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Girl-Scout Program Adds Variety at Camp

Camp Ondessonk’s Girl-Scout program allows for Girl Scouts to experience Camp. This summer, the Scouts stayed in Brebeuf during Girls Week. “This program is different because the Girl Scouts have…
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Service Areas Running Camp From Behind the Scenes

The Camp Ondessonk Service Areas work behind the scenes to make summer camp run with ease. These areas include the Office/Trading Post, Health and Sanitation, Media, and the Kitchen. Staff…
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Archives Room in Transition!

By Judy Blase Woodruff Where can you find a letter dated February 25, 1959, to Mrs. Belle Brubaker of Robinson Illinois, thanking her for donating a parcel of land that…
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Celebrating 40 years of The Echo Our Father at Camp Ondessonk

By Pati Egan In the summer of 1982, the Girls’ Staff decided to try a new way to close the Friday Night Campfire.  From the 1960’s until 1982, the girls’…
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The Amazing Ruth Halterman & Her Office Machines

By Pati Egan How did she do it?  No computers, no copy machines, just an electric typewriter, a mimeograph machine, and carbon paper. Ruth Hayden Halterman was born and grew…
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Ondessonk Counselor-In-Training Program: Growing the Next Generation of Staff Members

The progression of staff members at Camp Ondessonk has changed in the 2022 summer with the Counselor-In-Training (CIT) program. The Counselor-In-Training program now takes the place of the Leader-In-Training program…
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