Blog Post 6-29-10

Interview with Executive Director Dan King and Savvyfamily Magazine

 

Summer Camp: Creating the Self Reliant Child

Camp Ondessonk’s Executive Director Dan King, a camp pro with over two decades of experience, sits down with Savvyfamily Magazine to discuss the important role summer camp plays in positive child development.

There are a lot of options, why summer camp? 

Raising children to be productive, conscientious adults requires deliberate decisions to expose them to opportunities for personal growth.  Great summer camps do just that.  Traditional summer camps combine physical activity and nature based programming to create life-enhancing experiences.  There are few childhood activities proven to bring such results in a relatively short period of time. 

How does camp programming play a role in child development? 

In order to fully answer this question one must first understand what good summer camp programming looks like.  A great summer camp schedule should include a mix of structured and unstructured activity.  Whether kids are engaged in nature exploration, swimming, archery, or handicrafts, building skills while having fun should be emphasized.  A sprinkling of unstructured time gives kids a chance to relax and build friendships with their peers.  A nurturing approach like this creates an environment in which kids are allowed the time to learn about themselves, others, and their surroundings while building skills and having fun.  

What is the relationship between summer camp and my child’s development? 

I often tell parents they should think of the fun of summer camp as a byproduct of participation.  Summer camp participation creates an educational backdrop for social, emotional, and spiritual growth, depending upon the program’s goals.  Camp Ondessonk recently completed a study to determine if our campers perceived a change in their personal responsibility skills and their sense of independence based on their weeklong experience Overall data combined from the 2008 and 2009 studies suggests that 88.25% of Camp Ondessonk campers report perceived growth in Responsibility and 88.05% of that at camp. Ondessonk campers report perceived growth in Independence based on their Camp Ondessonk experience.

How should families go about choosing the proper summer camp for their children? 

My advice is to start with your child’s general interests while remembering one of the fundamental purposes of summer camp… to bring diversity to a child’s life.  In other words, avoid the temptation to send a child exclusively to a sports specialty camp if the kid plays that sport nearly year-round already. 

What should I know about the camp staff?   

The competition for jobs at great camps is now quite fierce.  At Camp Ondessonk, for example, we receive no less than three applications for every available position.  This competition puts us in a position to hand pick a counseling staff made up of talented, accomplished, and caring individuals.   

Once hired, strong camp counselors wear many hats… part parent, part coach, part friend, part teacher, listener, and confidant.  Successful summer camps equip their staff members with the tools to do all these tasks.  While the single greatest influence in a pre-teen and teenager’s life is usually mom and/or dad, parents are often the first to admit that there their children seem more receptive to life-lessons when those experiences originate outside of the home. 

How safe is summer camp?

Successful summer camps must take safety very seriously in order to remain successful.  Activities like rock climbing and horseback riding, which are thought of by many people as higher risk activities, should receive the same level of risk management that is applied to water activities.  Parents wouldn’t think of taking their children to a public pool or water- park with staff members that are not Red Cross certified lifeguards or guards certified by another nationally recognized certifying body.  Great camps apply the same level of scrutiny to other activities. 

Parents should be willing to give camp directors a call and ask for references.  If something doesn’t feel right, shop elsewhere until a program is identified that meets your child’s needs.  Another tip that may help families is to use resources that are readily available to help determine if a program is a good fit.  One such resource is the American Camp Association (ACA).  You can find their website at www.acacamps.org.  The local ACA section website is www.acastlouis.org.  If you are looking for a program in the St Louis region, check out ACA St. Louis after visiting the national ACA site.

The American Camp Association (ACA) is widely recognized as the leader in youth camping.  ACA accredited camps such as Camp Ondessonk maintain accreditation by meeting or exceeding nearly 300 written standards covering everything from staff training, to food service, to facility and vehicle maintenance, to staff to camper ratios.  The organization asks the questions that parents are concerned with and many that parents wouldn’t even think of.   

For more information about Camp Ondessonk visit www.Ondessonk.com or call 618.695.2489.

