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First-Time and Experienced Campers

Camp Ondessonk staff launched an online series, Learning More About Camp Webinar, to assist families of first-time and experienced campers.  On February 16, 2023, more than 55 families logged in…
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Heepwah Examined

By Lucia Juenger Hodges Some events in our lives are indelibly imprinted on our memories; some are pleasant, some are not.  Spend just a few minutes in reflection and you…
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Let’s go RETRO! Stripes or Solids?

Let’s go RETRO! Stripes or Solids?

By Pati Egan Unit shirts have a history all their own! It seems that until the mid 1980’s camp shirts came in many varieties, shapes, and colors. Camp would make…
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Red…Owl…Go down a really steep hill…Got to be LaLande! Ondessonk

Red…Owl…Go down a really steep hill…Got to be LaLande!

By Pati Egan Grandma, this is not the LaLande you remembered! Grandma or grandpa would be right about the location. LaLande has essentially never moved since 1959.  It has the…
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Going to the Gala?

By Pati Egan Not if you were only involved in Camp in its early years – you went to the Appreciation Dinner! It’s hard to date when the first Appreciation…
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Mike and His Amazing Volunteers!

By Judy Blase Woodruff About ten years ago, the late Dave McCoy expressed to Dan King that his earliest volunteer experiences decades before were often challenging because Camp simply wasn’t…
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