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
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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
2018 Camp Able Volunteer Applications Are Now Open Online volunteer applications are being accepted through June 15. If you really want to see how Camp Hardtner can change the world, volunteer for Camp Able and find out. You will see people from many different generations of the Hardtner Family coming back to serve and shareRead more
The Counselor-In-Training (CIT) Application Deadline Is May 15 Don’t wait until it’s too late to submit your online application! Being a CIT is the most rewarding and exhausting experience I have had to date! As a CIT I learned all the behind the scenes work that goes into a day at camp. It gave meRead more
