Below you will find comments from current campers, parents, staff, and alumni. It is their dedication that builds our community day by day and year by year.
Indian Acres is the
greatest place on Earth. If only it was all
year.
Noah, IA J-4, 2006
I
love Forest Acres so much because my
friends there are so amazing and we have so much
fun all summer.
Elizabeth, PA Cabin 19, 2006
Camp is simply
great!
Lauren, Westchester
NY, Log 1, 2006
I will never forget
the best years I had at camp. Love you
all.
Nathalie
Once you're a camper at either FA or IA,
you're one for life.
Jo
Forest Acres is an
amazing camp. I have been going there for about 9 years now, and it
is such a big part of my life. It's a small community of 150
campers, so you get to know nearly everyone. We have so many
traditions at Forest Acres, all that have been done since the start
of the camp in 1927. Forest Acres, through its traditions,
community, and the ideals it promotes, truly makes campers into
great, giving people. Not only that, but it has extensive
facilities, and a number of activities to choose from. Forest Acres
taught me how to shoot archery, ride horses, canoe, kayak, swim,
play softball, play soccer, play tennis, do gymnastics, and, well,
be myself. We have a 75% camper return rate, with some girls having
mothers and even grandmothers who went to Forest Acres. I know
everyone says this, but you really do make friends that last a
lifetime at Forest Acres. I will remember my camping days for years
to come, and think about nothing else from mid-August to late June
of the next year, when I am finally back with my friends at our
summer place.
Log Camper, 2006
Everybody has an important place they want to return to. I happen to return to my important place every summer.
With the pine trees looking over the campfire flames, I return to Forest Acres with a big smile on my face. I have met some very special people at F.A. and have made hundreds of friends there.
I know that in the winter F.A. is sitting there covered with snow waiting for the summer sun to help open its gates to all the girls who have come to love and care for all the acres of land that make up the magnificent place we call home for weeks throughout June, July, and August. Many memories lie within her soil and float among the clouds.
As time
passes we will be getting older and the songs that we've sung will
fade from memory, friendships will be forgotten, and the scent of
the pine trees will be erased from our thoughts, but never for the
generation to come. When we leave for good somebody has
to be there to take our place. Our daughters, granddaughters, and
even great granddaughters, or maybe a total stranger.
Nevertheless someone, somewhere will always be waiting for the snow
clouds to disappear and for the sun to rise so they can return to
Camp Forest Acres and like many before them make memories they will
never forget!
Johanna, Cabin 7, 2006
My first
year at camp was amazing! I made so many friends and memories. I
told my mom when I got off the bus that I wanted to stay until Log
2, maybe even longer! When I got the camp yearbook, I looked at
every picture and I look at it over and over. Can't wait till'
2008!!
Carrie, Cabin 17,2007