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Summer Camp Wrap Up – 2017 WOW! What a magnificent summer we had here at Camp Hardtner! Here are some fun facts by the numbers: Sessions – 7 Campers – 443 Volunteers – 146 Chicken strips – 1,081 Milk & Cookies – 881 milks & 881 cookies – because “1 milk & 1 cookie!” (wellRead more

2017 Camp Able Volunteer Applications Are Now Open If you really want to see how Camp Hardtner can change the world, volunteer for Camp Able and find out. As a Camp Able Volunteer you will have the opportunity to live out the way of Christ we learn and talk about at Camp Hardtner. At CampRead more

2017 Counselor-In-Training (CIT) Applications Are Now Open They gave you a ridiculous nickname, taught you how to play foursquare, and encouraged you to make new friends. You’d recognize them from across a field, probably even smelled a few of them, and have grown to love them over the years. Ever since you were a primaryRead more

Camp Able 2017 Is Sold Out! We are very excited to report that Camp Able is our first session of the summer that has SOLD OUT! THANK YOU for helping us to spread the word about this amazing event. We can’t wait to see you this summer! Volunteers and adult staff are still needed forRead more

Susan Walpole Named Summer Camp Director For 2017 We are very happy to introduce (though most of you probably know her) Susan Walpole as our Summer Camp Director for 2017! Susan is a Metairie native and first came to Primary Camp in 1980. She didn’t miss a summer after that and got to spend someRead more

2017 Summer Camp Registration Is Now Open! Register your child for summer camp today! For nearly seven decades the Camp Hardtner Summer Camping Program has created an atmosphere of love and acceptance for more than 500 young people each summer as they experience a tradition unlike any other. We are not a camp built aroundRead more

2017 Permanent Staff Applications Are Now Open! Applications are being accepted online through Dec. 31, 2016. Camp Hardtner, at its core, is a Christian community, and the counselors are the foundation of that community. We do all the same fun things as most summer camp programs and put Christ at the center of our lifeRead more