 

 

Blog Post 6-25-10

2008-2009 Camper Survey

 

During the summers of 2008 and 2009 Camp Ondessonk conducted a study to determine if our campers perceived a change in their personal responsibility skills and their sense of independence based on their weeklong experience at camp.  Each Friday a 28-item survey was facilitated in the Camp Ondessonk Dining Hall.  This survey consisted of 6 questions that measured campers’ self-perception of growth in Responsibility and 8 questions that measured campers’ self-perceptionof growth in Independence. The survey asked the campers to rate themselves on a weighted likert-type scale that examined their current self-assessment for a series of statements. An example of a statement to measure Responsibility would be statement #4 that asks campers to rate their response to “If I mess something up, I try to make things right”. Under the Independence section, statement #8 asks campers to rate their response to “I can make decisions without adults helping me”. Directly following each statement in both sections, the camper is asked to immediately consider whether the preceding statement ismore or less true at the time of the survey than before they came to Camp Ondessonk on opening day.

Results

While it is interesting to examine where Camp Ondessonk campers rate themselves on self-perceptions related to each statement, of greater interest is the percentage of campers responding that each statement relating to measures of Responsibility and Independence were more true of them at the time of the study than when they arrived at Camp on opening day. Study results indicate that a large percentage of Camp Ondessonk campers perceive growth in both areas measured.

The sum of percentages of responses of ‘a little more [true]’, ‘somewhat more [true]’, and ‘a lot more [true]’ was calculated for each of the 6 statements measuring Responsibility and the 8 statements measuring Independence. The mean percentage for both statement sets was then calculated to produce the overall score for Independence and Responsibility.

Results for the summer 2008 study shows that 84.6% of Camp Ondessonk campers reported a growth in their perceived levels of Responsibility while 87.1% reported growth in their perceived level of Independence based on the experience of a week of camp at Ondessonk. Surveys were conducted for the weeks of Boys Season, Girls Season 1, Girls Season 2, Coed Season IV, and Coed Season V with a total sample of 1,222 campers.

Results for the summer 2009 study shows that 91.9% of Camp Ondessonk campers reported a growth in their perceived levels of Responsibility while 89% reported growth in their perceived level of Independence based on the experience of a week of camp at Ondessonk. Surveys were conducted for the weeks of Coed Season 1, Coed Season 2, Coed Season 3, Boys Season, Girls Season 1, Girls Season 2, Coed Season IV, and Coed Season V with a total sample of 2,112 campers.

Overall data combined from the 2008 and 2009 studies suggests that 88.25% of Camp Ondessonk campers report perceived growth in Responsibility and 88.05% of Ondessonk campers report perceived growth in Independence based on their Camp Ondessonk experience.

 

 

Blog Post 6-22-10

 

REFLECTIONS

 By Bill Clark

            As I write at this time in my life, I find I am trying to remember and understand the people, places, and events in my past. Now I want to put some closure on the recollections about my years at Camp Ondessonk.

            I spent seven summers at the youth camp just thirty-five miles from my family home in Metropolis. Illinois. Looking back from the vantage point of middle age (whatever that is!), I can see that the camp world was artificial.  The day to day life of the camp centered around activities that were not essential for the young campers’ well being. I know that the young men and women that never took the Split Rock Hike and never squeezed their bodies through a narrow crevasse between two rocks, still turned out quite well in the adult life in which they find themselves. Yet there was a mystique for me about the life at Camp Ondessonk. The boys and girls that made it through the “Little Split Rock” perhaps felt better about themselves for that accomplishment. I know that I felt better about myself because of my Camp Ondessonk experience.

            When I was ordained to the priesthood, one of the choices I had to make was what kind of a holy card I would have printed up as a memento of my Ordination and First Mass.  One of the cards I chose was a panoramic view of the rocks and mountains. I have a feeling of awe even to this day when I see the miles and miles of forest trees and hills stretching as far as the eye can see. The Shawnee Forest is close to my hometown and close to the camp. There is not a time that I travel to my home without thinking of the camp. To have spent so much of my life as a young man helping to hew a camp out of wilderness rock and then to have helped many campers to walk the trails and enjoy nature’s beauty has etched those memories permanently into my mind.

            Besides the special affection I have for nature’s majesty, I have wrested some other gems from the Ondessonk days.

