Staff, Housing and Food

Instructional Activities. Free Time. Electives. Evening Program.
The carefully-crafted combination of these elements are part of what makes Sandy Hill a special place. But a good program alone cannot make a camp truly great. That takes people...Counselors who really are good role models, who care deeply, and who really do put their campers first...And campers, both new and old, who make Sandy Hill their home away from home and share so many special moments together...People are what make Sandy Hill truly amazing!

Meet the Camp Directors

Greg and Kathy Ann Joseph have been directing Sandy Hill Camp since the program began in 1995. Kathy Ann has a Masters in Education from Stanford University plus experience in aquatics, boating, ropes courses, music, and theater. Prior to camp, she taught English and Spanish at a variety of levels from elementary to adult. Greg officially joined the Sandy Hill staff as the executive director in 1998. He worked for General Motors for eight years as an engineer and manager and has an M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University. Greg is also an Eagle Scout, a magician, and loves sports and the outdoors. Greg and Kathy Ann live at Sandy Hill with their daughter Karalyn and son Nathan.

Sandy Hill Staff

Sandy Hill staff members are carefully selected on the basis of their integrity, maturity, enthusiasm, experience in working with young people, and skills in various camp activities. All counselors undergo a week of intensive staff training which includes safety, first aid, child development, behavior management, and much more.

Specialty staff who work with the ropes course, horses, waterfront and pool have an additional week of technical training on safety and skills in their focus area. Most counselors are college students interested in being positive Christian role models for kids, and many return summer after summer. International counselors representing more than a dozen countries make up approximately one-third of the staff each year and provide a culturally diverse experience for the campers. With over 130 staff, the overall camper to staff ratio at Sandy Hill is better than 3:1.

Housing and Food

Eight or nine campers and two or three counselors make up a cabin group. Campers are assigned to cabins by age group and session length, (JV one-week, Varsity one-week, and two-week). Sandy Hill honors up to three cabinmate preferences for campers who are no more than one grade apart. Special care is taken to make sure that our many campers without cabinmate preferences are not put in cabins where all the others already know each other.

Campers are served an all-you-can-eat, buffet style breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack each full day at camp. Fresh fruit, the salad bar, PB&J, and a vegetarian option accompany lunches and dinners. Meals at Sandy Hill have a reputation for being healthy, kid-friendly, and delicious!

Cabins for One-Week Campers
Rustic cabins are furnished with bunk beds, and campers bring their own linens (unless traveling by plane). Clean, modern and newly renovated bathrooms with shower facilities and electricity are located nearby. Click here for more photos of the cabins and lodges.


Lodges for Two-Week Campers
The lodges are modern yet rustic-looking, 4300 square foot, two-story buildings that each house at least 48 campers and staff. The first floor has two bunkrooms for 12 people each, a large common area with a two-story atrium, and a bathroom/shower area.  The second floor houses two more cabin groups with two bunkrooms and a second bathroom/shower area.  The lodges have electricity, air-conditioning, storage cubbies, fans and indoor plumbing. Our 4th lodge will be complete in 2009 allowing all of our two-week campers to spend their entire two-week session in a lodge.