Let Friends of Camp Louise do your holiday baking this year. Join us on Saturday December 7, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Laurel Mall in Hazleton, PA.

A wide variety of baked goods will be available for purchase. There will be something for everyone!

All proceeds help restore, maintain, and operate the beautiful Camp Louise!

The Friends of Camp Louise Witches Ball fundraiser will be held October 19th at Four Blooms Restaurant in Drums, PA.

Join us for a Spooktacular evening of Dinner, Drinks, DJ Music, Dancing, Costume Prizes, Raffles & a Candy Table.

Four Blooms is close to both I-80 and I-81.

Costumes are optional, but encouraged.

Tickets are $60 per person, and each table seats 8 people.

We hope to see you at this festive fundraiser!

Purchase tickets online: https://tinyurl.com/WitchesBall2024

Where: Camp Louise Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education
When: OCTOBER 12, 2024 AT 9:00 AM

Lunch is at noon

Friends of Camp Louise is looking for some volunteers to help take down and put away our tents and cots for the end of the season cleanup. It's a big job, so the more people we have to help, the easier it will be! We have jobs for all abilities and ages, so even if you cannot wrangle a tent, everyone will be put to work according to their abilities.

Even if you are unable to help with tents down, we welcome everyone who volunteered with us in 2024 to join us for a delicious lunch in our Dining Hall around noon. It's the Friends of Camp Louise Board of Directors' small way of way of thanking each and every one of our valuable volunteers for their time and effort. Camp would not be what it is today without the assistance of our awesome volunteers!

Enjoy a family-friendly fall festival at Camp Louise Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education. There will be games, face painting, crafts, a photo booth, archery, bounce house (weather permitting), and so much more! Local police, fire companies, and businesses will be on site for a touch-a-truck event. Food will be available for purchase in our dining hall, and our trading post gift shop will be open to buy some camp merchandise.

Entrance is free, but some activities may have a small fee.

The program is geared to volunteers preparing food for events such as church fund raisers, fire company barbecues, booster club food sales and the many other types of events where food is served to the public. Volunteers will learn the causes of foodborne illness as well as safe food handling practices.

Cost: $50 per organization (organization members are then free)

$40 per individual registration

Register online: https://extension.psu.edu/cooking-for-crowds

Select the Shickshinny location to participate at Camp Louise CORE!

Come join Nature Explorers at Camp Louise Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education to learn about Amazing Birds! Participants will learn about:

• What makes a bird a bird?

• Bird migration and habits

• What Mr. Owl and others eat

• And so much more!

This event is open to all children from Kindergarten through age 12. Adults must accompany individual children or there needs to be adequate adult ratios for groups/troops. All participants will receive a Nature Explorers patch.

Friends of Camp Louise needs your help to get camp ready for the upcoming season.

If you have a pickup truck or small trailer, bring it along!

Can’t lift tents? Not a problem; we can still use your help. There are plenty of jobs for everyone of all ages, regardless of abilities.

Come for the whole day, or even just a few hours. Any help you can provide will make lighter work for us all.

Lunch will be provided for all volunteers by the Board of Directors.

Dust off your sneakers this Spring and come out to support a joint fundraiser to benefit Camp Louise and The Summerhill Fire Co.

Keep it sweet for Camp Louise and win a designer bag filled with wine* and chocolates for Valentine's Day.