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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

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

Meet the 2020 Permanent Staff   Ellie Bartlett Hello, all!! I am so incredibly excited for this summer and interacting with all of you at my favorite place on Earth. My name is Eliana Bartlett, but at camp I go by many names, including Ellie or Bug. Ellie is preferred. I am studying journalism atRead more

Dear Camp Hardtner Friends and Family, We are looking forward to this summer with much anticipation. The reason for this letter is to respond to the genuine concern over COVID-19. I want to assure you that we are monitoring daily the evolving situation, staying informed of recommendations from the Louisiana Department of Health, the CentersRead more

The 2020 Summer Camp Schedule Is Now Available!   You are amazing at lining up fantastic things for your kids! We know you have so many awesome opportunities for your kids, which means you are juggling schedules way in advance. We hope having these dates makes it easier for you to include Camp Hardtner inRead more