Tom Denney Nature Camp

08/14/2026

TDNC 2026 Week One: Story Recap ✨

06/26/2026

TODAY we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Tom Denney Nature Camp!

Saturday, June 27, 2026, 12-3pm
(Heavy Rain Date Sunday June 28)
Bowers Springs Conservation Area
44 Flanagan Road, Bolton, MA
FREE

12pm: Welcome and short Annual Meeting
12-3pm:
Games
Arts & Crafts
Face Painting
Temporary Tattoos
Tie-Dye
Water Guns
Hiking
DJ Love Music
Raffle for a free week of camp
Mexican Food Truck
Hot Dogs
S'mores
2-3pm: Animal Adventures Show

T-shirts & Sweatshirts!!! will be on sale at the event. If you can't make it to the celebration, but would like to purchase a TDNC 50th Anniversary t-shirt or sweatshirt with the camp logo on the top left front and the 50th Anniversary Tree logo on the back, then email us and let us know.

For a shirt(s): You can send a check made out to Tom Denney Nature Camp, PO Box 14, Bolton, MA 01740, OR pay via Venmo (). Photo attached.

Youth T-shirts: Carolina Blue or Teal in size medium (fits most campers or adult small works for the older ones) ~$20 (includes shipping)

Adult T-shirts Beach Washed: Faded Denim or Nordic Green in sizes small, medium, large & XL ~$25 (includes shipping)

Youth Hooded Sweatshirts: Carolina Blue or Kelly Green in sizes medium & large ~$35 (includes shipping)

Adult Crewneck Sweatshirts Beach Washed: Mist or Nordic Green in sizes small, medium, large & XL ~$40 (includes shipping)

Thanks,
Tom Denney Nature Camp

06/20/2026

Tom Denney Nature Camp Celebrates 50!
FREE event. There will be lots to do for kids and a chance to learn more. Music, Food, fun, games, face painting and tie-dying.

Saturday, June 27, 2026
12-3pm
Bowers Springs Conservation Area
44 Flanagan Road, Bolton, MA
(Heavy Rain Date Sunday June 28)

12pm Welcome and short Annual Meeting
2-3pm Animal Adventures Show (pet animals)

12-3pm:
Games
Arts & Crafts
Face Painting
Temporary Tattoos
Tie-Dye
Water Guns
Hiking
DJ Love Music
Raffle for a free week of camp
Mexican Food Truck
Hot Dogs
S'mores

Looking for summer camp options?
Spots available in all weeks, so register now!
https://www.tomdenneynaturecamp.org

Summer Camp
Weekly June 29 - August 7
Grades K - 9
CIT Program available for grades 9 - 12
9 am - 3 pm (after care available)

New for 2026! Tom Denney Nature Camp will be accepting childcare vouchers for all programs during week 1 of summer camp. And for all other weeks, based on availability.

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)

Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TomDenneyNatureCamp?tn-str=k*F) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DJOxnTetaE1/)

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