Tom Denney Nature Camp

05/30/2026

Join our camp counselors for FREE face painting at this community event!

This Sunday, we celebrate YOU. 💚

Join us for Community Appreciation Day at Nashoba Valley Winery — a day filled with live music, local vendors, family fun, great food, and the people who make this community so special.

🍷 Sip local
🎶 Enjoy live music
🛍️ Support small businesses
🎨 Bring the kids for free face painting

📅 Sunday, May 31st | 11:30AM–5PM
📍 Nashoba Valley Winery
✨ Free admission · Families welcome

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🌿

05/17/2026

The Tom Denney Nature Camp in Bolton is accepting applications for Counselors.

https://www.tomdenneynaturecamp.org/work-at-camp/

Camp runs June 29 – August 7 and staff is there weekdays from 8:45am-4:30pm, and until 6pm on Thursdays.

Staff Orientation is June 23-25, 9am-3pm.

Counselor:

• High School junior or older
• $15/hour
• Like nature and being outside
• Desire to work with children
• Be able to maintain a safe camp environment
• Skills: Strong leadership and organizational skills, responsible,
good morals, patience, compassion, ability to remain camper focused, creativity, and a positive attitude

• Lifeguard certification a plus (you have time to take a course before camp starts)

First come first served, so get your application to us as soon as possible

Counselor-in-Training:

• If you’re entering 9th grade or above, you can be a counselor-in-training and earn volunteer and leadership hours while having fun!

About the Camp:
Kindergarten – 9th grade campers:

Games and activities in the fields, woods and pond!

Swimming, Kayaking, Arts & Crafts, Water Gun Fun, Hiking, Tracking, Shelter Building, Campfires to cook hot dogs and marshmallows, Ponding (catch and release frogs and fish), Predator and Prey (an all-camp tag game), The Amazing Race (group challenges), exotic and local animals from Animal Adventures, middle school campers stay late to have fun in the dark on Thursdays, & more!

See the website for more details: tomdenneynaturecamp.org

Questions: [email protected] (best means of communication) or 978-245-6929 (voice mail)

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05/13/2026

Tom Denney Nature Camp T-Shirt Contest
DEADLINE: Tuesday, May 26, at noon

Do you want to design this year's Tom Denney Nature Camp T-shirt?! If so, send in your entry by Tuesday, May 26, at Noon.

Entries will be voted on by the staff, and if yours is chosen, then it will be printed on the t-shirts.

Rules/Notes:

Entries must be sent via regular mail to PO Box 14, Bolton, MA 01740 and be in the post office box by Tuesday, May 26, at noon.
So please either mail it to get there in time, or put a stamp on it/pay when you get there and give it to the people at the counter to put in the box. Do not put in the mailbox outside or the slot inside since all mail gets sent out to the distribution center before coming back to Bolton. The Post Office counter closes from 11:00am-12:00pm on weekdays, so don't go during those times.

Entries must be on a regular 8.5"x11" white piece of paper that has not been folded.

Entries must be drawn in black pen ink or thin Sharpie.

Entries must be signed by the artist (write clearly so we can read your name).

Do not write anything else on the design (the printer adds the name of the camp and the year).

Think about the printing and do not make any lines that are too close together and will turn into blobs (e.g. feathers on a bird need to be distinct).

Please review the below list of past designs so there is no recent duplication.

Feel free to scan and email us a sketch of your idea and we will give you feedback (technical only) before you draw your final submission.

DO NOT TRACE. ORIGINAL ARTWORK ONLY.

Ask us if you have any questions.

Past t-shirt designs:
Frog
Drawing of Bower Springs
Spotted Salamander
Kingfisher
Painted Turtle
Beaver
Animal Tracks
Great Horned Owl
Duck
Pileated Woodpecker
Lake Chubb & Blue Gill
Bullfrog
Red-tailed Hawk
Dragonfly on lily pad
Fox
Raccoons
Turtle
Owl
Squirrel
Hummingbird & Flowers
Coyotes Howling
Fireflies
Bird on Stump
Inch worm on leaf
Fire Roasting

05/01/2026

Visit the Tom Denney Nature Camp booth at Children's Day in Bolton this Saturday morning, May 2! The event runs from 10 am to 12:30 pm at Florence Sawyer School (Emerson building area).

Learn about the weekly outdoor sessions at Bowers Springs for kids entering kindergarten through 8th grade. In addition to main day camp for younger ages, there is the ECO Adventure program for middle school students and the Counselor-in-training program for 9th graders and above.

For more info or to register, come tomorrow or visit
www.tomdenneynaturecamp.org

03/30/2026

Don't miss out on the EARLY BIRD Discount!
Register before April 1st! We have an action packed summer ahead! Also, we accept Child Care vouchers for Week 1.
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Here's additional background:

The camp in Bolton is for students entering Kindergarten through High School.

