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Ropes Course Update
Things are moving along in our bring back the ropes course project. Just this past week we began clearing the area where the new high ropes will go! I...
A gift for our campers
Miss camp? Well, here’s a couple of early Christmas gifts! Campers, go ahead and save or download these two screensavers so you’ll always have a view ...
Give Camp for Christmas
I love what REI did on Black Friday in their recent campaign to optoutside. Instead of pushing people to buy stuff, they encouraged their employees a....
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s been quite a beautiful day here at Camp. The leaves are turning, there’s a brisk breeze in the air, and the weather has been ...
Share your support to our campers living in France
I wanted to reach out to our Camp Huawni families to give everyone an update on our campers who live in France. Many of our Huawni Families state side...
Counselor Update
Believe it or not, we’re already spending a considerable amount of time and energy this fall recruiting the very best counseling staff that we can for...
50th Anniversary Highlight Video, Pics Sing Song Recording
The 50th Anniversary Celebration was just that, a celebration of 50 years of camp and life-long relationships. We were honored and taken aback that 20...
Summer Camp Recap 2015
As summer draws to a close, it’s always enjoyable for me to look back over the summer as a whole. During Sing Song we sing the song Summer written by ...
Returning Camper Discount Ends Today
Good morning everyone. I wanted to send out a quick reminder that today, by 11:59pm, is the last day to sign up for our Returning Camper Discount. Thi...
Welcome Kelsey Biscoe as Women's Staff Director
I am pleased to announce that Kelsey Biscoe will be taking over as our full-time Women’s Staff Director. Kelsey has spent 9 summers with us at Camp Hu...
5 Reasons To Enroll For Summer Camp Now
Enroll for Summer Camp 9 Months Early? That’s Crazy! But wait…. Now is actually the best time to enroll for Summer 2017 and here are 5 reasons why: 1....
Catching Fish The Shelby County Breeze
Tuesday was another full day of activities, and then in the evening we all headed out to the Initiation Pond for fishing. Of course, here at Huawni, w...
Final Day of Camp
It’s hard to believe that it’s the last full day of the summer. In the Camp Song we sing “how days looked to are now the past, and how good it is that...
Caddo Wins Wiffleball World Series!
Last evening we had two epic match ups in the second round of the Wiffleball World Series (WWS) here at Camp Huawni. In the first round, Caddo younger...
Huawni Tri Miss Huawni
The second week of Camp is quickly happening and Monday was a very enjoyable day. In the morning we had individual competition at regular activities, ...
Weekend Joy
We experienced a lot of joy this weekend as the schedule changed gears a bit. I love weekends at Huawni because we get a chance to slow down and enjoy...
Huawni Featured in Bay Area Magazine
We were excited to see that Camp Huawni was featured as a top summer camp in the Bay Area Health & Wellness magazine for the May/June 2015 issue! ...
Session 4 Tribal Comp Team Announcements Soccer
Thursday night we almost 60 campers into both Caddo and Tejas Tribal Competition Tribes. A flaming “C” and “T” were lit the tribal competition fire be...
Skit Night
After another full day of activities, we ended Wednesday with the famous, famous, MOST FAMOUS, Skit Night! We rolled out the carpet in the dining hall...
Fishing Phantom's Playday
Camp is moving right along here in Shelby County. Last night we made the half-mile hike to the Initiation Pond for Fishing. For a lot of our campers, ...
Day 1 Capture The Flag
Day one of Session 4 is complete! We spent a full day diving into activities here at Camp. Campers were definitely chomping at the bit to get going wi...
History at Huawni
Today was history in the making, as we opened the gates to our first ever two-week Session 4. Traditionally, Session 4 has been a one-week session, bu...
How Days Look To Are Now The Past
At sing song we sing a song my father wrote called Summer. One of the lines says “how days looked to are now the past, and good it is that memories la...
Triathlon, Miss Huawni Tribal Comp Update
A lot has happened in the past few days of Camp, so here we go! Monday afternoon we closed off camp for our Huawni Triathlon. Most would consider the ...
