Camp Gallagher is a co-ed overnight summer camp primarily for middle schoolers and high schoolers located on Case InletinLakebay, Washington...[1] It was founded in 1970.[2]
Camp Gallagher is operated by Friends of Camp Gallagher, a non-religious, community-based nonprofit, and is accredited by the American Camping Association.[3]
In 1963, the Archdiocese of Seattle's Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) began using Camp Gallagher as short trip destination for campers attending Camp Blanchet.[5] The CYO officially established Camp Gallagher as a summer camp in 1970.[6]
The Seattle Archdiocese closed Camp Gallagher in Fall 2010[7] and, in 2015, announced it was selling the property.[8][9][10][11] Following the announcement, former Camp Gallagher campers, parents and staff members launched an effort to buy and reopen the camp. On July 30, 2015, the property was sold to a party previously unaffiliated with Camp Gallagher. The new owners agreed to lease the property to the group that had been campaigning to save the camp.[12][13] The group formed the Friends of Camp Gallagher nonprofit in 2015.[14]
The Seattle Archdiocese used money from the sale of Camp Gallagher to fund a new aquatic center at one of its remaining camps.[15]
Friends of Camp Gallagher Era (2015-Present)[edit]
Friends of Camp Gallagher re-opened Camp Gallagher for Classic Summer Camp, Gallagher Expeditions, Family Camp, Men's Camp and Women's Camp in June 2016.[16]
Camp Gallagher's primary camping program is made up of six to nine day sessions, wherein middle school or high school aged campers stay overnight in cabins, eat meals in a communal dining hall and engage in summer camp activities like arts and crafts, boating and hiking[17]