            I am not afraid of thunderstorms. I have experienced the violence of storms in the forest. In the seven years I spent at camp I was a unit leader for three or four years. Every Wednesday evening the cooks had a night off. The campers went unit by unit to a camping spot some distance from the main part of camp. One particular night our unit was camping above Phantom Canyon. Now very few Wednesday nights ever saw rain. This Wednesday night was the exception. We had cooked our meals of hamburger, potato, onion on the coals of our campfire. We sang our songs, made our plans for the rest of week, and listened to the ever faithful ghost story. Then it was time to bed down in our sleeping bags on the ground under the stars. The stars were soon to disappear. A storm brewed up some time after mid-night. We fortunately saw it coming. We did not have to wake up but one or two of the campers. The storm had everyone’s attention. After a brief discussion we decided to take refuge under the Phantom Canyon overhang. The other counselors and I helped the campers to climb down the steep path to the bottom of the canyon. Another unit camping in the canyon was already under the overhang. We did not have a lot of space. We were dry. The storm raged for several hours. Torrents of rain poured over the cliff. Stream beds normally bone dry in July became rivers. We stayed safe and dry despite the deluge of water and violent winds. We even slept for a few hours once the storm subsided as we lay on the bumpy ground under the cliff. At first crack of dawn campers and counselors walked tiredly Indian file down the moist trail back to our unit. We were so tired that when a copperhead snake that had come out to soak up the early morning sun right in the middle of our path was coiled to defend his territory, we just let him be and gave him a wide berth.   We continued our journey back to camp. Once I experienced the vulnerability to the element of a summer storm out in the wilds, the thunder and lightning outside while I am inside my home hold no foreboding for me.

            The camp experience gave me an appreciation for my physical body. I probably was in the best physical shape of my life from age nineteen to twenty-four. There was no fat on my bones. As a camp counselor and even before camp opened while we were building. I walked everywhere. In the morning we walked from the farmhouse to the camp. We walked to the units where we were working. The terrain of the camp was hilly. I built leg muscles just moving about in the main area of camp. Imagine all the oxygen produced by the trees in the Shawnee Forest. I drank in a portion of that for seven summers.  When camp opened, I hiked with the campers. I swam with the campers, and mostly I walked all over the camp.

            At camp I learned not to drink the creek water.   Before camp opened that first year we had no water at the camp. We drank well water at the farmhouse and creek water that flowed in a stream that was in the middle of camp. I recall on a Sunday walking the trails of camp with my youngest brother, Vince who was ten or eleven. We were thirsty. I showed him how to look for a flowing part of the creek and we both had a drink. Unknown to each other both of us got very sick that evening. The creek water had gotten contaminated,

            I still enjoy looking out over the large expanses of forests and hills. One of the joys that I have in going home to Metropolis, Illinois, is that the last thirty-five miles goes through terrain that is part of the Shawnee Forest. There is not a time that I see the vistas of trees and rolling hills that I don’t think of Camp Ondessonk and my seven summers in youth.

            Recent legal events of the past few years have tainted the name of Camp Ondessonk for some. I wish I could ease the pain of the young people, now adults who suffered during their camping experience because they trusted an adult. I must admit that I grew up in a time that was more trusting and certainly more naive.

            Soldiers say, “There is no atheist in a foxhole”. My brother, Vince, when he was an apprentice painter in E. St. Louis-Belleville area, said. “There is no atheist on a water tower”?, I say, “There is no atheist in the back of a pick-up truck driving to the farmhouse from Camp Ondessonk in 1959 in the late evening”. Away from any artificial lights except our vehicle’s headlights, I recall looking up and seeing the myriad collection of night stars in the summer sky. “The world is charged with the grandeur of God”, said the poet Hopkins. Truly the evening sky was full of the power and majesty, and beauty of God. I felt humble as I gazed on the heavenly fixtures we call stars. I felt insignificant and small in relationship to the vast universe created by my God.

