How It Started

“Let’s pitch a tent for Delaney in the woods.”

Then the tent needed a platform. Then we needed a fire pit.

If we were going to have a campsite, it probably needed a name.

Camp Delaney Mae.

And if you have a camp, you need a Ranger. If you have a Ranger, you need a motto and a Camp Promise. Then came a badge, a way to welcome new members, a clipboard with a Daily Ranger Checklist, a flag, and — naturally — T-shirts.

One idea kept leading to another.

Somewhere along the way, the little campsite became more than a place to pitch a tent. It became a world of woodland friends, adventures, newspapers, traditions, and stories.

And it all began with a tent in the woods.