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Camp Ondessonk Gate during the Fall

Learning Leadership on the Job

By Pati Egan Today, Camp’s staff is well trained, attend an in-depth orientation, get to know each other, and are a well-oiled machine by the time the Camp Gate opens.…
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Off Season Camp Ondessonk 1

“Off-Season” Part II

By Pati Egan It’s the dead of winter and your housing is in a building heated by a wood stove. It’s the 1970s and Camp was very deserted, not much…
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‘It’s really about your character’ The 30-year-old backstory of the Lodge Packet Program 

‘It’s really about your character’: The 30-year-old backstory of the Lodge Packet Program 

By Sara (Bell) Clifford  Thirty years ago, this past summer, Ondessonk campers were, for the first time, given the option to work toward Lodge Membership during the school year, rather…
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Successful Work Weekend at Camp O

Successful Work Weekend at Camp O 

By Elizabeth Dirnbeck  Volunteer work is a major contributing factor to the success of any organization. This rings true at Camp Ondessonk, as we rely on volunteers to fulfill many…
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Evaluating the Lodge of Ondessonk & Tekakwitha

Evaluating the Lodge of Ondessonk & Tekakwitha 

There comes a time at camps and recreation facilities around the country to do a periodic review of program policies, procedures, and traditions to ensure that the organization’s goals are…
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Man with glasses smiling against a cloudy sky.

MITCH CUNNINGHAM – GROWING HIS CAREER FROM EXPERIENCES LEARNED AT ONDESSONK 

By Judy Blase Woodruff, CFRE  Mitch Cunningham learned about Camp Ondessonk from his father and uncles who were campers in the early 1970s. Mitch wanted to carry on the family…
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