Staff Alumni Profile - Hayden Blalock

2024 Summer staff - (Isabel, Sawyer, Hayden and Bailey)

The first in our Staff Alumni Profile Series! We hear from Hayden Blalock - Camper, LIT/JC, and Summer Staffer - All-Around Camp Fan!

I began coming to Camp Fellowship when I was 5, starting in 2010. I automatically fell in love with camp. With all of the fun activities and counselors that still inspire the way I am as a leader. I  got the opportunity to be a kid and make connections, relate, and embrace the experience while away from home. As a camper, I went through all the stages of developing myself as a leader through our LIT and Junior Counselor programs. These programs shaped me in many ways outside of learning to be a summer camp counselor. I gained confidence in myself to make the right choices, learned to understand how taking accountability isn’t bad, learned how to work well with others even through conflict and to give yourself grace when you fail because everyone does. 

Hayden - Summer of 2014

My biggest lesson while being a camper was finally realizing that camp was something more significant for me. I found my purpose and the direction in which I wanted to go in my life.
I started on staff in the summer of 2021; being on staff for multiple years has made me see the ups and downs of being a director and solidified my decision of wanting to be one myself. I am going into my Junior year at Presbyterian College as a Psychology major with a minor in Art.

My goal is to be a camp director and make an impact like the one made on me. I full heartedly believe that without Camp Fellowship, I would be another statistic of what happens when a child doesn’t have connections of support and unconditional love. I have been pushed to better myself for myself but also the children and families that I hope to serve  in the same way very soon.