Hidden Acres' Alumni Association

A place for past staff of Hidden Acres to

Stay Connected, Find Encouragement and Get Involved.


We will be sharing about Alumni events on this page as well as through email so if you want to know about what's happening with HAC's Alumni and to stay up-to-date with what's happening at Hidden Acres, fill out this FORM to ensure we have current contact information for you.


If you have any questions or ideas for engaging with Alumni, please reach out to the Alumni Association Committee by emailing alumni@hiddenacres.ca.


To meet our Alumni Association Committee, keep on scrolling...

Winter Alumni Day

Saturday, January 25th 2025


What: A day of fun for HAC alumni and their families! Spend the day doing some outdoor winter activities, enjoying a delicious hot meal around a campfire, and relaxing with old and new friends.  Be sure to dress warm for a day outside!


When: January 25th from 10am-4:30pm
Backup date in case of inclement weather - Feb 1st


Cost: Free! Donations welcome :)


Please Note: This year the HAC Alumni Gathering is for Saturday during the day only. There are no overnight accommodation options available.


Click the image to register!

Katie Gingerich (Nyla)

Years at HAC: 2011-2013

Favourite Camp Food: Pizza Rolls

Favourite Camp Song(s): Father of Lights, Swimming All Day, Toast

Favourite memory/what camp means to me/how HAC still influences my life: On my first day of O-Week, I was waiting in the check-in line watching former staff swarm together, greeting each other with excitement. I stood quietly observing, feeling a bit out of place, when someone walked up to me and introduced herself, declaring, "We're going to be friends!" At camp, I felt like I belonged to a community of fun and thoughtful people who collectively wanted to spend their summers serving children and youth. I credit my time at Hidden Acres with so many beautiful things that persist in my daily life, including lifelong friendships, knowing when to bring fun and silliness or stillness and calm, public speaking and leadership, and on and on! 

josh penfold (Yahmi)

Years at HAC: 1999-2002, 2004 and currently serves as our Program Director

Favourite camp food: Campout Cookies

Favourite camp song: Somebody Told Me (So much fun to play on the guitar!)

Favourite memory/what camp means to me/how HAC still influences my life: Hidden Acres has been an incredibly influential place for me in various ways. It was as a camper and CIT that God's love was put on display: in creation, in the staff and in the songs we sang together. HAC was a place that allowed staff to be wildly weird and wonky while simultaneously exemplifying passionate and committed love to the campers and to one another. It is a place where Christ's presence is clear and palpable. HAC was where I first met my wife, where we got married, and now where we are delighted to send our children as campers. In many ways HAC really did change the trajectory of my life and I am excited to see the ways in which it may continue to do so as the Program Director.

Roxanne wright (quirk)

Years at HAC: Many summers between 1994 and 2009

Favourite camp food: Three-way tie between campout cookies, McDonalds In A Blender, and hamburgers with a side of carrots-and-celery-in-a-cup-of-juice (when you know, you know)

Favourite Camp Song: No such thing as a bad camp song, really

Favourite memory/what camp means to me/how HAC still influences my life:  There are so many memories that live as little snapshots in my mind: staying up too late with friends on nights off, driving around on the Steiner, pondings, epic campouts...the biggest standout, though, is the incredible feeling of being part of children's faith journeys and experiencing God's creation with some of the best people I've ever known, many of whom are still important friends in my life now decades later. Spending early mornings wrapped in blankets on a picnic table with my journal working through the hard questions in a way that life never quite made space for again, and learning to listen for His call to me, which was always clearest in that place. It's a privilege to be part of this committee, and I look forward to building opportunities for those of us whose lives have been impacted by Hidden Acres to keep connecting and growing here.