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Tag: Illinois Summer Camp

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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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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Distance Can’t Keep Sisters from Each Other or Camp Email

Distance Can’t Keep Sisters from Each Other or Camp 

Liz (Gasparich) Alvarez and Mandy (Gasparich) Bernard have a lot in common. Both were Ondessonk campers, served on staff, volunteered during Summer Camp, are Lodge members, and are, most notably,…
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Let’s Get Together in the New Year!

Let’s Get Together in the New Year! 

The New Year, 2024, is right around the corner, and we are planning many ways for you to connect with Camp Ondessonk in the upcoming year.  Attend a Lodge Reunion…
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