I started at Hagan as a camper in cabin 2, I think, in 1961 or 1962, a year or two after my older cousins, Karen and Barbie Beatty, had started attending Camp Hagan, thanks to our grandmother generously providing the funds to allow us to go to summer camp. For…
A Few Cherished Memories From My 10 Summers At Hagan – Our time capsule will be a happy one! Nancy Rosenquest (Reeves) and I getting our parents to leave NJ at the crack of dawn so we could be the FIRST campers in our cabin, there was not a year, as…
In 2008 I went to a weekend workshop on digital story-telling in Washington, DC. We were learning how to tell a story about something important in our lives using mixed media. I knew that I wanted to create a narrative about my time at Hagan, one of my most influential…
A Reflection On A Summer Camp For Girls Along A River, Called Camp Hagan… The task of writing this story became quite a challenge for me without intention. I appreciate that I made it more difficult. Thoughts, feelings, reflections, and remembrances were still swirling around in my head and in…
“You have been selected to receive the Citizenship Award of Camp Hagan.” As a camper starting out in Jr. 1 in 1963 and working my way to Sr. 7 by 1970, I had the opportunity to observe the citizenship ceremony many times. How cool it would be to be tapped…
It is really difficult to condense 12 summers of memories from such a wonderful place. It actually started in 1957 when my sister got to go to Hagan for 2 weeks. I really wanted to go also, but my parents told me I was too young. Then in 1958 when…
My “Hagan Days” were some of the most memorable and life shaping of my youth. I could write a book about my experiences there, but short of that I will only touch on a few highlights. Several decades after the 12 summers I spent there, I still maintain close friendships…