Staff Bios

 Hi Everyone! It's getting to be that time of year that we start posting staff bios! We are excited to have lots of our staff from last summer returning again and we also have hired a few new staff. Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting bios for them. We'll start with Ella!

My name is Ella, and I’m currently a Freshman, going to be Sophomore, at UW- Baraboo-Sauk County College. I’m going for Ag Education and overall, diving into the business side of Agriculture. I will finish my last two years of my Bachelor's at the University of Wisconsin Platteville.

This will be my first summer working for Hoofbeat, I am super excited and ready to meet the wonderful staff and kids in the next few months! I’ve worked with kids for a few years as well, my previous job being at the Black Earth Children’s Museum! I’ve worked with all ages, and have found a passion in helping/guiding children in the things I love, like horses and farm life.

I have been riding for 13+ years now, and hope to continue my riding career for the rest of my life. I live on a small hobby farm where I also house two of my own horses. DJ and Dollar.

Here is to an amazing summer!! I am excited about the all the new, amazing experiences I am about to have!! This is my beautiful mare, Miss DJ.

Hi! My name is Ali, and I’m originally from Madison, WI but I currently go to school at the University of Cincinnati, majoring in theatre! This will be my third year as staff and my 11th year at Hoofbeat. 

Besides theatre and horses, I love traveling, meeting new people, and cinnamon rolls. I’m very excited to see familiar faces and meet new campers and staff this summer!

Hi everyone! My name is Sydney and I'm going to be a freshman in college double majoring in Therapeutic Recreation & American Sign Language Interpreting. I’m from Waunakee, WI, and this is my second year on staff. I've been coming to Hoofbeat on and off for 9 years, and my favorite horses are King and Ginger.

I'm so excited to meet new people and see returning campers. See you soon!

Hi everyone! My name is Anna and this will be my 10th summer at Hoofbeat! I’m from the Chicago suburbs but am currently a freshman at the University of Oregon studying business! I love spending my time outdoors hammocking in the trees or throwing a frisbee around with friends. I am ALWAYS down to get ice cream (black raspberry chocolate chip is my go-to)! I am so excited for this summer and can’t wait to meet you all!! 

My name is Olivia, I live in Madison and currently I am a senior at Madison West High School. This is my first summer working at camp, but I've been coming to Hoofbeat since I was around 10 years old. My favorite horses at camp are Tiger and Pippa. I have worked at the Nakoma Country Club for 2 years, teaching tennis lessons and managing! I love playing tennis, being outside, horses, and traveling. I can't wait to meet new people and campers!

Hello! My name is Renate. This is my third year of working at camp, but I was a camper for 8 years. I am currently a senior at Waunakee high school, but after graduating I will be attending LaCrosse. I love working with the kids and horses at camp and can’t wait to start working again! My favorite horse is Stormy, and I can’t wait to see him! See you soon!

Hey everyone! My name is Claire and I’m a sophomore in high school living in the Mount Horeb/Blue Mounds area and currently being homeschooled. I’ve started taking steps toward having a career as a farrier. This will be my third year at Hoofbeat, my first as staff. You can most often find me outside walking in the woods with my dog or clearing trails with my brothers, I also enjoy camping, reading, baking/cooking and doing small art projects with my many younger siblings. Can’t wait to come out, meet you all and have an awesome summer!!

“Hi everyone! My name is Arianna and I’m an incoming high school senior from Waunakee, WI. I first started coming to Hoofbeat as a camper in 2014, but this will be my first summer as a counselor! Apart from camp, I love music, animals, traveling, and pretty much anything outdoors. 

I’m so excited to get to know everybody. See you this summer!” 

Hi my name is Emily and this will be my 3rd summer working as staff and my 10th year overall at camp!! My favorite horses and Bear and Zeb. I’m currently a Junior at West High School. Outside of camp I play softball and I love traveling and having out with friends!! I can’t wait to see familiar faces and meet new people!! 

Hey my name is Sela! This is my 3rd year working at Hoofbeat. This will be my 10th year at camp. I’m currently a senior in high school in Oak Park, IL, but will be attending Colorado State University to major in Restoration Ecology. Outside of camp I love horse back riding, painting, and being in the outdoors.

Can’t wait to meet you all and have an amazing summer!

Hi everyone! My name is Kate, this is my 12th summer at Hoofbeat and 3rd as a counselor! I’m currently a senior at Madison West high school but am headed to Purdue in the fall to study engineering! When I’m not at camp I enjoy reading, working with my horse Cody, and traveling.
I’m so excited to meet new people and see some returning faces!

Hello! My name is Jodie, and I’m an incoming senior at Middleton High School. This is my 3rd year at camp and it will be my first as a counselor. I don’t currently ride, but I have a lot of prior experience with horses. Apart from that, I love to travel, read, and hang out with friends. I can’t wait to get to know everyone this summer!

Hello everyone!! I’m so excited for this summer, My name is Norah and I am currently a senior at Oregon High School but this fall I will be attending the University Of Nebraska-Lincoln. This is my 3rd year working but 8th year at camp! I love spending time with all the campers and horses (especially Bear) but when I’m not at camp I enjoy taking pictures of sports teams and playing with my 2 dogs Pippa and Cashew! I’m looking forward to meeting everyone and hope to see some familiar faces!!

Almost Spring Camp Update

 

   

Hello from Hoofbeat!

We hope that you and your family are doing well.

We are busy gearing up for spring programs at camp and also for summer!

There have been a couple of UW groups that have had retreats with us the last couple of months - we enjoy hosting them!

In March, we'll have two Wilderness First Responder Clinics here. Those always keep us busy as we provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner for them. Our barn cat (Whoopi) likes to come down to the lower part of camp to see if she can get anyone to pet her whenever we have groups in. This time of year she gets lonely since there are so few people around!

In April and May we have several Girl Scout programs and Saturday camps that we're running. Everything has filled up, so we are getting schedules ready , arts and projects set up, and looking forward to seeing campers and staff back at camp again!

Day Camp starts back up in June, which will be here before we know it. All of the sessions are full (they filled within a week of us opening registration this year, which has never happened before). A BIG thank you to all of our loyal campers/ families and we look forward to seeing new faces too. 

We have lots of returning staff this summer and a few new staff/former campers that have been hired also. We'll be posting staff bios on our camp Facebook page and the blog, so be on the lookout for those!

The horses are all doing well and are even starting to shed their winter coats. Every now and then we let them out in their pastures so they can get some exercise. Usually they run around and play for a while before they stop to see if there's anything they can munch on.

Well, that's all for now. Take care!

October 21st!

 Hello from Hoofbeat!

We had a day camp this past Saturday and here are some pictures - thanks to our staff for getting these! And thanks to all of our campers that joined us for the day!