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NOV
10
2021

From the Archives: Camping Days During the 1940s Polio Epidemic

There are times when moments in history seem to reflect each other. As we planned for and now reflect back on the 2021 summer during the global Coronavirus pandemic, stories from the summer of 1948 seem to resonate in new ways. When our founder, Dammie Day, prepared to open camp
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OCT
24
2019

Movie Night in Castle!

On October 17, Camp Merrie-Woode hosted a film screening in Castle of the new documentary, Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence. This 50 minute film tells the story of prominent author, civil rights activist, and camp director Lillian Smith. Lillian directed Laurel Falls Camp in
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NOV
21
2017

Finding Our Heroes

Last weekend I journeyed with Corinne Foster on a pilgrimage to Tazewell, Virginia to find the gravesite of one of Merrie-Woode’s founders, Mary Turk. Corinne is a long time camper and counselor, and she is my invaluable archiving assistant in the CMW Archives. She loves camp
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MAR
02
2016

Tripcraft Then & Now: Panthertown

Many generations of Merrie-Woode girls carry with them stories of overnight trips to Panthertown. In the early days of Camp, Panthertown Valley was a fairly inaccessible wilderness, located generally North of the Camp property between Laurel Knob and Lake Toxaway. Locals called
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FEB
04
2016

Tripcraft Then & Now

Do you remember when you fell in love with the mountains? My first summer at Merrie-Woode, as I stared up at Old Bald, I was hooked. I had to climb that mountain. I had to explore those woods and discover all the secret places hidden over the hill: ice-cold streams tumbling over
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