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Happy Thanksgiving to our Camp families and friends!
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Preserve Your Past, Protect Our Future
For over 100 years, Hayo-Went-Ha Camps have provided unique places for children and young adults to gather
in harmony and friendship. Throughout that time, your Camps have relied upon the community’s generosity and
dedication to offer exceptional facilities and experiences. You can help to preserve and protect Camp for current
and future generations to enjoy.
2020 has been a very different year. The effects of the pandemic have impacted many charitable organizations,
and Camp is no exception. With impeccable timing, a former camper has come to our aid with a generous
matching gift. We are pleased to announce the Preserve Your Past, Protect Our Future $500,000
matching gift challenge.
Every dollar you donate before December 1, 2020, will result in a matching dollar donation supporting
the 2020 COVID Relief Fund. Preserving Camp history is only possible with your financial support and right
now, your help is twice as impactful!
Capital Stewardship Packages:
HWH Waterfront - $125,000
- Historic Pier Preservation
- Historic Boathouse Preservation
AHWH Lodges - $125,000
-Expansion of TGM Lodge
-Trailside Lodge preservation needs
HWH Lodges - $125,000
- Preserve the Historic Bonbright opening/closing campfire fireplace
- Preserve the Old Dining Hall Fireplace
AHWH Facilities - $125,000
-Beach erosion control
-Bathroom in Nejee area
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You have an opportunity to support Camp during a critical moment. Today, your gift can ensure that others will have
the chance to experience the same physical spaces, adventures, and friendships that make camp so important to
you.
The 2021 summer camp season will shine with the improvements needed to make sure our campers enjoy the best
possible camping experience. Your gift is a critical key to our success. Thank you all for your continued support.
Click here to donate online: Preserve Your Past, Protect Our Future
Or send check* to:
YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps
919 N. East Torch Lake Drive
Central Lake, MI 49622
*Make check payable to: YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps. Write the specific area you would like to donate to on the memo line
of the check (HWH Waterfront, AHWH Lodges, HWH Lodges or AHWH Facilities). Write "ALL" on the memo line if you would
like the donation split equally between the four groups.
Thank you VOLUNTEERS!!
Volunteers are the backbone of our organization. Our alumni know the value and importance of camp and are all too
willing to give back to the place they love. This year has been no exception! Volunteers have completed a number
of tasks including lawn care, painting, general clean up, disc golf care, reroofing projects, Bonbright stage backdrop,
repairs to Bonbright and the Old Dining Hall floors as well as several other smaller tasks.
A shoutout goes to the following volunteers for 2020 so far. Joe O'Connell, John Kelley, Dennis Hanson, John and
Jake Smith, Kathy Peterson, Dick Christenson, Jim and Louise Austin, Meg and Andrew Narwold, Mike Ericksen,
John Worsfold, Melissa Mateling, Joe, Emma and Zoe Macaluso and Tommy Murray.
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Maintenance update
With winter weather fast approaching, Maintenance staff have been very busy with a number of huge projects.
The Expressway has a new electrical system,
Cabin Bush 1 has a new foundations and floor,
Drury has new foundation walls and a great new paint job,
Trip Shack has a new roof, door and a great new paint job,
Cabins 8 and 13 have had major groundwater erosion control work completed,
Cabin 8 has had major foundation repairs
Meadow got a total clean up and reorganization of supplies and equipment,
Kresge has had a partial roof replacement.
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Trailside Lodge is 100!
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11/16/2020 email.html Trailside Lodge is the iconic building sitting high on the hill in the middle of camp that is the heart of Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha. When you see Trailside Lodge for the first time it fits that perfect image of what a camp building should look like. You can feel the lake breeze through the historic windows and smell the old wood all around you. This year is a special year for Trailside Lodge as we celebrate its 100th year. Built in 1920, it has sat on the hill overlooking Arbutus Lake where years and years of laughter and friendships have blossomed. With the sound of doors slamming and campers laughing that echo across the piney wood hills, there have been thousands and thousands of happy campers coming in and out of this majestic building over the years. The unique and historic windows of the building were salvaged from the Old Library at the University of Michigan, which was constructed in 1883 and later demolished in 1918. To verify the authenticity of the claim, staff took one of the windows to the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor and compared the window shape and style with the architectural drawings of the old library. Upon inspection the historians at the Bentley Library confirm the windows were indeed a part of that old building. That makes these windows in our beloved Trailside Lodge over 120 years old. It is believed that the original camp owner Edith Steere obtained these windows through a connection with her father who was a professor at the University of Michigan at the time. We have continued to preserve and restore Trailside Lodge over the years and there has been a great deal accomplished thanks to some very generous donors. The floors have been sanded and refinished, the windows have all been painstakingly repainted and reglazed, both the east and west ends have been returned to the original style and the outside has been stained. Our Maintenance Director, Richard Murray, has spent a great deal of time and effort in maintaining and preserving this wonderful building over the last 10 years. Happy 100th birthday Trailside Lodge! If you are interested in contributing to the continued preservation of Trailside Lodge and the historic cabins on the hill please send check to: YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps 919 N. East Torch Lake Drive Central Lake, MI 49622 Add note in memo line: "Heritage Hill" Click here to donate online: Donation Link file:///C:/Users/fkulh/Downloads/email.html 7/12
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2021 Registration Update
Thank you to all of the Camp families who rolled over their registrations from 2020 to 2021! If you have not confirmed your
2021 program and session, please contact the Camp Registrar as soon as possible at: registrar@hayowentha.org or call
Cathy Kulhawik at the office: 231-544-5915.
