Welcome to winter!                        Well, not "real" winter yet, but we've got a bit of snow on the ground and are in to our busy retreat season.

There will be more than 15 groups that will come up in January alone to retreat in Pine or Troost, enjoy the hearty Adirondack cooking of Aunt Nancy and the crew in Chi Rho, seclude themselves away in the comfort of our Prayer Cabins, or throw their hearts and hands into the ongoing work of the camp office. 

If you've not booked your winter or spring time at camp yet, check out our rentals page and find a time to come. 

Greetings of the Season!

Summer Camp 2012 registration is now OPEN: CLICK the ONLINE link in the right column.

We are now accepting camper registrations, staff applications, volunteer applications and SWim applications. 

Help brighten your child's holiday with a

commitment to camp by registering TODAY!

15 friends of Fowler came out this week to meet Mark Hughes, our wonderful new manager, and to help us work towards finishing our second Prayer Cabin and the make-over on Suits Hall. The "Leet Nature Center" in Suits is coming together with a finished, tongue and groove ceiling, new window seat storage, and beautiful wrought iron lights being installed.Work on the front porch and back deck and bathrooms is set to be finished by summer camp 2012. A dedication of the Leet Nature Center is already set for Saturday, August 4. We are excited for this old building to start its new life!

The Skennen Cabin is close to being finished with flooring and trim now completed. Our targeted opening date for reservations will be January 15. Once again, all of the work has been done by volunteers and a special "thumbs up" goes to Paul Hesse for coordinating most of the work on this wonderful new, year round cabin.

Work is also being done on the new Fowler Office which is located at the entrance to camp off the front of the ARC. The logs are locally harvested and form a porch to enter the office as well as the ARC. All of these projects are a result of the Fowler Master Plan which was approved in 2003 and all the monies ($2.4 million total) were raised so that each of these projects are fully funded.

Come mid-November there will be some new faces around Camp Fowler. Mark Hughes was unanimously selected by the Fowler Ministries Board to become our next Operations Manager. Mark will be moving his family (Melissa and children Joshua and Lillian) from Beavercreek, OH.

But Speculator is not an unfamiliar place to the Hughes. Mark spent his summers growing up in Speculator and he and Melissa met while working on staff at Camp-Of-The-Woods. Mark has a degree from SUNY Delhi in carpentry and spent 7 years working carpentry in Speculator for a local construction company and Camp Of The Woods.

They are excited to be 'back home.' Chris and Kelly Hayes will be moving into their home in Piseco making way for the Hughes in the Manager's house at camp. Chris will work alongside of Mark for a few weeks  before taking some well earned, long delayed vacation time. The Hayes' will be living in the area and continue to think highly of their time at Fowler.

A great place for a family vacation :)

We're having a lot of fun here at camp!

Check out our pictures from Una Tierra!

Although the sun decided to hide its face today, our enthusiasm hasn't changed a bit!

We're having another great day.

Jessup River, Pillsbury Mountain, Whitehouse, ADK chairs, Speculator Scavenger Hunt, and more.

It's a good day.