As we enter this week of Thanksgiving, families and friends are pausing to be grateful. My uncle shared a New York Times editorial from last Sunday’s that starts, “Choose to be Grateful. It will Make You Happier.” In 26 years of camp directing, I’ve known many college students who spend their summers encouraging and loving … Continued
We love this time of year. The leaves are turning at camp and the fall colors are beautiful! We’ve been watching Mary Lou’s transformation of the 2015 camp highlights video and are excited to take it on the road. Gretchen is heading to Nashville and Birmingham for our first camp shows of the season. Over … Continued
Camp Illahee’s 95th season closed a month ago, and it’s a crisp 45 degrees this morning with Carolina Blue skies. The summer opened with an alumnae reunion weekend. 150 Illahee women joined us from all over the country representing four generations of campers and counselors. We’ve posted some photos from the reunion. During camp we … Continued
Check out video highlights from the two-week session County Fair!
Campers talk about what they like about Camp Illahee.
Camp Illahee celebrated the 4th with an epic game of Capture the Flag, pulled pork barbecue, watermelon and fireworks!
Camp Illahee celebrated the 4th with an epic game of Capture the Flag, pulled pork barbecue, watermelon and fireworks!
Our 95th season opened with an alumnae reunion the last weekend in May. 130 women – three generations- returned to the Heavenly World from all corners of the country- Oregon, California, Texas, New York and Florida. Our senior alumna was former director Frankie Hall who recently turned 90 and held court all weekend telling stories … Continued
Cinco de Mayo has a special meaning at Camp Illahee! It marks our official summer countdown and it is quite a fiesta around here! Camp directors wear a variety of sombreros during the year and in May, it’s the paint, plant and clean hats. The office becomes the supply zone. We divide our days between … Continued
