Air Band Brings Out the Performers!

Every year Laurie gets a bee in her bonnet that is a little outside the plans for the off-season. Usually it’s presented as “it will just take a little of this…or a little of that.” This was a big year for us facility-wise. We started out in September at the farm with major earth moving, … Continued

The Debut of Hannah Ford Farm for Spark Day!

Most parents don’t consider one of the greatest benefits of camp…that for most girls, it is a love that extends through and well past the “dreaded” teenage years. I’ve always known that Illahee girls count the days down until camp starts, but the advent of Twitter and Facebook have made the excitement pretty easy to … Continued

First Day of Activities and the County Fair Comes to Town!

We are already in our groove! I’ll have to admit that though I love “unplugging” in the summertime, I do love aspects of technology. One favorite is that it allows campers to sign up for activities well before their arrival…most camps do the registration we all remember from the “old days” at college. The first … Continued

Leadership Weekend!

With one eye on the radar as some very dramatic lines of thunderstorms swept through Alabama and Tennessee headed our way, eleven Illahee girls arrived in “the Heavenly” for a weekend of fellowship, team-building and planning. From as close as Clemson and as far away as Chapel Hill and Charlottesville Virginia, these folks will be … Continued