4th of July Sunday
The weekend here at Huawni was a full one, and Sunday in particular is one of my personal favorites. Saturday night we celebrated the 4th of July with...
Pinson Creek Adventure Soccer
The first Friday at Camp is what we call the turn, which means Camp is picking up a healthy momentum. You can see this in the relationships that kids ...
Tribal Competition Team Announcements
Thursday at Camp we had a full day of Connect, where campers got to pick their favorite activities with their counselors. Then last night we had our T...
Play Day Skit Night
Wednesday morning during Flag Raising we hit the song Chicken Train and Play Day got kicked off. When that song plays over the speakers, campers go ru...
Capture the Flag Sing Song
Camp is in full swing. There’s something about the start of Camp this brings a unique energy to all of us here. For the campers, I believe it’s the ex...
Opening Day Session 3
Session 3 is officially here! Yesterday went pretty smoothly. It was fantastic seeing all of you families and getting to reconnect. We hope that you e...
Tribal Competition Results Celebration
Wednesday was all-day competition and boy was it close. Here’s the results of what has ended up being a back and forth competition. | Soccer | Tejas |...
Tuesday Wiffleball World Series Final
The second week is flying by here at Camp…here’s what’s going on. We had our final full day of Tribal Competition at individual activities. These are ...
Triathlon Results Miss Huawni
Monday was another full day of activities, and then we hosted the famous, famous, MOST FAMOUS, Camp Huawni Triathlon. We started the triathlon several...
Weekend Update, Wiffleball World Series Water Balloon Fight
A lot happened this weekend. I’ll do my best to recap all the fun times together along with some meaningful moments I personally got to witness. You c...
Soccer Hike to Carving Trees
Last night Caddo squared off against Tejas in our first team competition of the session. Tejas won soccer, winning one match 2-0 and the other match 2...
Tribal Competition Teams Announced!
Last night after Talent Show we joined together for the Tribal Competition Fire Ceremony, where first-time two-week campers are inducted onto either t...
Play Day Day Day Day!
Wednesday morning we surprised the campers with Play Day!! Don’t know what Play Day is? Let me explain. All of campers join up for flag raising at 8:0...
Fishing on a Tuesday Night
Tuesday is an important day here at Camp Huawni because that means fishing! We believe that simple fun is the most fun, and fishing, and cane pole fis...
Activities Capture the Flag
Our first full day of Session 2 is complete and we’re off to a great start. We had a full day of activities, including archery, zulu, obstacle course ...
Famous, Famous, Most Famous Opening Night Show
Session 2 is officially underway! First, thank you to you parents for giving honest feedback on how Opening Day operations went. We are still working ...
Soccer, Swim Snow Cones
Camp is moving right along, and as we head to our last day of Camp, we’re soaking in the last moments together. At Huawni we call these moments “spots...
Carving Trees Cookout
Hike to the carving trees is possibly my most favorite special activity at Camp. I have fond memories as a camper, and yesterday I got to witness a ha...
Activities Talent Show
We had another full day of activities yesterday and then last night hosted the famous, famous, most famous Huawni Talent Show. Talent Show is many tim...
Day 2 Fishing
Our first full day of Camp is in the books, and we got off to a great start here on Monday with a full slate of activities. The sun shined again here ...
Summer Begins! Opening Day Session 1
Camp Huawni is officially underway! Thank you to all our Huawni families who dropped off their kiddos yesterday— we hope your experience on Opening Da...
Family Camp Day 1
Family Camp 2015 got off to a great start. Despite all the hectic weather going on in Texas, we experienced sunshine and a very pleasant night and day...
Bunk Availability Update #3
Summer camp is only 23 days away! Here’s an update on bunk availability as of this morning. Session 1 Boys Camp – WAITING LIST only Girls Camp – Only ...
Campus Update #4
Camp is only 25 days away and our team is working extremely hard to get in summer camp shape. We’re trying to wrap up several projects as well as do t...
We were made to play outdoors, and run the Camp road.
This week I got to catch up with a Huawni alumnus and camper parent who is preparing for a 125 mile race through the mountains. She and her twin siste...