Trevor Uhl and his siblings, Keegan, Katrina, and Lindsey, spent their summers roaming the mountains and valleys of Merrowvista in the late ’80s and ’90s. That time had such a...

With two older sisters at Miniwanca, Bridget Gilmore impatiently waited until she could join the fun at 9 years old. She spent seven happy summers on the sand dunes as...

Annabelle Tucker proves it’s never too early to start giving back to the American Youth Foundation programs that gave so much to her. At 16, she’s currently a Wayfinder at...

Chandlee Dickey credits her experiences at Miniwanca and Merrowvista in the 1970s with changing her life trajectory. Her time as a camper and seasonal staff member inspired her to live...

Jan Strube is a keeper of AYF history, preserving photographs, memories, and more as a volunteer archivist. Her passion for the AYF began as a Miniwanca Younger Girls camper in...

The lessons Amy Hughes learned during International Leadership Conference and National Leadership Conference in the mid-1990s laid the foundation for her personal and professional life today. Hughes is a medical...

The songs, stories, and lessons learned through American Youth Foundation programs are the throughline that connects generations of the Gehres family. Tony Gehres first experienced them as a Merrowvista camper...

Miniwanca and the four-fold way of living were fundamental to Albie Bell and Katie Maus as teenagers attending and working at camp in the ’80s and ’90s. They passed these...