A page for Supporters and Friends of House In
The Wood
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Information
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· What we do the
rest of the year · About Northwestern University Settlement · What it
means to be an ACA nationally accredited summer camp and retreat
center · Directions to camp · More about Delevan, Wisconsin
Summer
Jobs We have summer
camp positions open from early June through late August for camp
counselors, kitchen, health and administration.
Facilities
and Services We have housing,
meeting space, and food service to serve 100 during the summer and 60
during the off season. View pictures of our facility.
Calendar
Summer Camp ·
Winter Camp · Retreat Center Weekends Available · Volunteer Calendar
· College Summer Job Interviewing Scheudle
Retreat
Center We specialize in
exclusive use for our rental groups. We can serve 20 to 60 between
September and May. We provide comfortable lodgings and meeting space
nestled in 23 wooded acres on the quiet shores of Lake Delavan.
Leaders In
Training Program - our camper page This page is
designed by our LIT's. Our LIT program is a four year program open to
teens ages 13 to 16. It is a proven way to improve interpersonal
relationships and master valuable life skills.
Slide Show 2003
Slide Show 2002
Slide Show 2001
Slide show is best viewed at modem speeds at 56,000 baud, broadband, DSL
or T1 lines.
Files are very large so be patient as they load. Recommended for fast
internet only. You can click on the individual slides or view the show
by clicking on the projector screen in the lower right hand corner.
FAQs
Frequently asked
questions from...
Summer Camp Staff · Parents and Campers · Volunteers and Friends ·
Retreat Center Users · Post a Question here
Val Wright, Camp Directorhitw@execpc.com
Office Phone/Fax: 414-329-7585 (weekdays late-September thru mid-May)
Camp Phone: 1-262-728-2752 (ALL summer and weekends)
Contact Val for retreat center reservations/information,
employment, volunteering, LIT's
and general information Adam Perez, Associate Camp Director aperez@nush.org
Office Phone: 773-278-7471 (weekdays mid-September thru late-May)
Office Fax: 773-278-2621
Camp Phone: 1-262-728-2752 (ALL summer and weekends)
Contact Adam for summer camp registration. Terry Fowler, Food Services Directortfowler@nush.org
Office Phone/Fax: 414-329-7585 (weekdays late-September thru mid-May)
Camp Phone: 1-262-728-2752 (ALL summer and weekends)
Contact Terry for food related questions and concerns.
House In The Wood
3300 Bay Road
Delavan, WI 53115-3265 USA
Camp Phone: 1-262-728-2752 (ALL summer and weekends)
Camp Fax: 1-262-728-4015 (ALL summer and weekends)
Camp Director Val Wright Awarded Highest
Honor from American Camp Association Wisconsin--the
Acorn Award.
The Acorn Award is the highest honor presented to a nominated
member of ACA Wisconsin. Its purpose is to honor individual
members of the Section who have given truly outstanding and
exceptional service to camping within the Section that is “above
and beyond the call of duty.” Carrying out the normal duties of
an elected office or chairship of a committee is not alone
sufficient. New at Camp. In addition to the
new Art Center Steps and the new Nature Center Steps (see
below), we also added new furniture and equipment. We added new
wooden bunk beds and new equipment in the kitchen--dishwasher
and mixer. Click here to see pictures. NEW!Blast from the Past. See photo gallery from past
summers. I am scanning my old photos.
The first gallery is from August 1991. Find Staff
Colin, Martin, Mark, Richard, Sarah, Cindy, Angel, Sonja, Ms Val
and LIT's Adam, Pharaoh, Daisy, Ramses, Anthony and Kindrick.
Watch this site for MORE photo galleries from past summers. Camp Alumni to archive Summer 2007 photos. Our House In The Wood camp alumni site will be archiving our 2007 camp photos from Bunk 1. In past summers, once they were gone from the Bunk 1 site, no one had access to them again. This is GREAT news. Please click on the Camp Alumni REGISTRATION button to sign up for House In The Wood Camp Alumni. It's FREE! Workbee a Success! We had a total of 80 people attend workbee! We had a group from the Settlement's Business Office, a group from Noble Street Charter School and a group from the Settlement's Project YES! AmeriCorps program. They completed over 20 hours of work over three and a half days. Click here for the pictures. Thanks for Paint Donation & Bay Road Repairs. A big thank you to Linda and Dave who recently got married at camp over the Labor Day weekend. Linda has been the camp nurse during the summer on and off for about 15 years. They donated Lowe's Gift Cards to purchase paint for Vittum Lodge. They also did repairs on Bay Road--the road that leads to camp. Click here for a picture of Linda and Dave at their wedding. New Camp Kitty-Tuffy. Sparky, one of the camp cats whom many of your know because she is so friendly, disappeared for 11 days while at camp. We think that she must have been locked in a neighbor's garage. In the meantime, we got a new baby kitty so that we would have two camp kitties. Meet Tuffy who helps in the office. Now there are three kitties at camp. Thanks for LIT Workshop. A big thank you goes out to Carol Kahn, Tracey Hall, Chuck Heisinger and Rod Echols for doing a LIT workshop over the weekend in July. Carol and Chuck are now making plans to help us get a year around suport program going for our LIT's. It is still in its early stages but it is looking good for mentoring, monthly meetings and life skill field trips around Chicago. Thanks to Building with Books. A big thank you to Building with Books who came out to House In The Wood for a week in July and did many community
service projects. Building with Books is a service organization that recruits students from Chicago High Schools. There were 22 students in the group that came to camp. They worked on the upper nature center steps, pulled weeds in the boating area, spread gravel and wood chips, and painted our building signs. Thanks! See one picture that says it all. Other pictures are in our photo gallery. Camp Reunion Photos.
Go to KodakGallery.com to view the photos from the January
2007 Camp Reunion in Chicago. It is FREE but you must register.
