What We Do
We will give back to our Glen Arden mountain home, where so many of us had some of the most formative and memorable experiences of your childhood.
We have established the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, a donor advised fund that accepts tax-deductible financial gifts that support tuition for local campers who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend Glen Arden. We sponsor an annual week of community service and stewardship to honor the values of kindness, giving, and love of nature that our directors engendered and inspired in us. And we hope to preserve those values instilled in us by Mary Bell and Casey Thurman by contributing to local outdoor education programming and stewardship of our environment through community partnerships. Click here for information on how to give.
We will continue to organize alumni and reunion weekends along with other alumni events to help you stay connected from coast to coast and with alumni and friends of Glen Arden from around the world. We hope you join us! Click here for event information.
The Camp Glen Arden Alumni Association (CGAAA), incorporated in 2018, is a group of former campers, counselors, staff, parents and friends of Glen Arden who are interested in joining together to provide opportunities for alumni to stay connected and give back to our Glen Arden mountain home in meaningful ways through:
- Sponsorship of gatherings for alumni to connect, remember, and foster the joy and values that Camp Glen Arden instilled in us,
- Support of scholarships for local residents to attend camp who otherwise would not have the opportunity through our Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, a donor advised fund that accepts tax-deductible financial gifts;
- Promotion of community service; and
- Stewardship of nature and the environment.
We want to make staying connected easier for you through Alumni Weekends, Reunions, and other Alumni Events, and social media, both Facebook and Instagram.
We hope to create opportunities for our alumni to give back to our Glen Arden mountain home, where you perhaps had some of the most formative and memorable experiences of your childhood. To that end, we have established the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, a donor advised fund that accepts tax-deductible gifts to help fund tuition for local campers who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend Glen Arden. We sponsor an annual week of community service and stewardship to honor the values of kindness, giving, and love of nature that our directors engendered and inspired in us. And we hope to preserve those values instilled in us by Mary Bell and Casey Thurman by contributing to local outdoor education programming and stewardship of our environment through community partnerships.
To get started, updated your alumni contact info by registering [here]. Then follow us on social media on Facebook and Instagram. We hope you will attend our alumni events such as fall alumni weekends, spring work weekends, and upcoming reunions. You can support us with financial contributions to cover nominal overhead expenses and other fundraising intiatives. Additionally, there will be opportunities to serve on committees and on the board. Let us know if you are interested! You can download a board application here: Board Application
Your financial gifts help support events and initiatives such as:
- Gatherings for alumni to connect, remember, and foster the joy and values that Camp Glen Arden instilled in us,
- Scholarships for local campers who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend Glen Arden who otherwise would not have the opportunity,
- Expenses for maintaining the ongoing operations of the Alumni Association,
- And other events, activities, and programs that preserve and foster the values of Glen Arden.
We welcome contributions from everyone. Every gift is meaningful and no donation is too big or too small. We appreciate the many of you who already have given and the many of you who will donate in the future. Your support makes the mission and the work of the Alumni Association possible!
It depends. Yes, you can make tax-deductible gifts to support the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, a donor advised fund. Please see below for more information on the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund.
Financial contributions to support the ongoing activities and operations of the Camp Glen Arden Alumni Association are not tax-deductible and can be made here:
The Camp Glen Arden Alumni Association has established the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, a donor advised fund that accepts tax-deductible gifts that support camp tuition for area campers who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend Glen Arden. With financial contributions from the alumni and Camp Glen Arden to the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund, local campers have been able to attend Glen Arden for multiple summers and benefit from the many gifts and values that Glen Arden has instilled in all of us.
You can make either a tax-deductible gift or taxable financial donation to support the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund.
- Tax-deductible giving: Please contact the Alumni Association directly about making tax-deductible gift to the Camp Glen Arden Campership Fund: alumni@campglenarden.com
- Taxable giving: Please make a taxable donation here:
For current needs of tuition assistance in upcoming summers, please contact the Alumni Association at alumni@campglenarden.com or Camp Glen Arden at (828) 692-8362 or email at office@campglenarden.com .
The Alumni Association works with Camp Glen Arden to periodically make CGA merchandise available for purchase. We will inform you of these opportunities as they arise on our Instagram and Facebook accounts!
The initial Board of Directors was formed from a steering committee that met in the Spring of 2017. Made up of mostly local alumni and, of course, Casey and Liz, we held our first meeting in July 2017 and will incorporated in 2018. We hope that, as the Board of Directors evolves, it will include a diverse representation of alumni from different decades of camp and include campers, counselors, staff, and parents.
The current Board of Directors is approved annually by the Board, with each director serving a three year term. Board terms are staggered, so that new board members can be added over time. If interested in serving on the BOD or a committee, please contact us at and submit an application to serve on the Board of Directors
Please email any additional questions or ideas to alumni@campglenarden.com . We look forward to hearing from you!
