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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

Counting down the days until summer 2020… We are amazed by the Hardtner super-fans who don’t simply fit camp into their schedule, but who make their schedule fit around camp — for whom school is just the in-between time until the next chance to experience Camp Hardtner. This one’s for you, super-fans! Here’s a signRead more

Successful Summer on the Books! On behalf of the staff and counselors at Camp Hardtner, let me thank you for our 72nd summer of camp fun! If this was your first time with us, we are delighted to consider you one of the family now. If you were returning, we were happy to have youRead more

2019 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

Merry Christmas From Your 2019 Head Counselor, Jacob LeMeunier Merry Christmas everyone! My name is Jacob LeMeunier and I have the distinct honor of serving as your Head Counselor at Camp Hardtner! It is truly a blessing to serve in this position for the Summer of 2019. I experienced Camp Hardtner for the first timeRead more

Dear Santa, from Camp Hardtner We’ve sent our letter to Santa!  While we’re waiting on Santa’s reply, perhaps you would be interested in being Santa’s little helper and checking out the Camp Hardtner Amazon Wishlist. (If you checkout through smile.amazon.com and choose to support Hardtner Camp & Conference Center, Amazon will donate a portion ofRead more

2019 Permanent Staff Applications Are Now Open! Online applications are being accepted through December 15, 2018. The Permanent Staff (what we call our team of counselors) is the lifeblood of our summer camp program. Through them we bring to life our mission of welcome and belonging and further our identity as a creative summer campRead more

The 2019 Summer Camp Schedule Is Now Available! Ah, yes, it’s that wonderful time of year… cooler weather, pumpkin spice everything, and 2019 Summer Camp Dates! Yes, that’s right. You spoke and we heard. “Get the dates to us sooner!” you said. Now it’s our turn to make a request: “Put these dates on yourRead more

Introducing Dinner With The Director Greetings Hardtner family! I want to let you know that Camp Hardtner is instituting a new series of events we are calling “Dinner with the Director.” Mark these dates on your calendar now! Feel free to share this information with other families, at your school, in your church announcements, withRead more

Director’s Take? Hardtner Still Awesome! It has been a number of years since I last experienced a full summer at Camp Hardtner. Camp was such a meaningful and formative experience for me as a youth and adolescent (so much so that I dreamed of becoming a camp director!). To be honest, I worried that IRead more