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Tag: Illinois Summer Camp

The Primitive Units of Couture and Teondechoren – 1969 through 1971

By Pati Egan This iconic picture showing the Primitive Unit of Teondechoren after going through Augustine’s Agony has come to epitomize the spirit of adventure of the staff and campers…
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Looking for footprints…one of the original four – Goupil

By Pati Egan Every time I go to Camp, one of the units I stop and spend some time in is Goupil. When I was a camper, I usually tried…
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Annual Open House & Homecoming

Annual Open House & Homecoming

Join us to commence our 64th summer of “teaching what matters most.” Families will have a chance to meet leadership staff, take a tour, meet the horses, and participate in…
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Wooden treehouse with people on a balcony.

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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Update – Pete Korte Lodge

By Judy Blase Woodruff Volunteers!  Camp Ondessonk would not be what it is today without our dedicated, talented, selfless volunteers!  Throughout Camp’s 64-year history, volunteers have had a major role…
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Staff Spotlight- Koy Kennedy

By Judy Blase Woodruff Koy Kennedy is a versatile man who has been a farrier, worked in carpentry, and was a full-time rodeo cowboy who rode bucking horses for a…
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