Minnesota's Oldest Camp for Girls
Greetings from Camp Kamaji where it is much too quiet for our liking!! Although summertime has yet to give way to Autumn, the life-and-breath, the heart-and-soul, the campers and staff are no longer in residence. Camp is simply not “camp” – the last of the departing buses two+ weeks ago took with it all traces [...]
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Anne comes home today!
I woke abruptly, with a catch in my throat as I realized the immediacy of the day, both for myself and for her.
I have missed her. I am aching to put my arms around her after a month’s absence. I am so eager to hear her stories of archery and [...]
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I’ m stuck in a box and I can’t get out!! Seriously, in yesterday’s e-messages, I received a questionnaire from my college that asked all kinds of questions — from where I live to my marital status to whether or not I have kids to how many pets and what kind, if any, do I [...]
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Way back in 1986 a genius movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off starring Matthew Broderick was released. Many of you might fondly remember this movie, but just in case . . .
. . . Ferris fakes sick in order to skip out of school for a day. But he doesn’t fake sick just to stay [...]
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When I first met Mike, he always talked of owning his own camp. And when we got married, we began the search for our camp. Upon taking ownership of Kamaji, we faced several years of fumbling our way through updating the facility, revamping the program, re-establishing the spirit and atmosphere that is uniquely Kamaji, and [...]
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Recently someone not connected with camp asked me “Why did you choose a girls’ camp to own?” Truth is, Mike and I did not intentionally choose a girls’ camp over a boys’ camp. When we started out in 1978 to look for a summer camp to own and direct, we had no preference other than [...]
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Did you know that summer camp is an American invention – with camps becoming more and more widespread 90 to 100 years ago?? As discussed in a 2002 article written by Kay S. Hymowitz titled Notes on Camp, “Back then forward-thinking youth leaders worried about the influence of corrupt city life on the young [...]
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After reading a recently posted Kamaji blog, Singing out Loud, a Kamaji alumnae wrote to ask: “Did your son (Nathan) ever tell you the joke they tell over at Camp Chippewa for Boys about Kamaji’s singing habits? My son, who also attended Chippewa, found it hilarious. It goes like this:
Question: How many Kamaji girls [...]
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Greetings from Kamaji! In this day and age, we hear so much about heroes; usually, these are folks who are athletes like tennis pro Serena Williams, soccer player Mia Hamm, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi or downhill Lindsey Vonn; or public figures including First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, television personality Oprah or [...]
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One recurring comment we get from people after they’ve watched Kamaji’s video is how happy our campers are!! Too, Kamaji campers will tell us “I’m a happy camper” and Kamaji camper parents write us “Our daughter came home a happy camper!”
Admittedly flattered by the comments, I could not agree more about the euphoria of [...]
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