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Sow the Seeds: A Successful Spring Campaign

Our Sow the Seeds campaign was a wonderful success, with our camp community raising $55,309 to get Camp Nakanawa ready…

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Service and Smiles: Another Successful Service Weekend in the Books

The weather was perfect for this year’s Service Weekend, welcoming alumnae back to camp with light breezes and beautiful sunshine.…

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Cheerio, Ching-Ching… Thank you, Britney!

We are saying THANK YOU and farewell to Nakanawa’s first ever Development Director, Britney Sink. Under her leadership, Camp has…

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One Hundred Summers, One Hundred Junior Stories

For a hundred summers, the lake at Junior has been teaching young girls who they are — one counselor, one…

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Alumnae Spotlight: Caroline Hallemann

From Tent Row to the bookshelf: alumna Caroline Hallemann’s first book, The Kennedys and the Windsors, arrives June 2.

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WO-HE-LO WARDROBE REFRESH

Nakanawa families, are you ready to gear up for Summer 2026? New Camp Nakanawa uniforms and spirit wear are now available in two camp…

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Tent Row 1966 Reunion in Pensacola, FL

Lolla Page’s beautiful new poem from Tent Row ’66 is a love letter to Lake Aloaloa, Council Ring nights and…

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Values Matter, Character Counts: 

Nakanawa Sponsors Fifth Annual Crossville Character Banquet  A crowd of outstanding young athletes, their coaches, families and banquet sponsors filled…

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Bold & Ready: Shelly Landau Renews Wilderness First Aid

Strengthening Nakanawa’s Safety Legacy Shelly Landau recently returned from CU Boulder, where she recertified with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)…

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Ann & Pepe Honored with Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropy

Ann and Pepe have always shown us what it means to carry Nakanawa’s spirit of service and leadership out into…

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Best Ever Service Weekend:

Senior Dining Hall Mural Restoration Though we have standard Service Weekend projects (wood burning name tags, cutting team ties, sweeping…

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Heart and Soles: More Than Just a Pair of Shoes

Sloan Mulloy, TR ’19, found a way to incorporate a special Nakanawa symbol into an exhibition for her graduate program.…

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Alumnae Spotlight: Laura Layman Lazarevich

When the South Loudoun Youth Chorale (SLYC) dismisses for the evening, the energy spilling out of the rehearsal space is…

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Amazon Mariela in 1990

Alumnae Spotlight: Mariela Moscoso

The echoes of campers laughing and the sunlight shimmering on Lake Aloaloa carry more thannostalgia for Mariela Moscoso, TR 90.…

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Cindy Dubose – A New Chapter for Camp Nakanawa

The Executive Director Search Committee has spent the past few months meeting and interviewing a talented pool of candidates. While…

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Hats Off for Karen

Hats Off to Karen Rathgeber Hale Campaign

The “Hats Off to Karen Hale” campaign has been a joyful outpouring of gratitude, with a sea of hats—caps, visors,…

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