Register Now for the Foundation Golf Tournament!

Registration is open now for the Skye Farm Foundation’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on Sunday, June 7th! Join us for 9 holes of golf at the Van Patten Golf Club in Clifton Park, NY, and/or support the event with your business and sponsor a tee, a contest, or more. We'll be doing a shotgun start, scramble format, with "closest to the pin" and "longest drive" contests and a variety of prizes. Registration starts at 1pm, followed by 2pm tee time, and a 5pm casual dinner reception.

Your support of this event will help Skye Farm continue to fill kids’ summers with smiles, friendship, adventure and loving Christian community. We sold out this event last year, so be sure to register soon!

Counselor Positions Still Available

We’re in the final stretch of our summer staff hiring season, and we have a couple more positions available for counselors!

• male counselor (1 18+ position remaining, starting at $350/week)

• female counselor (2 17+ positions remaining, starting at $350/week)

Counseling staff get to experience the joy of camp alongside their campers, supervising, facilitating, and participating in camp activities with their small group of campers. Counselors receive extensive training to work hands-on with kids, sleeping in cabins with no more than 6-8 campers and working together with a co-counselor and other program staff throughout the week. It's an incredibly rewarding job, and helps staff grow valuable skills in leadership, problem solving, and more.

Additional Summer Staff 2026 logistics to know:

• Staff training starts Wednesday, June 17th for counseling and leadership staff and Sunday, June 21st for all other staff. Flexibility for students with regents exams or graduations is absolutely available.

• Room & board is included for all summer staff positions! Laundry facilities are available at camp for staff for free.

• The last day of work for most summer staff is Saturday, August 8th, with some positions continuing to support retreats later in August.

• Each week, staff have time off from Friday evening to Sunday morning at 10am, in addition to breaks during the day throughout the week.

Summer Camp Programs are Filling Fast!

Many of our popular summer camp programs are starting to fill! Here’s an update on which programs are full or have limited spots left:

• Week 1:

  • Lake Life - Limited space available in female housing

  • Games, Games, Games Ages 8-11 - Limited space available

• Week 2:

  • Skye Faves - Limited space available in female housing

• Week 3:

  • Rocks, Ropes, & Rivers July - Limited space available in female housing

  • Night Owls Session 1 - Limited space available in male housing

• Week 4:

  • New Kids on the Dock - Limited space available in male housing, FULL female housing

  • Skye Faves - Limited space available in male housing, FULL female housing

  • Night Owls Session 2 - Limited space available in female housing

  • ADK Paddle - FULL male housing

• Week 5:

  • Wondrous Waters - Limited space available in male housing, FULL female housing

  • ADK Artists - Limited space available in female housing

• Week 6:

  • Rocks, Ropes, & Rivers August - Limited space available in female housing, FULL male housing

Fun at Camp with Friends & Siblings

The third of our ongoing “Frequently Asked Questions” series shares everything you need to know about siblings and friends attending camp together, including how to request that campers be in the same cabin, sibling and refer-a-friend discounts, and more!

Program Highlight: Creating in Creation

Creating in Creation is open to anyone 18 or older, and costs $160. Skye Farm will provide meals, lodging, and several options for crafting locations and activities.

Registration is open now under “Adult Retreats” in our registration portal!

FreeWill Deadline Coming Soon!

Steve Butler, on behalf of the Skye Farm Foundation, has an important update for us about FreeWill:

Thursday Crew News

For many on the Thursday Crew, April was full of days with the chainsaws and wood splitter. The crew worked hard to safely drop numerous dead trees from around the main parking lot, Bass Lodge, and around the Hagy and Loon cabins. These trees are now no longer threats to the buildings and vehicles around them and, as a bonus, they’re helping us replenish our firewood supplies in various woodsheds around camp!

Other ongoing Thursday Crew projects include turning on the water to our seasonal buildings (and the various spring plumbing repairs and updates that come with it), continued work on the floors of several cabins, new screen doors for the Mohawk cabins, continued work on completing the renovations to Central Washhouse, the assembling of our secret carpentry project (to be revealed soon!) and more.

Upcoming Events & Dates to Know

• May 28-30 - 2026 Annual Conference (with CRM workshops!)

• June 7th - Skye Farm Foundation Golf Tournament

• June 17th - Staff Training Begins

• June 21st - Open House

• June 28th - First campers arrive for Week 1!

• August 21-24 - Family Camp

• September 17-20 - Young Adult Adventure Camp

• September 18-20 - Creating in Creation Fall Crafting Retreat

• September 26 - Skye Farm Foundation Fall Festival

Stay tuned for more information about these events coming soon!

Thank you for supporting Skye Farm, whether that means trusting us with your family, volunteering your time, spreading the word about what we do, helping get kids to camp, or making financial gifts. If you’d like to make a donation to the Skye Farm Foundation, click the link below.

Did you know? The Skye Farm Camp and Retreat Center Foundation, Inc is an independent not-for-profit corporation founded in 2021. The Foundation's mission is to promote and ensure the long-term future of Skye Farm Camp. The Foundation raises money to fund special projects, ongoing operations, and, most vitally, an endowment fund to ensure that Camp remains a vibrant and life-changing mission and refuge for generations of campers to come.