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Meet the 2026 Counselors

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This weekend, the college staff arrived for Pre-Camp Training! It is good to see them gathered at Camp, preparing to love and serve DeSoto girls. They are fun, nurturing young women, and they’re going to be great counselors!

The Support Staff (local employees on the maintenance, housekeeping, and kitchen teams) have already been hard at work preparing Camp. Many others will join the Year-Round Staff throughout the summer, including Head Counselors, Doctors, Nurses, and Activity Specialists. It takes a village, and we are grateful for everyone that makes Camp possible.

Please join us in prayer for everyone who will be working at DeSoto this summer!

2026 Lead Team

Head of Trips and Transportation
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Head of Special Events
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Camp Hostess
Charlotte, North Carolina

Head Lifeguard
Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Head of Night Activities
Charlotte, North Carolina

Head of Activities & Tribes
Falls Church, Virginia

Head of Horseback
Madison, Mississippi

Head of Crafts
Starkville, Mississippi

2026 Cabin Counselors

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Madison, Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi

Nashville, Tennessee

Birmingham, Alabama

Oxford, Mississippi

New Orleans, Louisiana

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Boerne, Texas

Jackson, Mississippi

Memphis, Tennessee

Ridgeland, Mississippi

Starkville, Mississippi

Ridgeland, Mississippi

Columbus, Ohio

Tupelo, Mississippi

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Picayune, MississippiLo

Memphis, Tennessee

Birmingham, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

New Orleans, Louisiana

Washington, DC

Nashville, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Dundee, Mississippi

New York, New York

Columbiana, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Montgomery, Alabama

Columbia, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Corinth, Mississippi

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Starkville, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Houston, Texas

Austin, Texas

San Diego, California

Brownsboro, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Huntsville, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Jackson, Mississippi

Nashville, Tennessee

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Sarah Hurt

About Sarah Hurt

Sarah Hurt is the Director of Camp DeSoto. She grew up playing in the woods of Lookout Mountain, swimming in Little River, and spending her summers as a DeSoto camper. She loves good stories, twinkle lights, and her three dogs - Pippin, Posy, & Maeve.

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