Camp Constitution Report for the Third Quarters of 2026

 

 

Camp Constitution’s 18th annual family camp held at the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH concluded last Friday (July 17).  Attendees came as far as California, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, North Carolina, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and even Plainfield, NH. Monday, our first full day, began with an optional swim and/or run and then the morning devotions, prayer and flag erasing followed by a recitation of the Preamble of the Constitution led by Mrs. Edith Craft, our junior camper director.   Keeping with our American 250 theme, the first class taught by Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution was “The Declaration of Independence.” Altogether, there were eighteen regularly scheduled classes and three optional afternoon classes held for our older campers and adults.  Instructors included Catherine White of the Constitution Decided, authors Felecia Nace and Alex Newman, Kurt Hyde, Tom Moor, atmospheric scientist Professor Willie Soon, Camp Chaplain and author Rev. Steve Craft, Charmaine Rondon, Pastor David Whitney, Geroge Dewhurst, Keith Hanson and Julie Wilkinson. Our junior camper (ages 5-11) instructors were Edith Craft, Donna Desantis, Jessica Whitworth, and Kathy Mickel who also served as our camp nurse. Our room counselors were Willow Whitworth, Josh Viliniskis, and Seamus Fitzgerald.  Support staff included Roberta Stewart, Vito Viliniskis, and Phil Polizotto  our videographer. Morning room inspections were conducted by our head counselor Elden Stahl and Camp Newspaper Editor Mark Afleck.  We not only look for cleanliness but a Christian and Patriotic theme.  Rooms are graded each day, and the winner is declared in the Thursday paper. After lunch, campers participated in running an obstacle course organized by Mrs. Sapphire Giminez, former college basketball player. For the third year in a row, martial arts expert George Dewhurst conduced an optional workshop called Christan Self Defense. Throughout the week, attendees enjoyed the pond and pool as well as the numerous recreational opportunities including basketball, volleyball, a Gaga pit, and ping-pong and chess tournaments. After dinner on Monday, we sang “Happy Birthday to the United States and several camper celebrating birthdays.  Two more classes were conducted and between classes, we had a flag lowering ceremony. The night ended with our evening campfire where campers and staff sing songs, play musical instruments, conduct skits,  tell “Dad Jokes,” and enjoyed a fireworks display. On Tuesday Mr. Keith Hanson of Critical Dynamics taught a class on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and in the afternoon, he conducted an optional marksmanship class giving campers-many for the first time-the opportunity to shoot a .22 rifle. Wednesday afternoon was an optional field trip to the Billings Farm Museum in nearby Woodstock, VT. We had visits from Cynthia Rusis of Turning Point USA and Ann Savastrano of  First Love Works who discussed the activities of their organizations.  Our guest instructor Julie Wilkinson who played the abortion nurse in the movie “Unplanned The Abby Johnson” story. The Johnson Family brought their violins are performed at our evening campfire and also did a rendition of the “National Anthem” before class Before lunch on Thursday, Junior Campers dresses in colonial attire participated in their annual parade.   Thursday afternoon was our annual wiffle ball game.  For the first time in many years, the Shurtleff All Stars lost to the Newman Barnstormers. Thursday night was our closing ceremonies that included remarks by Rev. Steve Craft and Pastor David Whitney, speeches by those who entered our essay contest and   the announcement this year’s “Super Campers”-a boy and a girl who are awarded camp tuitions to our 2027 camp.  This year’s winners were Hailey Lankford, and David Tyrun.  The winner of our essay contest “Why I Love America” was Madyson Rokiki. The “Hal Shurtleff Award” given to a staffer went to Mrs. Sapphire Gimenez who did an outstanding job as recreational director, and The “Willie Soon” Award given to an instructor went to Mr. Alex Newman. Friday after breakfast, we picked up, cleaned up, packed up, and headed home.  Next year’s camp will be held at the same venue Sunday July 11 to Friday July 16,2027.  For more information, please visit our website   https://www.campconstitution.net A link to a playlist on YouTube containing our classes and activities: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNmlnj-pnPt0 And a link to photos of the camp:  https://s3.amazonaws.com/camppictures/2026/index.html

Co-Sponsoring 7^th Annual Patriot Camp in Rockport, Maine

This event held in late June and hosted by the   Memorial Baptist Church  is the result of the efforts of Jessicas Whitworth and Victoria          It is a free three day camp for children ages 5-12 where they learn about our nation’s history and have much fun while doing so.  This year, we averaged 25 campers per day.  On the last day, campers recited the Declaration of Independence in Downtown Rockland, and then it ended with a barbecue.

 

Info Tables at Homeschoolers of Maine’s and Mas HOPE’s Annual Convention

  We have been attending these two homeschool shows since 2010, and they have proven to be very productive venues for us.   For the first time since the Cod lockdown, the Homeschoolers of Maine  returned to its Rockport venue with a three-day event for vendors.  There were close to 400 attendees at the event.   Victoria Buckland helped work the table giving Civics Savey tests to young people who visited the table.  We donated numerous copies of “Alpha-Phonics” to young families.  And we met a family of ten, and a family of three  that will be attending our annual camp this year.

 

    Mass Hope Homeschool Convention

This event is held in late April in historic Sturbridge.  We  spoke to dozens of homeschoolers and those planning to home school where we introduced the Sam Blumenfeld Archives and Sam’s “Alpha-Phonics.  And we distributed pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution.  As a result of our donation of a camp “tuition” to their silent auction, we got two new campers.

Information Tables at Other Venues

We had information tables at eight New Hampshire Education Options Fairs.

Ladies Annual “Spring Fling”

Our annual ladies retreat took place at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center Alton, NH in early May.  It was a full weekend of speakers including author Michelle Gallagher, crafts, devotions, and fellowship.

