The Champlin Foundations has also awarded funding to make significant improvements to the camp’s facilities, including the addition of new rest rooms in proximity to the baseball and soccer fields. Most scholarships are funded through the Catholic Charity Appeal. Forty percent of the children who attend Mother of Hope Camp receive scholarships to help pay for the experience. Every summer, more than 800 campers, many of whom are from urban areas and take free busses to attend the camp. 44, offers weeklong day camping opportunities for boys and girls, grades K-8, beginning in late June. The facility, located down a tree-lined lane off Rte. “I love getting to show the kids the fun you can have at camp like when I was taught when I was here.” “I made some great friends here that I’m still friends with today,” he said. “I’m still a little kid inside.”įontaine recalls the swimming, silly camp pranks and the arts and crafts, but what he remembers most fondly are the friendships he made at Mother of Hope. “I had so much fun here so why not come back,” he said. Now, the 18 year-old recent graduate of Mount Saint Charles Academy is in his first year as counselor at his beloved camp where he is proud to serve as an example of leadership and faith to young boys and girls. CHEPACHET - Dan Fontaine was five years old when he first began hiking the tree-lined paths of Mother of Hope Day Camp, situated along the shores of Echo Lake.