About
Camp Foley is a coed, residential summer camp where participants can choose from activities such as guitar, woodworking shop, crafts, canoeing, sailing, waterskiing, water yoga, snorkeling, paintball, riflery, climbing, archery, soccer, basketball, running, tennis, wakeboarding/surfing, fencing, and trap shooting. The camp also offers leadership and work-based roles including Leader in Training (LIT), Counselor in Training (CIT), Activity Apprentice, Dishwashing, and the Octo Internship.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: 2-, 3-, and 5-week summer sessions, plus a Family Camp session
• Price: Tuition includes room, board, activities, a daily candy/ice cream treat, laundry for three-week campers, and programs; additional costs apply only for the Trap Shooting program, transportation to and from camp, and optional purchases at the camp store, with optional rental of bedding and lifejackets available
Camp Foley was established in 1924 by Father John P. Foley as a boys’ camp under the name Camp St. Thomas and later became Camp Foley, adding girls into the program in 1974. The Schmid family has operated Camp Foley since 1949, with Bob and Viola (Vi) Schmid taking over in the 1940s, and the camp celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024 before transitioning to a nonprofit organization in 2025. Alli serves as the Executive Director and is a third-generation camp director who has been a full-time camp director since 2004, and her mother, Marie, has been directing camp since 1985 and is described as a retiree-in-training.
Camp Foley operates on a 4:1 camper-to-staff ratio, is accredited by the American Camp Association, and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. The camp’s mission states that participants develop skills, build supportive relationships, grow in character, and learn independence in a natural setting, and its guiding phrase is “Grow Grit. Investigate Independence.” Camp Foley has an Environmental Center and an event and wedding venue, and it welcomes campers from all over the world each summer.
Counselors at Camp Foley are young adults aged 18–25 who must complete an application, provide three reference forms, participate in a personal interview in person or via Zoom, and pass a background check before being hired. Each counselor must have the knowledge, experience, and ability to instruct at least two camp activities and completes an 11-day training program before campers arrive, which includes rehearsing emergency procedures and attending seminars about the goals and objectives of Camp Foley. Counselors are continuously evaluated during the summer by directors and assistant directors, who are on site every day, attend and sometimes teach activities, and visit cabins each evening, and a Registered Nurse is on site at all times along with a leadership team of parents, teachers, assistant directors, and directors with decades of camp experience.
Scholarships are available at Camp Foley due to the generosity of alumni and other supporters. One camper, Joey, age 13, described the food by saying, “The food has changed my life. I mean it is so good.”
Last updated July 26, 2026.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: 2-, 3-, and 5-week summer sessions, plus a Family Camp session
• Price: Tuition includes room, board, activities, a daily candy/ice cream treat, laundry for three-week campers, and programs; additional costs apply only for the Trap Shooting program, transportation to and from camp, and optional purchases at the camp store, with optional rental of bedding and lifejackets available
Camp Foley was established in 1924 by Father John P. Foley as a boys’ camp under the name Camp St. Thomas and later became Camp Foley, adding girls into the program in 1974. The Schmid family has operated Camp Foley since 1949, with Bob and Viola (Vi) Schmid taking over in the 1940s, and the camp celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024 before transitioning to a nonprofit organization in 2025. Alli serves as the Executive Director and is a third-generation camp director who has been a full-time camp director since 2004, and her mother, Marie, has been directing camp since 1985 and is described as a retiree-in-training.
Camp Foley operates on a 4:1 camper-to-staff ratio, is accredited by the American Camp Association, and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. The camp’s mission states that participants develop skills, build supportive relationships, grow in character, and learn independence in a natural setting, and its guiding phrase is “Grow Grit. Investigate Independence.” Camp Foley has an Environmental Center and an event and wedding venue, and it welcomes campers from all over the world each summer.
Counselors at Camp Foley are young adults aged 18–25 who must complete an application, provide three reference forms, participate in a personal interview in person or via Zoom, and pass a background check before being hired. Each counselor must have the knowledge, experience, and ability to instruct at least two camp activities and completes an 11-day training program before campers arrive, which includes rehearsing emergency procedures and attending seminars about the goals and objectives of Camp Foley. Counselors are continuously evaluated during the summer by directors and assistant directors, who are on site every day, attend and sometimes teach activities, and visit cabins each evening, and a Registered Nurse is on site at all times along with a leadership team of parents, teachers, assistant directors, and directors with decades of camp experience.
Scholarships are available at Camp Foley due to the generosity of alumni and other supporters. One camper, Joey, age 13, described the food by saying, “The food has changed my life. I mean it is so good.”
Last updated July 26, 2026.
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