Sandy Abbott

Breaking Down the Age-Old Question of Trunk vs Duffle Bag It’s mid June and your camper has the guest bed stacked high with hoodies, bathing suits, graphic tees, pajamas, towels, socks, socks and more socks. Now what? What are you going to use to store it all?  A traditional camp trunk?  A duffle bag?  A […]

Dear Camp Jeanne d’Arc community, I have been thinking about music a lot lately. What summertime shows are playing at the local outdoor venue, what songs my teenagers are into, what do I think of the new Taylor Swift album etc. And every now and then, a camp song will pop into my head. Maybe

Dear First Time Camp Parent, I bet you can count the number of days you’ve been away from your daughter on one hand.  Maybe two.  And now you are staring down weeks of time and distance between you and the person that matters most to you.  Yeah, it’s hard. I am about to send my

As a First-Time Summer Camper: What Do I Need To Know!  Dear camper, I’d like to take you back in time to when I was a 14 year-old, first-time summer camper at Camp Jeanne d’Arc, and give you some camper-to-camper advice. I wonder if you are feeling flutters in your stomach. Maybe it’s nervousness or

Extra Extra Read All About It! Blue Sparks, Winter 2024 is hot off the press!