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Why I come to Alumni Weekends

By Colleen Murray-Seig, Alumni Committee Chair It’s no secret that camp is one of my favorite places to be. There’s a magic there, a feeling of coming home that envelopes me as soon as I turn in the driveway that’s more than nostalgia. It keeps me coming back whenever I can, especially to work and […]

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Camp Mason Family Camps

  By Sally Wright, Outdoor Center Program Director  Family Camps are one of Camp Mason’s most popular weekend programs. They are wonderful weekends full of family bonding, meeting new people, exciting activities, and so much more! There is something for every member of the family. All of our family camp weekends begin on Friday night […]

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Teacher In-Service Day Training Programs

By Sally Wright, Outdoor Center Program Director – Groups and Retreats Gather the faculty and staff at your school and come to Camp Mason for a teacher in-service day. Spend the day outdoors participating in a variety of activities that promote group collaboration and hands on learning. The group will leave at the end of […]

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Winter Happenings at Camp

By Anna Bilton, Senior Camp Director It might be cold outside, the trees are bare and summer seems like it is a long way away but the winter is not all doom and gloom here at camp. We are able to take time to reflect on the work we do and make plans to make […]

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Reflections on the Fall

By Sally Wright, Outdoor Center Program Director The Outdoor Center has wrapped up another fantastic fall season. We enjoyed spending the season catching up with all of our returning groups, and even welcomed some new groups to the Camp Mason family. We spent countless hours climbing trees, exploring the lake, and playing gaga; but the […]

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The Leaves They Are A-Changin’

By Alex Loop, Outdoor Education Naturalist for the Mason Outdoor Center And so is camp! The new pavilion is going up, leaves are going down, and cars and buses continue to roll in for the last few days of the fall season. With the constant countdown to summer camp posted on Facebook and Instagram, one […]

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Art in the Heart

By Dan Dickerson, Naturalist at the Mason Outdoor Center When I was ten, I spent a lot of time inside of the house, avoiding the facets of the worlds around me; lost in the land of video games. When I turned 19 after my first year of college I took a leap and applied for […]

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Why Come and Work at Camp?

By Salva Cossu, Assistant Camp Director (summers 2016-17) Over the past three years, I’ve heard that question so many times: from my friends, my school, my fellow camp staff member’s parents, people considering joining a camp staff, and many more. Why work at camp when you’re going to college, when you have high career prospects? […]

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Stewardship, Sustainability & Service

By Nikki Reiff, Outdoor Center Program Director Sometimes you need to stop and smell the flowers, and sometimes you need to stop and save the flowers. Here at Camp Mason, we do both. What I mean by this, is that when visitors come here-they are immersed in a culture where stewardship and sustainability take the […]

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Fall is here at Camp Mason!

By Sara Davis, Senior Naturalist at the Mason Outdoor Center As the sounds of children playing and the bugle blaring dance through my ears and the scents of sunscreen and insect repellent waft through the air, memories of crisp spring mornings linger.  Only a few weeks have passed since the end of the spring season […]

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