Mid-February Update: How Camp Is Like Skiing
There has been a series of Progressive commercials featuring “the back-up player” (typically a professional athlete) who subs you out when things like...
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February Update: Connect at Camp!
Human beings are wired for connection. Since the beginning of time, we’ve thrived in groups; learning, working, and growing alongside each other. For ...
Sanborn Western Camps: Where YOU are the Main Character
January Update: Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025! We love the new year as it means we are six months away from welcoming another group of enthusiastic campers and staf...
December Update: You Bring the Necessary Equipment
With the holiday season upon us, we want to share our gratitude for everything our campers, staff, camp families, alums, Board of Trustees and friends...
Mid-November Update: We Are Grateful For You
After successfully hosting the ACA’s Rocky Mountain Conference at The Nature Place last week and preparing for the WORLD PREMIERE of our BRAND NEW, Os...
November Update: It's Alright to Cry
There is A LOT going on these days…some of it good, some of it not-so-good. As we enter the month of November, we wanted to remind everyone (and ourse...
Mid-October Update: It's College Application Time
It is almost the end of October…which means college application season is in full swing. Over the years, we have received dozens upon dozens of Common...
October Update: Help A Parent Out!
For many, including all of us at camp, October is a time of transition. The changing leaves, which are in their full glory at the beginning of the mon...
Mid-September Update: Do Less = Be Better
As parents, August and May could be two of the most challenging months of the year (though there are some who would argue that the holiday time–with 1...
September Update: Summer Camp is the Cure for Loneliness
It appears that we are “sliding” into the fall. We are starting to see small clusters of yellow leaves on aspen trees this week and nightly temperatur...
Weekly Update: August 11th, 2024
The peak of the Perseid meteor shower is between midnight and dawn tonight. The night sky is giving us one more opportunity to be immersed in wonder: ...