The Camp Course - Disc Golf Project

Announcing our exciting facility improvement project for 2016!

The first phase of our CAMP COURSE DISC GOLF PROJECT.

Not only fun to aim at, Disc Golf targets are perfect for leaning on during the Nothing Ceremony.

This project will include the installation of permanent targets, tees, and a course design matching the existing and natural Camp terrain. 

We've got a great partner, Jay Roosa from the Skylands Flying Disc Club, who is designing the course for us. He's got a tentative blue print for our first 9 holes (and plans for the second 9 to wrap around Lake Shawanni and back toward the Dining Hall).

One of the exciting things about this design is that the first four holes tour the players through "Camp central", but after that it swings through some beautiful, and currently underutilized sections of L.G. Cook. It will be a great way to get the most out of our 108 acres, and give campers the opportunity to appreciate even more natural parts of our facility.

We are currently fundraising to make this project possible! We have already raised enough for the first few targets, and are shooting to have the majority of the first 9 holes completed for this summer. 

Tyler "T-Nivi", our Summer Camp Logistics Coordinator (real job title), and one of the Disc Golf enthusiasts behind this project is running a fundraiser for our next basket here. All donors get to suggest a nick-name for the hole on the course that will feature that basket. Visit here to make a small donatation! 

We're also looking for individual donors who might be interested in sponsoring a DiscCatcher basket on their own (and would also get to name that hole of the course).

In addition, we will be holding our Spring Opening Day on April 9th, which will be a big service day on Camp. We'll be doing a lot of work on the project on this date, so if you'd like to plan on coming and helping put the course together, that'd be great.

Disc Golf has been called "a walk in the woods with purpose", and we think it is something our campers are going to enjoy for a long time to come. 

We'll keep you updated as this project progresses, and please get in touch if you'd like to get involved and help make it a reality.

(Our official project letter is below.)

Thanks!