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Author: Tony Vrooman

Ahatsistari is the big number one…Second to none…No doubt about It…You’ll hear us shout it…Ahatsistari’s number one…

By Pati Egan As I watched the majestic Clydesdales enter Busch Stadium Thursday, this long-forgotten cheer entered my mind.  Ahatsistari did exist as a tent unit in 1965.  When the…
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The Primitive Units of Couture and Teondechoren – 1969 through 1971

By Pati Egan This iconic picture showing the Primitive Unit of Teondechoren after going through Augustine’s Agony has come to epitomize the spirit of adventure of the staff and campers…
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Update – Pete Korte Lodge

By Judy Blase Woodruff Volunteers!  Camp Ondessonk would not be what it is today without our dedicated, talented, selfless volunteers!  Throughout Camp’s 64-year history, volunteers have had a major role…
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Staff Spotlight- Koy Kennedy

By Judy Blase Woodruff Koy Kennedy is a versatile man who has been a farrier, worked in carpentry, and was a full-time rodeo cowboy who rode bucking horses for a…
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The Marquette Trail

By Pati Egan While helping to organize the Archives Room at Camp, an unopened box caught my attention.  The box was full of approximately 100 individually-boxed medals.  The medals were…
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2023 Camp Ondessonk Gala

The 2023 Camp Ondessonk Gala – The Roaring 20s – is this Saturday, March 4th, 2023, at the Four Points by Sheraton in Fairview Heights, Ill.   Funds raised during…
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