Activities include swimming, games in the fields and woods, arts & crafts, songs, tracking, hiking, campfires to roast hot dogs and marshmallows, building shelters, Animal Adventures, Predator and Prey, Amazon Adventure & more.

Campers entering grades 6th-9th in the Eco Adventures program will play kayaking games on the pond, nighttime activities on Thursday and dinner and s'mores, water guns, an adventure hike, team building activities & more.

Counselors-in-Training must be entering 9th grade or above and attend Orientation June 23-25 and then choose two weeks or more to be at camp.

There are 6 weekly sessions that run June 29 – August 7, Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm.
After Care is available until 4:30pm.
Campers from all towns are welcome!

See the website for more details and to register: tomdenneynaturecamp.org

Questions: [email protected] (best means of communication) or 978-245-6929 (voice mail)

$415/week Tom Denney SPOTS AVAILABLE Entering grades K – 5 M-F 9:00am-3:00pm After Care available until 4:30pm Games and activities in the fields and woods! Swimming, Predator and Prey (an all-camp tag game), Amazon Exploration (group challenges), Exotic Animals from Animal Adventures, Arts & Craf...

02/23/2026

Imagine the warm weather? Are the kid summer camps lined up?
It's a great time to register and take advantage of the early bird discount. Also, child care vouchers are accepted for Week 1. See details below and on the website.

The camp in Bolton is for students entering Kindergarten through High School.

Activities include swimming, games in the fields and woods, arts & crafts, songs, tracking, hiking, campfires to roast hot dogs and marshmallows, building shelters, Animal Adventures, Predator and Prey, Amazon Adventure & more.

Campers entering grades 6th-9th in the Eco Adventures program will play kayaking games on the pond, nighttime activities on Thursday and dinner and s'mores, water guns, an adventure hike, team building activities & more.

Counselors-in-Training must be entering 9th grade or above and attend Orientation June 23-25 and then choose two weeks or more to be at camp.

There are 6 weekly sessions that run June 29 – August 7, Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm.
After Care is available until 4:30pm.
Campers from all towns are welcome!

See the website for more details and to register: tomdenneynaturecamp.org
Questions: [email protected] (best means of communication) or 978-245-6929 (voice mail)

02/07/2026

Don’t forget! Registration for this year’s camp season is in full swing! 🤩 Below are some quick details about our programs, which run from June 29th to August 7th.

🌲Tom Denney Program:
Entering Kindergarten-5th grade, $390 per week

🌲Eco Adventures Program:
Entering 6th-9th grade, $500 per week

🌲Counselor-in-Training Program:
Entering 9th grade or above, $400 for season, includes 3 day orientation & 2+ weeks at camp

Head to our website linked in our bio to find more details on specific activities and how to sign up.
https://www.tomdenneynaturecamp.org/

01/25/2026

Snowed in and at the computer?
It's a good time to get ahead with summer camp plans!
There is an early bird discount. Also, child care vouchers are accepted for Week 1. See details below and on the website.

Tom Denney Nature Camp Register Now!
The camp in Bolton is for students entering Kindergarten through High School.

Activities include swimming, games in the fields and woods, arts & crafts, songs, tracking, hiking, campfires to roast hot dogs and marshmallows, building shelters, Animal Adventures, Predator and Prey, Amazon Adventure & more.

Campers entering grades 6th-9th in the Eco Adventures program will play kayaking games on the pond, nighttime activities on Thursday and dinner and s'mores, water guns, an adventure hike, team building activities & more.

Counselors-in-Training must be entering 9th grade or above and attend Orientation June 23-25 and then choose two weeks or more to be at camp.

There are 6 weekly sessions that run June 29 – August 7, Monday - Friday, 9am - 3pm.
After Care is available until 4:30pm.

Campers from all towns are welcome!
See the website for more details and to register: tomdenneynaturecamp.org
Questions: [email protected] (best means of communication) or 978-245-6929 (voice mail)

12/23/2025

It's that time of year to start thinking ahead to summer camps! Registration has opened for Tom Denney Nature Camp in Bolton.

Register early and get the Early Bird Special!
See details on the website: www.tomdenneynaturecamp.org

Here is the 2026 Schedule:

Camp Week 1: June 29 – July 3
Camp Week 2: July 6 – 10
Camp Week 3: July 13 – 17
Camp Week 4: July 20 – 24
Camp Week 5: July 27 – 31
Camp Week 6: August 3 – 7

CIT/Staff Mandatory Orientation (then CITs choose 2 weeks of camp to work): June 23 – 25, 9am-3pm