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Camp Runels is located in Pelham, NH on Little Island Pond. For 77 years girls ages 7-17 have spent their summers here, swimming, making new friends, and singing around the campfire.
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What You Might Eat at Camp Runels Comments From Last Summer's Campers and their Parents
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Camp Director Becky “Zazu” Anderson is a classroom teacher, Adventure Ropes Course Facilitator, and Outdoor Educator; her camp counselors are teachers, college students, international staff and adult Girl Scouts. Learn more about Zazu in this interview from last winter. What is your best memory from camp as a camper? My first closing campfire. I remember how much fun I had at camp and the friends I made, and how I was sad that camp was over, but excited to go home, too. |
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What is your favorite camp song? There are so many to pick from, but I really enjoy "The Littlest Worm." It is a funny song and I love to teach it to younger campers. If you could have superhero powers, what powers would you want to have? The superhero power that I would like to have would be the ability to fly that way I could get everywhere that I wanted to and see everything from a different view. Tell us about your favorite thing to do on a rainy day at camp. My favorite rainy day activity at camp is an Alien Auction. The campers help the counselors dress up like aliens and you never know what kind of creatures you might see. Then everyone gets to play a big game because there are all sorts of things that the aliens are looking for. You never really know what aliens might want so it is different every time. What is an outdoor activity that you enjoy doing? There are so many outdoor activities that I enjoy, but one of my favorites is playing on the ropes course. Between Extreme Team, Adventure Team, and Flying Squirrel, I have plenty of chances to work with troops and I enjoy being outside and working with them through the events. My favorite of the three is Extreme Team. Do you have a favorite campfire food? My favorite campfire food is the S’more, but it had to be made with a golden brown marshmallow. The best way to cook a marshmallow is to very slowly turn it gently over hot coals. Which do you prefer, sunrises or sunsets? I don't have a preference, but I do enjoy watching both. A beautiful summer sunset over the pond at Runels is one of my favorite things about camp. What is the reason you come to camp every summer? I love camp. I grew up coming to Runels as a camper and then I went back to work there as a counselor and I haven't left. I love working with the campers and the staff and I love the opportunity to be outside. What
is the one thing every camper needs to bring to camp with
them? A
positive attitude, willingness to try new things.
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7:00 Counselors wake-up girls; time to wash up/shower, morning unit clean up. Polar bear swim (optional)
7:30 Hoppers set the tables in the dining hall
7:50 Flag Ceremony, Weather Report, and Morning Announcements at Flag area
8:00 Breakfast in the dining hall
8:40- Activity
block (games, Kapers, crafts, ect.)
9:30
9:30 –
Specialty Program Areas (Example: Hands-On Art
campers go to the craft house,
11:30 Windjammer campers to the waterfront)
12:30 Lunch/ Camper Council meets at lunch to plan all-camp activities
1:30 Camper Time (girls can rest, write letters, receive mail, read, plan activities, use camper time activity kits)
2:15 –
Varied activities by girl interest. Girls swim
daily and plan their own schedule of
5:30 (activities. Arts and Crafts,
Nature, Outdoor Skills, Boating, Hiking, Make Ice Cream, Play Games)
5:50 Evening Flag Ceremony, followed by Dinner in Dining Hall or units can plan to have a unit cookout where they plan the menu
7:30 Evening
Activites (May include All-Camp events, Unit Campfires,
Night Hikes, Scatters, etc)
9:30 Unit
Time (A time to settle down, share in groups about the
day, and get ready for bed.)
What People are Saying About Camp Runels
Runels campers say:
At camp, you get to plan everything you do, and the counselors help you do everything!
For me, camp is where I get to decide - what I eat, what I wear, what I want to do.
Living outside is the best! I came to camp twice this summer and slept in a yurt and in a platform tent.
Parents of Runels campers say:
I like that I can count on the staff being experienced, excellent communication from the leadership staff, and lots of activities for my daughter.
The staff are very warm and considerate of all the girls feelings. My daughter was supported and encouraged all week.
I was nervous leaving my daughter at
camp - but when I dropped her off, I met the camp director and the
nurse, I talked with her counselors, helped her set up her bed,
and watched her start to make friends immediately. I left knowing
she was in good hands.
What’s
To Eat?
Meals at Camp Runels are typically held in the Dining Hall. The
following is a menu that could be found during the week. Girls also
have opportunity to plan a cookout for their unit where they plan
the menu and prepare the food themselves.
Breakfast
Pancakes, sausage, fruit plate, choice of cereal, fruit juice, milk.
Breakfast salad bar items rotate and include things like cottage
cheese, yogurt, muffins, oatmeal, assorted fruit or fruit salad,
granola.
Lunch
Buffet Style: Hamburgers (or veggie burger) with lettuce and tomatoes,
tater-tots, carrot sticks, fruit, cookies, "bug juice".
Dinner
BBQ Chicken, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, salad bar, dessert,
milk. Salad bar items may include lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, peppers,
onions, croutons, noodles, cheese, tomatoes, choice of dressing,
pasta/potato salad, jello.
