Hello All! My name is Cedar and I’m the Activities Team Coordinator this summer at Merrowvista. I met many of you as you came to drop off luggage and tested...

This morning there was a beautiful start to the day as the mist burned off in the morning sunshine. Our brave Polar Bears headed down to start their day with...

Hello! My name is Jake and I am a member of the Logistics Team this summer. The Logistics team at Merrowvista is the group of staff members who handle the...

Hello! For those of you who just arrived today, welcome to the Merrowvista blog, where you can read updates about what is going on in our camp community. Each day,...

What a wonderful Sunday we have had here at Miniwanca! We started off our day waking up gently to the beautiful sunrise. Sunday is the one day of the week...

Though it is only Saturday, in camp time it is already the start of a new week! Yesterday campers chose their new round of Interest Groups and they headed right...

I’d like to pose a philosophical question to the parents of this camp community; each parent must consider and answer for themselves: Will your camper return home with more or...

Today was an adventurous, atypical day here at Miniwanca! Although we woke up to the Polar Bear call and jumped into Lake Michigan like usual, the rest of Adventure Day...

We’re smack in the middle of the golden days of summer—days that remind us of ice cream, briny ocean air (for our Nova Scotian and Coastal Maine travelers) and piney...

Hello, and happy Thursday! My name is David Chodakewitz. I am one of the Discoverer, Pioneer, and Trailblazer Coordinators this summer. Today, since I have been given editorial license over...

Though the day dawned gray and humid, it quickly cleared up into what can only be called a perfect Miniwanca day. Campers started the day with their typical hop into...

The camp runs well! That’s a saying we have here at Merrowvista. If you have never had the opportunity to enjoy dinner with 241 campers and 100 camp staff, you...

Welcome to a beautiful silver day here at Miniwanca! We all woke up to gray skies and the threat of rain, but campers took it in stride and headed down...

Hello everyone! My name is Bailey and I am the Assistant Director of Camp Programs here at Merrowvista. If you are a parent of one of the wonderful campers here...

Things have really picked up here in the valley as all of the Four Trails campers (except our Odyssey campers) arrived this past Sunday. Villages have been hard at work...

Hello founder friends! My name is Kal Bowers and I am the new Camper Experience Coordinator here at Merrowvista. My primary job is reaching out to families that are new...

Welcome to the first typical day of this week! Campers rose to the early morning sunshine and an enthusiastic Polar Bear call this morning. Our Polar Bears hopped right out...

Greetings everyone! Welcome to the start of another great session at Merrowvista. With three weeks of camp under our belt and a memorable, meaningful send off to our session A...