foley — 9 Nov 2009 21:14:23 GMT

Day in the Life Of: This month we are talking with Walter the White Pine.

Did You Know - Halloween: Some little known information about the spookiest holiday on the calendar.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Chris' Musical Corner: This month Chris strums up some candy tunes in honor of Halloween.

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we are learning all about Skunks!

KICS: A segment that was written and performed by some of our wonderful campers

Whitefish Lake Effect: Sven and Ole are back with the latest in weather.

Episode 8: March '09

Camp Foley — 26 Mar 2009 17:03:47 GMT

Day in the Life Of: This month we are talking with Mr. Squegee from Paintball as well as Mark and Dot, the Markers.

Did You Know - St. Patrick's Day: Some little known information about St. Patrick and the day that is named after him.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Sven and Ole: Sven and Ole, Foley's Weathermen/Traffic Reporters are back with another edition of the Whitefish Lake Effect.

Chris' Musical Corner: For the second edition of this segment Chris tackles Nintendo.

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we are learning all about Fish!

Episode 7: February '09

Camp Foley — 14 Feb 2009 17:50:06 GMT

Day in the Life Of: This month we are talking with Huh, the ear muffs at riflery.

Did You Know - President's Day: Some little known presidential facts in honor of Abe Lincoln and George Washington's Birthdays.

Announcements: Catch up with some of your Foley friends and counselors as well as hear about some things that are going on in Foleyland!

Sven and Ole: Sven and Ole, Foley's Weathermen/Traffic Reporters are back for another update about the whitefish lake and the weather.

Chris' Musical Corner: A NEW segment featuring some of Chris' original musical talents!

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we are learning all about Eagles!

Episode 6: January '09

Camp Foley — 6 Feb 2009 14:53:57 GMT

Day in the Life Of: This month we are talking with Sam and Sally, the Camp Foley snakes.

Did You Know - Ice Cream: We are talking about one of the best Foley traditions that takes place every Saturday night, ice cream. Learn some fun facts about the history of ice cream.

Announcements: 9th, 10th, or 11th graders check out the Leadership program at Foley, Banquet themes have been picked! 1st & 3rd sessions dress up as from the Renaissance period as a king, queen, or knight, and 2nd and 4th sessions we want to see your best superhero costume.

Sven and Ole: Sven and Ole, Foley's Weathermen/Traffic Reporters are back for another update about the whitefish lake and the weather.

Nature Nuts: A segment all about the nature around camp. This month we will continue with our final segment on the pack groups at camp by talking about Foxes! Learn all about what they eat, where they live and what they are known for.

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!

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 22:47:59 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!