Camp Wyandot Summer Resident Camp

Camp Wyandot is the showpiece of the Central Ohio Camp Fire council,
and a life-changing experience for so many young people!

Camp Wyandot is for the first-grader spending her first night away from
home. It is for the middle school boy who thrives on activity, and
learns best while hiking along a path or paddling a canoe. It is for the
16-year-old looking to spread his wings and take on responsibility. It
is for the 25-year-old who loves children and nature and grows each year
as a compassionate counselor. It is for the Wyandot “old-timer” who
has come every summer for 20 years to carry on the sacred traditions of
camp.

Come and be a part of it!

We are not a camp just about sports, or disabilities, or science or
music. We are a camp about all those things and more. We are a camp
about children. All children. We allow children to find out what
interests them, and pursue their interests in a natural, healthy
setting. At camp, children live together in a small group with their
counselor. They learn to get along with campers they just met. They
adapt to new situations, such as sleeping in a cot with frogs croaking
outside the window. They learn. They grow. And they come home more
self-sufficient and confident.

The basic camp week is Sunday afternoon to the following Saturday
morning. Parents meet their child’s counselor, then head home while
their child makes new friends, participates in “ice breaker” games,
and helps the counselor plan activities for the week. Most meals are
eaten together as a camp in the dining hall, but almost every child will
have a chance to cook out with his or her cabin over an open fire. Each
child has his or her own bunk in a wood cabin shared with the cabin
counselor and a small group of children the same age and gender.

Trained waterfront staff help children improve their swimming and
supervise fun time at the pool, as well as boating on the lake. Camp
specialists assist the cabin counselors with crafts, nature, sports,
orienteering and other activities. Some evenings, several cabins gather
together for a large-group activity, such as a scavenger hunt, games, or
“ Reflections,” a quiet program of poetry readings and songs.
Each week is topped off with our traditional Council Fire, where cabin
groups share the week’s highlights in words, song, or skits.
Participation awards for special activities such as “Morning Mile,”
“ Golden Dustpan” and the camp nature program are distributed. The
ceremony is steeped in Camp Fire tradition, and marks the end of another
session for campers and staff. The Council Fire ends with a candlelight
serenade by the staff before bedtime. Saturday morning, parents are
invited to the final flag lowering at the week’s end, and many
children reluctantly leave their new friends for home.
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