Camp Ton-A-Wandah

“15 years ago, I drove up to Camp Ton-A-Wandah a shy little girl in the backseat of my mom's van and cried many "momma's girl" tears as she hugged me good-bye. Two weeks later, when she showed up to pick me up, I cried even more "I don't want to leave!" tears and begged her to leave me at Camp for the third week! Every year after that one, I spent all year looking forward to my three weeks at Camp Ton-A-Wandah. Now, years later, I'm a school teacher and several of my students spend their summers at Ton-A-Wandah. They love running back to my classroom on the first day of school and telling me all about their summer away at Camp! I can't wait until I have daughters of my own so they can experience the same incredible summers as their mommy did at Camp Ton-A-Wandah!”

“It’s hard to put onto words what TAW means to my daughter . It is the highlight of her year . We call it Bella time . It’s three weeks that she gets to get away and try things new and make life long friendships. She talks daily about camp . As she gets older she gets more emotionally invested in the people and the traditions . She is a true Cherokee girl and would wear her colors daily . I’ve had people question sending someone so “young “ “away” for three weeks. I just show them the pictures of how happy and confident she looks .”