Top Ten Reasons to Attend an SWC Roadshow
Please join us for one of our online or in-person camp shows this month where you can meet the directors, ask questions and connect with other camp fa...
Sanborn Blog
January Update: "Willpower is Overrated"
In a recent piece from Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance and a beloved guest on many podcasts, she points out th...
December Update: Goodbye Year of the Snake, Howdy to the Year of the Horse
As we move toward the end of 2025, it is important to reflect on the past year and recognize our challenges and embrace our triumphs. According to leg...
Gratitude For You & For Summer Camp in Colorado
With all of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday emails filling our inboxes this week, and with many of us trying to finalize Thanksgiving preparations, ...
October Update
We are launching into the 2026 Summer season with a series of Sanborn Road Shows in various locations throughout the Midwest, Colorado and Texas. Duri...
September Update
It is hard to believe that the Aspen trees are beginning to lighten and whole groves are getting more and more golden leaves with each passing day. An...
Weekly Update: August 10th, 2025
Tonight, after delicious Closing Banquets at both camps, Big Spring had their Closing Campfire and High Trails shared their final Vespers…the last Ves...
Weekly Update: August 3, 2025
And then it was August. It is this time of the summer we start feeling our age. It isn’t because we are any more tired than normal (a little) or feeli...
Weekly Update: July 27th, 2025
As of Friday, the holidays are roughly 5 months away. We were reminded of this when High Trails campers and staff cut down a tree, decorated the lodge...
Weekly Update: July 20th, 2025
One of the luxuries of the modern technological era is the on-demand (and constant) verbal access to daily weather information. We can get it daily, h...
Weekly Update: July 13th, 2025
Thank you. Thank you for sharing your incredible campers with us. Even though it has only been 24 hours since our last campers arrived at camp, we hav...
Weekly Update: July 6, 2025
There has been no full photo upload tonight. Please expect more photos in the morning. It is not because we don’t have photos–we have hundreds and hun...