Mark your calendars now to join us this summer! Registration NOW OPEN through our online system. Camp Hardtner is for families looking for a high-quality summer camp experience with a proven track-record, rooted in Christ’s teachings of acceptance and love — located right here in Louisiana! For over 75 years, Camp Hardtner has created anRead more
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Welcome Jack! Jack Guidroz is joining the team as the newest Camp Hardtner intern. You may recognize him from his time as a counselor in 2019 and 2022. Jack is from Mandeville, Louisiana and has been coming to Camp Hardtner since 2007. Jack spent the last four years in Golden, Colorado where he graduated fromRead more
From Your 2022 Head Counselor, Emily Knight Helloooo Camp Hardtner! I am beyond excited to announce that I will be serving as your Head Counselor for summer 2022! A little background on me– I am from Baton Rouge and am currently finishing up my senior year at Fordham University in New York City. I’m setRead more
2022 is Camp Hardtner’s 75th Summer! Mark your calendars to join us for our 75th summer. Registration IS NOW OPEN through our online system. Camp Hardtner welcomed its first campers in the summer of 1948, making it one of the longest running summer camps in Louisiana (if not the longest running). In other words, itsRead more
We are excited to announce an addition to our staff here in the woods! Blair Johnson is joining us as Camp Hardtner intern. Many of you will recognize her from this summer when she was a counselor. Blair is from Oklahoma, having graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2019, where she spent asRead more
Greetings and Camp Hardtner love, We have been working hard to make preparations for summer camp 2021, and are ready to operate safely this summer. There have been many details to put into place. We are excited to welcome campers, staff, and volunteers back to Camp Hardtner’s sacred grounds. We know our young people needRead more
From Your 2021 Head Counselor, Grace Marks Greetings Camp Hardtner! I am so thrilled to say that I will be serving as your 2021 Head Counselor! I am from Opelousas and am a senior at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I am set to graduate in December of 2021 with a degree in PerformingRead more
Announcing Summer Camp 2021 We are so excited to announce our schedule for the 2021 summer camp program! Summer camp is more important than it has ever been. Our kids need time with their peers, away from screens, out of the house, in nature–away from Zoom! Time and space to decompress from the heaviness ofRead more
Dear Camp Hardtner friends and family, We have made the difficult and painful decision to cancel our 2020 summer camp program. This is not an easy decision given how important we know camp is. However, it is the decision we need to make given the realities of the camp setting (shared communal spaces, bringing togetherRead more
April 20 Update Dear Camp Hardtner Friends and Family, We hope that you and your family are healthy and finding moments of joy within the uncertainty. Much has happened in the month since our last update. The situation continues to be fluid, changing quickly, and presenting new challenges. We all hear the phrase “unprecedented times”Read more
