SUMMER 2010 - REGISTER NOW! - No increase in fees from '09!

Recruit a new camper and receive an additional $50.00 off your fee!
(Or donate the $50.00 to the Scholarship Fund to help a child come to HVC that would otherwise be unable to attend!)

Camp Staff

The Hidden Valley Camp staff consists of 53 adults, primarily college students and graduates. These young men and women are carefully selected and trained for camp leadership positions. Mature leadership and careful supervision by a well trained staff are the greatest assurance of campers having a fine experience and parents' greatest guarantee of their child's physical and emotional well-being. The boys' and girls' group counselors' primary responsibility is with their tent group. They are assisted by speciality staff whose responsibilities are to work with groups and counselors when in their area. Staff are role models exhibiting positive examples and influence.

Owners/Directors

Todd McKinlay is the resident Camp Director and supervises all staff and camp program activities. A graduate in Education from Washington State University, Todd taught for 10 years at schools that emphasize individual needs and personal growth and has worked full time for camp since 1992. Todd has had extensive camp staff experience at Y.M.C.A. Camp Speers-Eljabar in Pennsylvania as a riding assistant and from 1973 at Hidden Valley as riding counselor, group counselor, Camper Leader counselor, Program Director and Camp Director since 1984.

Todd is an active member of the American Camp Association (Evergreen Section) and is a current Board Member and also on the Standards Committee, Nominating Committee and is a camp standards visitor. He has previously Chaired the ACA Public Relations and Education Committees. Todd manages the administrative responsibilities of camp, is responsible for staff hiring, is experienced in staff and camper supervisory skills and in providing leadership for camp programming based on outdoor group living experiences.

Hidden Valley Camp has been operated by Bob and Nan McKinlay since 1973. After graduating from the University of Minnesota and completing graduate work at George Williams College, Bob spent 20 years with the Y.M.C.A. During this time he directed three Y Camps in Wisconsin, Washington State (Camp Orkila) and Pennsylvania. For four years Bob was Youth Work and Camping Consultant for all Y.M.C.A.'s and Camps in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He has been active in American Camp Association activities as past Minnesota Section President, board member, camp standards visitor, program chairman of a mid-Atlantic states convention, past President of the Evergreen Section, has been chairman of the Western Region A.C.A. including all states west of the Rockies, has been a member of the National Board of A.C.A. and General Chair of the 1989 National A.C.A. Conference in Seattle. Bob received a National Honor Award given at the A.C.A. National Conference in 2003. Bob's career in organized youth camping spans over 50 years and as Executive Director works closely with Todd in the operation of Hidden Valley Camp.

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