            I am amazed at what I can remember of my Ondessonk days so many years ago. Some of the events come rolling into my mind like a movie right down to the dust on the road and the haze over the hills and trees. Those seven summers will always be special to me--those summers I spent getting in touch with the forest of Southern Illinois--those summers testing the limits of my physical body--those summers so full of memories. Thus I end the Ondessonk Tales…

 

 

Blog Post 6-17-10

 

TREVA BARKER

 By Bill Clark

            When she was introduced to the campers in the Dining Hall at Ondessonk, Treva Barker was called the Mayor of Ozark. (Ozark, Illinois is the small town closest to Camp Ondessonk.) Mrs. Barker would stand up, protesting her title, but enjoying the attention. She would beam brightly as the campers gave her the official camp greeting, a big “Heepwah!”. In reality, Treva Barker was just a storeowner who lived behind the store in the main part of Ozark. “Ma” Barker, as we affectionately called her in those early years of camp, ran the general store.  During that first summer when the camp was being built, fifteen or twenty hungry young men would pile into the store at dark. Mrs. Barker, protesting a bit, “If I knew you were coming, I could have had things ready”, would whip up a “mess” of pork chops, potatoes and gravy. We would eat until we were full. The townsfolk were jealous of the camp boys. Despite some flack from her neighbors she treated us kindly.

            The special affection she felt for the camp staff took a permanent mode after the death of her 93 year old husband. The entire work crew dressed up in what turned out to be the camp uniform, dark blue pants with a white stripe down the side, light blue long sleeved dress shirt and tie. We all traveled to a funeral home in Paducah. Kentucky and paid our respects. Mrs. Barker never forgot that presence.  

            Treva Barker was a short, dumpy woman with dyed black hair. She used a lot of rouge on her cheeks. At 65 she was bereft of physical beauty that perhaps she once had. What was attractive about her was the sparkle in her eyes and the loyalty and love in her heart for her friends. What made her special to the camp was that she befriended the people of Ondessonk even though the local community was a bit suspicious of things Catholic in the pre-Kennedy era of the late 50’s and early 6O’s. 

 

Blog Post 6-16-10

 

THE BUILDING OF A CAMP (1959)

 By Bill Clark

            The summer after my senior year of high school I worked as a caretaker and lawnmower at King’s House of Retreats in Belleville, Illinois. I played on a baseball team in the Belleville City League. The summer after my first year of college found me in a totally new environment. Father Robert Vonnahmen had asked me to work at a youth camp being built in southern Illinois near the town of Ozark. The name of the camp was Camp Ondessonk. Ondessonk was the Native American name for St. Isaac Jogues, S.J. a priest killed by the Iroquois in upstate New York.  More importantly, the labor to build the physical plant of the camp was 98% volunteer donated by the men and women of the Diocese of Belleville.   I found myself part of that first volunteer crew.  It was late spring 1959.

           I still remember my first look at the camp.  Our red Chevy station wagon pulled off the hard road on the outskirts of Ozark, Illinois on to a narrow, twisty, turning railroad bed that seemed to go on forever.

            The first clearing we got to was a sandstone slab of rock on which the foundation of a large building had just been poured that was about to turn into the Dining Hall.  Standing on the rock behind the Dining Hall I could look down into a valley and up a power line swath to the next hill miles away.   Camp was from the very first for me a connection to the wilderness. The camp was in proximity to the Shawnee National Forest.

            Our task that first four weeks was to build a camp. Parishes from all over southern Illinois sent volunteer help and funds. A lot of the tradesmen would donate their time on weekends to make their carpentry and plumbing skills available. Some would even use a week of their vacation to help build the camp.

            The core of the crew during the week days were older high school boys and college age seminarians. I can remember trimming the fresh cut oak board on the roof of the cabins with hand saws. The units where the cabins were placed were scattered all over the camp.  We had one or two gas army surplus generators to supply some electricity when they were running. Most of the carpentry work was done by hand. We also did an incredible amount of walking and carrying. One day I recall three or four of us were carrying one side of a cabin that we had constructed in the main part of camp.  Three of us were holding one side of the wall. Bob Baker, a muscular senior at Assumption High School, East St. Louis, was holding the other side.

