July 5, 2018

After an amazing Fourth of July our schedule went back to our typical day today. We were woken up by the polar bear call as …

July 4, 2018

Happy Fourth from everyone here at Girls Camp! We started out this wonderful morning with an all camp polar bear in our pajamas. We all …

July 4, 2018

Today, while on the highest point on Boys Camp, Mount Baldy, the Darer community had an excellent conversation about their surroundings: the sand dunes, the …

June 27, 2018

Today was an exciting day at Boys Camp! Some of us began our day with a dip in Stony Lake for Polar Bear while others …

June 25, 2018

Campers woke up this morning with as much excitement as they have on Christmas morning! After a yummy breakfast both Girls and Boys Camps went …

June 25, 2018

Today is the day! This silver Michigan morning opened up its skies and let the sun shine through! The sun was just as excited to …

May 8, 2018

May has arrived with beautiful weather and sunshine here at Miniwanca, and with it comes the reminder that summer camp 2018 begins in less than …

April 2, 2018

We don’t matter much, but the children do. Show them daisies and the pale hepatica. Teach them the taste of sassafras and wintergreen . . . Give them …

December 14, 2017

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus Margaret “Gigs” Hoerner is long-time Miniwanca Girl. …

September 25, 2017

Miniwanca Magic: it’s something we talk a lot about, especially as we near the end of the summer each year. Campers comment on how amazing …

May 3, 2016

Curated by Hannah Patterson Summer camp culture in the United States has long operated on the premise that campers take something important away from their …