 

   Keynote Speaker at Constitution Party of New Hampshire

 

Hal Shurtleff was the keynote speaker at the Constitution Party of  New Hampshire’s state conference which took place on the birthday of George Washington.  The topic:  The Presidents of the United States and the Constitution

We also had seven speaking engagements in Aroostook County Maine in early April, and we spoke at a homeschool cooperative in Cornish, Maine.

YouTube and Rumble

 

We have experienced a  large increase in views and subscribers in the last few months. We had 5,000 new subscribers and 480,000 views   Our channel now has 22,300 subscribers and a total of 2.6 million all time views   We uploaded 225 videos on our YouTube channel this year.

Our Rumble channel received 11,509  views and uploaded 57.  All time views 175,504 with 390 followers

 

     Camp Constitution Report Podcast

We did twelve shows  including interviews of  authors Dr. Chase Spears and Dr. Owen Andesron.  Due to our show being listed by FeedSpot as one of the top 15 best Constitution based podcasts, we have received a number of invitations to interview authors and activists.

    The Sam Blumefeld Archives:

728,500 views.  All time views 4.5 million.  We have been running promotional spots on WORD Rado-Christian Radio stations in Southern Maine, and New Hampshire

        Podomatic

This is our platform for podcasts, our former radio show and  historical recording that included the Dan Smoot Report, Sam Blumenfeld’s lectures and many speeches by Gary Allen.

We received 506 plays and 3606 downloads.  Many of our audios and videos have been embedded on websites.  We are now  in the top five for the category of conservative/right.

Website

We received  23.4 thousand  views and 17.9 thousand visitors.  While the vast majority of the visitors are from the U.S., we had views from people in 83 countries.   We had 115 articles posted on the site.

Camp Constitution Media

We uploaded sixty-three videos  which included activities and classes at our annual camp, videos from the August 1 Pilgrims to Patriots event in Plymouth, including presentation by actor Kirk Cameron, MA, a Revolutionary War monument dedication in Wolfeboro, NH and interviews of the Gideons, a Tuttle Twins rep,  a leader of a local chapter of Turning Point USA, and a professor of Revolutionary War histrry.  we made a video of an Education Option Fair in Dover, NH.  In early March, we attended the Rhode Island First Rally where we videotaped presentations by Ramona Bessinger, a public school teacher whistleblower, and Matt Light, former player for the New England Patriots.

Camp Constitution in the Media:

We were return guests on a number of radio shows, podcasts and Cable TV shows including several appearances on the Christ McCarthy Show, The Duke Pesta Show,  The Sentinel Report with Alex Newman, and the Tamara Scott Show.  First time media appearances included The Christian Homeschoolers of PA, Goffstown, NH Homeschoolers and The Principle Academy with Heather Hall podcasts.

While not exactly in the media, a few months ago, a friend called me to tell me that a question about our “Shurtleff v Boston” lawsuit appeared in the BAR exam that he just completed.  And my daughter Emily told me that one of her roommates-a student at Liberty University told her that her law class spent tine discussing our case.

 Camp Constitution Speaker’s Bureau:

Hal Shurtleff was the keynote speaker at the Constitution Party of  New Hampshire’s state conference which took place on the birthday of George Washington.  The topic:  The Presidents of the United States and the Constitution

We also had eight speaking engagements in Aroostook County Maine in early April and August.  We spoke at a homeschool cooperative in Cornish, Maine earlier this year.

On September 17, we hosted two speaking engagements for David Arthur, former “Transgender” at the Lane House in Lexington, MA

 Facebook:

We had 9,246 views with 3.6 thousand followers.

     Special Projects:

We had a busy information table at the Pilgrims to Patriots event on August 1.  We co-hosted a 250^th with the Alton Business Association in Alton Village July 3.   Camp Director Hal Shurtleff was a guest “reenactor at a U.S. 250 event in Union, Maine in late September.    In June, we had an info table at the Manchester Community College’s 250^th Celebration.  For the sixth year in a row, we had a float in the annual Alton, Nh Old Home Day Parade.  We held our 7th annual Independence Day Barbecue at my home in Alton.  In late August, we returned to the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival to man an info table.

 

We have been working with the Matrix Coalition; a New Hampshire group whose goal is to get copies of  Guidebook to the Forefathers Monument and a framed poster of the monument into schools and libraries.  So far this year,  we donated copies of each to the Cornerstone Christian School in Ossipee and Prospect Mountain High School in Alton, NH.

We have been donating copies of James Perloff’s book Tornado in a Junkyard  which refutes evolution to Christian youth groups.

We are preparing a room to use a in the church both to house the hard copy filed of the Sam Blumenfeld Archives but more importantly to start a literacy center using Sam’s “Alpha-Phonics.”  Our plan is to have the room ready for reading classes in the fall.

We have donated approximately 500 books to a homeschool family in Maine that is opening a lending library.

We have partnered with WORD Radio, a Christian radio network in Maine and New Hampshire where they have been promoting our events and the Sam Blumenfeld Archives.

Van Fund Raising:

In late February, we had to scrap our 2019 Van.  We had over 180,000 miles and it needed a new transmission and other repairs that would have cost us well over $7,000. We raised over $22,00 and in late April, we purchased a 2026 Toyota Sienna costing us approximately $41,000.  Thank you to all those who donated.

Looking into the last quarter of 2026 and our 2027 annual family camp

 

We will be holding a ladies fall retreat in Alton, NH  October 23-25, an info table at several events in October, and hosting our annual Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at the Lane House in Lexington. Our 19^th annual family camp will run from Sunday July 11-Friday July 16.  Applications are being accepted.

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