            We worked long days. Our sleeping quarters were an old farm house some eight or nine miles from camp by road as the crow flew. We slept on cots and sleeping bags.  We washed in the cold creek water or on special occasions we would heat the water on the farm house stove. With the aid of a fellow worker we would take turns standing on a slab of rock behind the farm house and have the hot water poured over us.  We drank well water from the farm house or creek water from the moving stream that ran through camp. Surprisingly no one got sick. One of our theme songs during the construction was the Calypso song recorded by Harry Belafonte, “Water”. The appropriate line that fixed itself in our lives those first few weeks was “Bring me a little water every little once in a while…”  A week before camp opened a well was dug and we had running water in camp.  The first bath house had no hot water. The plastic pipe lay on top of the ground. The first one to shower got sun-heated water. The rest got goose bumps.

            The Dining Hall was completed. It reminded me of a giant ski jump. There was no chapel. Mass was said under the overhang rock below the Dining Hall. We really pushed the opening of camp. Parents were bringing the children in the front gate while we were still putting bunks in the cabins. Our first swimming area was in the creek. Nature provided a cold, refreshing pool with a rock to jump off of into the deepest part. We cleared the trees away and put in a sand beach and a dressing room.

            One personal memory was seeing my volunteer father standing by a bell on a pole. Dad had just dug a hole and dropped in the pole right behind the Dining Hall on a work weekend.

            I have always looked back at the first summer at camp with awe. We took a piece of rock and a panorama of trees and hills and a creek and turned it into a camp that brought nature into the lives of thousands of young men and women of Illinois and Indiana over the last thirty years.

            All of my siblings, with the exception of my sister Peg, spent their weeks at camp. And now my brother Jim’s and sister Ruth’s children have been to Ondessonk. I am proud to have been part of the unique beginning.

 

 

Blog Post 6-08-10 

Lodge Updates

By Evan Coulson  

 The Lodges of Ondessonk and Tekakwitha have a rich history of serving Camp Ondessonk while providing opportunities for campers and staff to remain connected to Camp and each other throughout the year. 

 As spring starts bringing life back to the forest, Camp Ondessonk begins preparing for the coming summer and the return of campers.  The spring Lodge Workshop, May 14, 15, and 16, 2010, provides an opportunity for campers and staff to return once more to Camp to help prepare the buildings and grounds for another summer season.  As is often heard at Camp Ondessonk, many hands make light work, and the place comes alive as Lodge members all pitch in to serve. 

 Each fall, lodge campers and staff return to Ondessonk for a weekend of hiking, sharing stories and memories from their summer, and taking up official Lodge business such as electing the year’s officials and considering nominations for Lodge Awards.  The fall Lodge Reunion traditionally includes a hike to Reunion Rock, a beloved spot deep within the Shawnee National Forest, to rekindle summer friendships amongst the backdrop of autumn leaves. 

 Many campers, staff, and alumni look forward to these time honored traditions each year, and will be excited to learn that one more annual event is in the works.  Camp Ondessonk is in the process of developing a third Lodge weekend, one that is sure to become an instant tradition in its own right.  This event will be a service themed work-weekend for camper and staff alumni who are members of Lodge and over 21 years of age.  Stay tuned as news of this new Lodge Weekend develops!  

 

 

Blog Post 6-07-10 

Stable News

By Kate Burgauer

Hollow.  The trail will be used for Traditional Camp, Horse Camp, and Horse Adventure trail rides. 

In March, Camp Ondessonk began offering riding lessons to local children and adults.  The lessons have been such a success that they will be continued in the fall.  Also, Electrobraid Fence Company, headquartered in Canada, donated a brand new electric fencing system to ensure the safety of our horses and facility.

In April, the Stable Round-Up volunteers accomplished three fabulous great projects.  A brand new manure bin was constructed and the Night Pen was completely remodeled.  Also, the new electric fence was installed, and the barn yard was repaired with lime put into each stall.

Two new horses have also joined our herd!  Both mares will be camper horses this summer.  They are dark brown and black Arabians named Mickey and Shalima.  They have already made lots of new friends in the Camp Ondessonk herd.

