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11/27/12 |
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My 13 year old daughter has had 3 awesome summers at Farwell. She has attended for 3 weeks and cries every time we pick her up not because she missed us, but because she has to leave. Farewell has the most amazing staff; energetic, helpful, caring, enthusiastic, fun, skilled! The camp is well kept and the lake is wonderful. Food is better than expected. Financially , Farwell is value when looking at the personal attention, breadth of activities. |
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1/6/12 |
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Really great and fun! Have very sweet horses and wonderful staff members. The activities never get old and it gets better every year and I should know, I have been going for five years now! |
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9/3/11 |
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Camp Farwell is the most amazing camp ever. I have gone there for two years and it is my second home. The staff at camp are really nice, funny, helpful, and give you a lot of personal attention. Not to mention a lot of the counselor are from different countries so you get to understand there culture better. The faculties may be old but they are great. In some peoples opinions the may be a little old and such but they are so nice and have a lot of history. The activities are super fun and interesting. You get to pick all of your activities and they are all awesome. I love the petting zoo and pottery. I also loved the horseback riding. The directors at camp are always looking out for you and if you have an issue you can always tell them. I love how if they are on there days off you can still talk to them and they will be happy to talk. The monetary value is awesome, they are always making sure we are alright! Overall this camp is amazing and it has changed my life. I love camp. |
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5/22/11 |
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8/15/10 |
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This camp is the best I have been to tons of camps as a kid and farwell was the best, state of the art staff, even though you have to walk some places it was worth it, so happy my daughter is going! |
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6/25/10 |
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My daughter went to camp for 4 weeks last year and the year before. I am very impressed with the personal attention that she received in her cabin as well as in her activities. When I was there for Parents' Day, all the girls seemed to be very happy and well cared for. She's been talking about Farwell all year long, and this year one her friends from school is joining her for 2 weeks. I have nothing but nice things to say about this camp, especially about the staff. I personally appreciated being kept apprised of how my daughter was doing, especially during her first summer. My younger daughter can't wait to be old enough to go... she's 5 now, so 1 more year. |
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8/5/09 |
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7/1/09 |
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6/21/09 |
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This will be my daughter's second summer at Farwell. The first summer she was very nervous to leave home, and personally I was worried about her being homesick. I personally spoke with the owners regarding this matter, and they assured me that the staff went through an extensive one week orientation to learn how to be a camp counselor. My daughter was homesick the first two nights, however her counselor gave her her own stuffed animal to "watch over her while she slept"! This summer she is staying longer and can't wait to see her friends from last year. Thank you Camp Farwell for all that you do! |
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5/5/09 |
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going to camp farwell may have been the worst experience of my life. i dont know what made it so bad.. was it the counsilers, who barley pay attention to yu and are mean and harsh, or was it the facilites , wood cabing with wood beds and hard as rock beds. also you have to walk quiet a bit to get from one place to another.. you have to walk to the bathrooms and the showers. other than that.. it was ..okay |
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1/4/09 |
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Though the staff sleeps in the cabins with the girls, i barely got to know them. The counselors seemed bored when i got there and were not personal with us at all. I went for horse riding and was severly dissapointed. The first week i did "double riding" which was two lessons a day. But as i learned every other day you do a trial ride, those got stale quickly and were not the safest as i was bucked off twice in the woods and the second time was hurt. At the time i had been riding for three years so they put me on far more challenging horses which was a pain as i was constantly working to keep them from not spooking or running off with me, instead of improving my skill-this may seem selfish but after the first three lessons of not getting to jump you can see where i'm coming from. I found the girls clique-y and the schedule a bit stale. I didn't really get to know the CITs and i wish i had had better oppurtunities to do so. |
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4/6/08 |
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it was okay, except some of the counselors were mean and harsh. they put me in the wrong cabin group, with girls one to two years younger than me, and when i went at age ten, (three years ago) there was a six year old in my cabin who didn't speak english and was selectively deaf/mute. although the area is beautiful, there are definitely better summer programs out there. |
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1/24/08 |
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I agree with pretty much everyone else here. The first two years at Farwell were amazing. The third year, it was old. The staff got annoying and the girls got clicky. The activites are very good, and there is a lot to choose from. It's a great camp if you want to try a little bit of everything. I personally wasn't satisfied with the horseback riding, although they do have a very extensive horseback riding program for a general camp. However, I felt that it was unsafe in the intermediate levels. They gave intermediate riders horse that were too challenging, and a lot of kids fell off. It's fine for beginners, and advanced. I was in a more experienced level so it was fine, but sort of a pain because I had to ride all the rude horses. Also some of the instructors had only learned to ride at Farwell and had no idea what they were talking about. So I would recommend Farwell to anyone except intermediate horseback riders looking for a riding program. |
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4/11/07 |
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I agree with the first person, this was fun the first two years, but for the third year I chose not to go back because, well, it doesn't exactly get boring, but it gets sort of old. The activites are fantastic the setting is beautiful, and the food is also great tasting! Some of the downsides are the facilities, staff, and girls, though. The cabins are rustic and a little bit run down, and you have to walk to the bathroom and showers. Some of the staff I also found cranky and a little bit mean. Most of them were amazing, and the CITS were fun, but a few of the staff members put a bit of a damper on my summer. For what it was, I also thought it very expensive. My first year I absolutely loved the girls in my cabin and the staff; but my second year I did not care for one of my counselors and I encountered many girls who were wealthy and clique-y. But there are also many fun and awesome girls to hang out with. But you can't beat the Farwell campfires and hilarious evening activites! |
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4/11/07 |
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I agree with the first person, this camp is fun but does get not exactly boring, but old after two years. Also the facilities aren't that great; the cabins are run-down and you have to walk to the showers and bathrooms. The activities are SO much fun though! It's a bt expensive. Sometimes the staff can be a little mean. But overall it's really fun! |
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2/8/07 |
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this camp is great, but after a few years it gets a bit boring i went for 2 years and then stopped before my third |
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1/18/07 |
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i loved campfarwell. it wasn't cliquey at all and all the girls were nice. cons: one of the cits was mean and ugh just a pain. |
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1/16/07 |
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"Oh see those Farwell Campers, all standing in a line, and all of them are little pals of mine...." As a camper, C.I.T., junior counselor and senior counselor I have seen all sides of Farwell-and you can give your daughter no better experience than a summer on Halls Lake. Bob and Charyl Hanson (owners) really know what they are doing, the staff comes from all over the world and completely brings their culture and spark to camp, and the location is stunning. I look forward to the day I can send my own daughter there-Farwell is the best!!!! |
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