Miniwanca

July 5, 2018
Back to a Typical Day
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
Party in the U.S.A
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
On The Sand Dunes of Boys Camp
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
First Typical Day at Boys Camp
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
First Full Miniwanca Day
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
Opening Day 2018 is here!
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
7 Do’s and 1 Don’t for Preventing Homesickness
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
Paying Attention: Four Trails, Four Folds
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…
“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
Making the Miniwanca Magic Last All Year
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
Proving the Benefits of Camp
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 …