The most important part of a Hive summer is what happens inside each girl. Throughout each day, each activity and every interaction, campers learn a little bit more about themselves and about living in a community where we care for and support each other. We build relationships in our summer community that provide each girl with the time, space and support to grow from the inside out.

Each camp day we play at least one getting-to-know-you game to help everyone meet new friends and learn a little bit more about the girls we live and play with at camp. Some of the games happen at meals -- fun conversations in the dining hall with our table mates. Some happen during evening programs -- in special sharing activities with everyone in camp. Whenever and wherever, we always have a ball discovering interesting things about each other.

Appreciating the special qualities every camper and counselor brings to camp, and discovering the special contributions each one of us has to offer are very important parts of a Hive summer. We learn how much we all have in common wherever we’ve come from and whatever background we’ve grown up with; and we have fun sharing the unique experiences of campers and counselors who live in hundreds of different places and cultures all around the world.

Many of the counselors at Hive were campers here, too! Their love of Hive’s wonderful places, people and activities, and their appreciation for the important life lessons they’ve learned at Hive are things they share with girls every day and every night. Ask any longtime Hiver why she keeps coming back and she’ll have more reasons for her love of being here than fingers and toes. But there’s one reason everyone will mention -- the best friends they have they’ve made at the Hive.

Hiking a forest trail to a mountain lookout with a fifty mile view. Paddling a peaceful river to a shallow beach on a quiet bend. Pitching tents, building cook fires, making breakfasts at sun up and toasting marshmallows under the stars. Working together to make a backpacking or canoeing expedition safe and fantastically fun. Hive girls remember their wilderness experiences for a lifetime! Some expeditions even happen in camp -- early morning breakfasts on the misty lake in canoes, or dinners over campfires in the woods with your tent or shack family.