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Camp Ondessonk Campfire Lucias Corner 2024 (800 x 600 px)

Lucia’s Corner

By Lucia (Juenger) Hodges Anyone who has spent any time around an Ondessonk campfire has heard or maybe even told a seemingly plausible ghost story. Imagine a unit of campers…
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Caring for Camp through Monthly Giving Scott and Rebecca Bahan (800 x 600 px)

Caring for Camp through Monthly Giving

Before the Campfire Circle was launched in 2020, several generous supporters began giving monthly. Scott and Rebecca Bahan decided to give monthly using an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) because they…
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Caring & Sharing Grant Provides Training for Summer Leadership

Caring & Sharing Grant Provides Training for Summer Leadership

Camp Ondessonk Summer Camp leadership will attend Behavioral First Responder Certification courses led by Alpenglow Education thanks to a grant received from the Caring and Sharing Thrift Shop Wish List…
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Four kids stacking hands, unity and teamwork.

Two Illinois Schools Receive State Grants to Attend Ondessonk Programming

Students from St. Joseph School in Olney, Ill., and St. John Neumann in Maryville, Ill., will visit Camp Ondessonk thanks to funding through the Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant Program.…
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Scott Martin Camp Ondessonk Ranger 2024 (800 x 600 px)

WELCOME RANGER SCOTT MARTIN   

By Dan King Scott Martin became Camp Ondessonk’s Ranger and Director of Maintenance Monday, April 15, 2024. For three years, Scott worked under the supervision of Camp’s veteran Ranger Mike…
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Mike Jennings Retirement Celebration

Retirement Celebration for Mike

By Judy Blase Woodruff It was a bittersweet day. Saturday, April 13th dawned bright and sunny with temperatures in the 80s. Friends from both near and far descended on Camp…
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