Until the next ride…

 

Blog Post 6-02-10

“Because of Camp Ondessonk I'm not afraid to open my self up to others. I have the confidence to be my crazy, unique self around strangers… Because of camp I see more and have a place I look forward to every summer and have a place I am guaranteed no worry…  Camp makes responsibility fun.  Before camp, I didn't know how God was revealed to me.  I now know that if ever I am in stress, God surrounds me in the outdoors and nature because there is no place I can remember being so thankful for life than singing with friends around a fire, eating the best meal ever made over an open fire, sharing old stories passed down through generations, or having a friendly race with the people that seem like family after only a week because they are your family.  Camp Ondessonk is the place all God's gifts are accented and brought out in the most beautiful forms.  Because of Camp Ondessonk, I am the person I am today, and because of that I am proud.” – Rhiannon F., 14 year old Ondessonk camper.

Please consider giving the gift of camp.  Contributions to the campership tuition assistance fund create “Because of Camp” memories for current and future campers of Ondessonk.

Thank you volunteers, counselors, donors, and most importantly, campers.  We can’t wait for our 51^st summer to begin.

Sincerely, Dan

(The “Because of Camp” initiative is a trademark of the American Camp Association.)

 

 

Blog Post 5-31-10

 

Rat Patrol: A Birthday Benefit for Camp Ondessonk

By Emma O’Brien

Camp Ondessonk turned 51 this year, and celebrated in style!  On Saturday, February 26th, 2010, the Thaxton Speakeasy in St. Louis hosted the first biennial young friends’ event: “Rat Patrol: A Birthday Benefit for Camp Ondessonk.”  At this staff alumni reunion for 1990s and 2000s staff members, guests were asked to bring a gift from Camp Ondessonk's Target or Amazon wish-lists instead of paying a fee to attend.  The crowd enjoyed free food, themed drinks at the bar such as Ahasa-tinis and Lake Echon Iced Teas, while catching up with each other!  About one-hundred people contributed over $2,000 in cash donations and gifts to directly support Camp's programs.  We're still looking to compile a more complete invitation list for the next gathering, so please keep us posted with your current information by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !  This event will be celebrated every other year (opposite the Gala), so be sure to mark your calendar for the next gathering in February 2012!  

 

Blog Post 5-28-10

Give the Gift of Camp. 

During the summers of 2008 and 2009 Camp Ondessonk conducted a study to determine if our campers perceived a change in their personal responsibility skills and their sense of independence based on their weeklong experience at camp.

 Overall data combined from the 2008 and 2009 studies suggest that 88.25% of Camp Ondessonk campers reported perceived growth in responsibility and 88.05% of Ondessonk campers reported perceived growth in independence based on their Camp Ondessonk experience: incredible results!

Thank You for supporting Camp Ondessonk’s mission and vision.  

Blog Post 5-26-10

Surf’s up at Ondessonk.com
By Tony Vrooman

Attention all surfers of the World Wide Web, Camp Ondessonk’s website recently got a face lift.  The site highlights a new design, as well as online features that will help us spread our mission and vision more effectively.   Keep up to date with the latest events on our calendar, or follow our local experts as they write on our blog about your favorite activities including rock climbing, archery and camp experiences.

The site features excellent resources for parents and allows online registration and payment.  Looking for a way to give back to Camp? You can now donate online in a secure session.  Please visit the new site often.  We will be constantly adding new content including photos, videos and event information.  Give us some feedback of what you want to see at www.Ondessonk.com.

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Since 1959, Camp Ondessonk’s summer camp programs have provided an experience that encourages campers to have fun, nurture spiritually, make friends, grow in self-confidence and promote important traditional values. Our Summer Camp Programs allow youths ages 8 to 16 to experience firsthand: Tree-House Camping, Horseback Riding, Archery, Swimming, Canoeing, Rock-Climbing, and Nature Exploration under the supervision of carefully selected staff.  Camp Ondessonk is ACA (American Camp Association) accredited meeting over 300 standards in site safety, facilities, staffing practices, and operating procedures.

For more information about Summer Camp, Conference Facilities, Lodging, or Yearly Programming please visit www.Ondessonk.com or call Toll Free: 877-659-CAMP (2267) use the promo code: “971talk” and receive 10% off now!

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