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What is specialty camp?

What Is Specialty Camp?

By Pati Egan The January 1992 Camp Ondessonk Newsletter featured this question and then went on to introduce a totally new way to enjoy Camp. Specialty Camp evolved into Camp’s…
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One of the original four – Brébeuf!

By Pati Egan According to a Newsletter from 2000, a new Brébeuf made its debut as a rebuilt unit.  It was the last of the original four units to be…
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Ahatsistari Girls Unit

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 Seeing the majestic Clydesdale Horses enter Busch Stadium to start the 2026 season is a long-standing St. Louis Cardinals’ tradition. This long-forgotten cheer entered my mind as…
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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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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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