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SIMPLE JOYS
Being sprayed with a hose on a hot summer’s day, a piggyback ride from a friend, a slip-n-slide that doesn’t quit or just soaking up the sunshine with...
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The Best Part of Waking Up
When I was growing up, I remember being so exicted to wake up on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons on the couch. I remember those popular jingles fr...
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What Really Matters Most
At Camp Highlander we believe that it’s not what you do that makes life fun, but who you are doing life with. After six days with our cabin groups, ou...
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Happy Birthday America!
Happy Birthday America! We had a wonderful day celebrating this great country with our annual 4th of July celebration, Stars & Stripes. This is my...
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Feet First
Today we jumped in feet first. Campers were all in because today was camper’s choice day. Today campers were able to choose their activities, choose t...
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Right On Target
If I were to ask you why you sent your child to camp, what would you say? Maybe it was to have fun, make memories, make new friends, try something new...
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It All Starts With Courage
In the first few days of camp, I am overwhelmed by the courage at Camp Highlander. Leaving home for two weeks for summer camp takes an incredible amou...
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Session B Opening Day!
Opening Day was absolutely fantastic! As each car pulled through the gates of camp, the staff got more and more excited about the session ahead. We we...
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News from the Mountain
It was a great day - a beautiful blue sky, a warm shining sun, and a light breeze whispering in the Carolina Pines. Today was camper’s choice day and ...
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Experiential Learning
We had another fantastic day at Highlander. It was our last day of cabin activities, so everyone was soaking up every minute of cabin bonding time. I ...
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Shout Out for Sundays...And Mondays
Sundays are AWESOME at camp! I love that they have a balance of simply restful and wildly energetic. We have spent years trying to perfect Sundays to ...
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So Much Fun
Today was just SO MUCH FUN at Camp Highlander. After a much appreciated late wake-up for our sleep in Saturday, campers and staff were so excited to s...
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The Sound of Summer
It’s hard to believe, but today is officially the first day of summer! Crazy for me to think because summer started for me the first day that we opene...
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Can't Stop The Feeling
Today was a totally awesome, super fun, unbelievably fantastic, really great day! The sun was shining and everywhere I looked I saw smiling faces and ...
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Attitude Is A Choice
Making decisions is one of the biggest things I do all day as a camp director. What are we going to put on the menu? Who is going to teach tennis beca...
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All You Need To Be Is You
Imagine a place where you are loved just for being you. Imagine being in a community where you didn’t have to prove yourself to be valued, respected a...
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The Little Things
I love the start of the camp session. Though I have been here for 18 years, there is a newness at the start of each session that inspires me to learn ...
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Session A Opening Day!
It was a beautiful Opening Day on Old Forge Mountain, and I was so happy to see all of our Session A campers when they arrived today. The excitement o...
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Wonderful World of Highlander
What a fantastic day! The rain is over, the sun is shining and all is right in our world at Highlander! Days like today, I find myself overwhelmed by ...
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The Highlander Way
Traditions are a wonderful part of what makes camp special. They have the beautiful way of connecting past, present and future, and at camp there is s...
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TEAMwork - Together Everyone Accomplishes More
The cabin unit is the heart and soul of the Camp Highlander culture. It fosters a sense of belonging and value in each and every one of it’s campers. ...
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Opening Day! Campers Bring the Sunshine!
At 7:58 this morning I stood in front of the staff in the dining hall with the biggest smile as the rain came pouring down. “This is it! This is the m...
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Ma(y)king the Most of Your Time at Camp!
Believe it or not, May is already halfway over! Depending on which session(s) you’re attending, that means you have between 25 days (for Kick Off Camp...
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Big News for CH Alumni!
Since 1957, the Camp Highlander family has been growing. Campers and counselors from all over the country (and across the world) have come to call our...
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