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Category: Illinois Summer Camp

Preparing for Camp Checklist

We know you are busy, so here is your Preparing for Camp Checklist to help your family prepare for Summer Camp. Click here to visit the Parent Resources page for…
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Stable Round-Up 2023: Built by Volunteers

By Sue Mullen Stable Round-up was a huge success and was appropriately held the weekend of Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2023. This year, Camp hosted 47 volunteers and 43…
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2023 Lodge Awardees Recognized for Dedicated Service

By Whitney Strang, Director of Development Every two years Camp Ondessonk recognizes members of the Camp Community who exemplify leadership and commitment to Camp with awards established by The Lodge…
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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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Amantacha – a unit and a bridge!

By Pati Egan What came first, the unit or the bridge?  I suppose that depends on your definition of the bridge.  Amantacha was the first tree house unit and it…
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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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