We would like to get all 2020 campers where they want to be before opening up registration on the website to new campers.
Campers can choose the same program that they were going to do in 2020, or move on to the program they qualify for (by
grade) in 2021. Please confirm no later than November 13th.
These programs are close to or at capacity capacity already:
Helmsmen S1 - four slots available (BOYS)
Helmsmen S2 - FULL (BOYS)
Isle Royale S1 and S2 - Boys have a few openings / GIRLS S2 FULL
Viking S2 - FULL (GIRLS)
Alaska S1 and S2 GIRLS have two openings
NOTE: The 2021 registration link has not been opened to the public yet. Stay tuned for an announcement from the Site
Directors later this month.
Camp without Campers
- written by Chloe Castle, Harper Crosson, and Cassie Sessler
Over the years, camp has become our second home. When camp was cancelled this summer, it was heartbreaking; it felt like
we wouldn’t be able to go home, recharge and be ready to take on the next year. Shortly after camp was cancelled we
thought we should still partake in a wilderness adventure trip and the June 2020 biker trip was planned! Check the Camp
Instagram for some photos!
There were 6 of us total undertaking the trip and strangely enough it felt very similar to how we feel setting off from camp as
a cabin group. We saw other camp friends along the way, and of course reminisced about how much we love and miss
camp! The sting of camp being cancelled was still fresh and we all voiced our concerns about what a year without camp
might mean for all of us. It seems that each summer we leave camp with the confidence and strength that carries us through
the coming year. This year we all agreed that “it’s not the place, it’s the people.”
The biker trip came to an end and we all managed to secure summer jobs in the area, jobs we thought we would never have
to get as we all were all planning to be AHWH counselors. We’ve all been to camp a few times, and the first few times it
really hurt. It felt wrong being so empty, and like there was a piece of all of us stuck there. With each visit, the hurt got to
be less and being at an empty camp slowly was not as sad anymore. When some of us arrived the night of the second
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session virtual casino night and trudged up the hill to the Trailside Lodge as we had done hundreds of times, it felt so
familiar but so different. Camp certainly loses a lot of its magic when it's empty, but over the summer we had become less
reliant on the place, and more on each other.
Camp friends are what make camp, not the place. They’re your best friends and will always be there for you not just at
camp. Camp is just the place where you meet them. Without camp, none of us would have ever met, and if we hadn’t all
come back to be on staff, we wouldn’t all be so close. So, if you haven’t talked to your camp friends this summer because
there was no camp, pick up the phone, call them, text them, DM them; you don’t need camp to have your camp friends.
BELATED HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
With Halloween landing on a Saturday this year, with a daylight savings time change and a full moon... we hope you
all survived the weekend! We were very excited to learn that the Arbutus Lake 2019 AD staff made a guest
appearance in Times Square over the weekend. The full Super Saturday cast of the Wizard of Oz was featured in
the spotlight. Thank you to Liz Longthorn and #spirithalloween #silvercastmedia for the opportunity.
October Virtual Campfire
was a fun night for all!
Join us in December!
There are so many things we all miss about camp and we have decided campfire songs should not be one of those things this year! We
had a very fun virtual campfire in October and over 100 people zoomed in to sing along. We also had 670 views on the Facebook live
video. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this happen, and a special shout out to Mark in Scotland for the visuals throughout
the event. We are planning another singalong for December so stay tuned for a date and be sure to log on and join us.
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The Camp Store is open!
HWH or AHWH merchandise available.
If you would like to purchase an item,
call or email the office with color, size and style. We will email the link for payment when package is shipped. Items
available:
AHWH masks (red, gray or black)
Hoody sweatshirt (HWH or AHWH)
2020 non-trip shirt (black or yellow)
Baseball caps with HWH leather patch or embroidered logo. Charcoal, Khaki, Navy and Olive colors.
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NEW Long-sleeve, soft-style hooded T-Shirts available in Heather gray w/navy letters, Dark Gray w/white
and heather navy w/white letters.
In Memoriam
We honor the memory of our Hayo-Went-Ha brothers and sisters.
O Hayo-went-ha, though some are gone, they yet remain.
Their spirit is ours now, and lives among us again, who once were strangers, but now in spirit,
are friends together once more again. -Bob Thurston
Ainsley Roth (1950-2020) - Obituary
Joe Palmer (1924-2020) - Obituary
Sam Corl (1937-2020) - Obituary
David Comfort (1936-2020) - Obituary
Thelma Hansen (1921-2020) - Obituary
How can you help?
Here are three easy ways you can support Hayo-Went-Ha Camps.
1. Keep talking about us! Even though camp this year was cancelled we are planning to be back better and
safer than ever next year. Share your experiences. Spread the word about us to all your friends.
2. Share our short video promoting our camps in preparation for the 2021 summer.
3. Protect our future by investing in our continued success by donating to our mission of developing future
leaders.
AMAZON WISH LIST
We have a lot of equipment that is in constant need of replacement, simply due to use and age. If you would like to
help us replenish our supplies, from canoes to paddles to tents and backpacks, we always appreciate more. We
keep a Wish List going on Amazon, where you can see what we have the most need for at: YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha
Camps Wish List. Remember if you are shopping at Amazon that if you do so at AmazonSmile and name YMCA
Hayo-Went-Ha Camps as your charity, Amazon will send us .05% of the price as a donation.
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