House In The Wood Camp & Retreat Center
Delavan, Wisconsin

Summer Camp for Inner City Youth since 1910          Retreat Center for groups 20 to 60 since 1986
Resident Outdoor Campus for Rowe Elementary Charter School since 2009

 

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Happening Now...
Booking 2011 for Rental-some 2010 still OPEN
NOW accepting applications for Summer Staff

Coming Up...

January 9-LIT's Volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
January 11-Staff Interviewing Starts
February 1-First Day Summer Camp Registration
SAVE THE DATE July 31, 2010
Centennial Celebration Picnic

 

News at House In The Wood  
--Adam Perez, Associate Director honored by Park Ridge Board at Cherub Benefit in November 2009. Picture Here.
--House In The Wood is on Facebook. Become a FAN.
--House In the Wood is on Twitter.
--NEW Ice fisherman parking passes. Trial service to allow Ice Fisherman to park on site when there are no rental groups.
--New Summer Program-Archery with Adam
--New Summer Program-Dog Days of Summer. Bring your kid friendly dog to camp to visit with the campers.
--2010 Summer Dates Now Set.
--NEW Plush Carpet in ALL 7 cabins. Thanks to Larry Counselbaum of Superior Corp. for donation of carpet and installation. Thanks to NSB Board President Pamela Russell for facilitating the donation.
--GLITTER BALL Speaker Tineka Wykoff camper 1987
--Our 3 new Rain Gardens work GREAT and look good too! They are designed to trap the water that is eroding our roads and trails. Thanks to: Carol, Crissy, Southeast Wisconsin and Walworth County Master Gardeners, LIT's, Adult Volunteers and Settlement AmeriCorps.
--New Summer Fishing Program a SUCCESS! Every camper in the program caught a fish.
--Thanks to Patty Johnson for books for our NEW reading program at camp.
--We have finished PAVING Bay Road!
--We have FINISHED clearing Bay Road. Thank to Noble OC, Rowe-Clark, Settlement AmeriCorps and neighbors Steve, Sabrina and Don
--Thanks to NSB for capital money for new water tanks
--Thanks to the Elliot's for MORE kitchen equipment

--MB Financial Bank donates Eureka Tents
--NEW Social Networking Site-S'more.com

 

Join us as we celebrate 100 years! 1910-2010
Weekend Celebration and Picnic July 30-August 1. Details soon.

Download the 2010 House In The Wood calendar in PDF.
The entire year on one page with summer camp dates and a 2009 Summer Staff picture.

 
   

House in the Wood Camp is a resident co-ed summer camp serving urban children from Chicago. Our campers range from ages seven through twelve with a leadership program for our thirteen to seventeen year olds. They represent a cross section of Chicago’s diverse population. In addition to enjoying our outdoor and waterfront programs, our campers learn a variety of essential social and living skills.

During the off-season, House in the Wood operates as a conference and retreat center. The revenue from this operation helps support our summer camp. Each of our rental groups has exclusive use of our entire campus. They can customize their rental to meet their specific needs, choosing from a variety of living and meeting options. Food service is available and has been highly rated by our guests. Standard and vegetarian menus are available.

House In The Wood is operated by Northwestern University Settlement in Chicago, Illinois. Our main sponsor is the North Shore Board of the Settlement.

Contact Val Wright, Camp Director at val@houseinthewood.org or 414-329-7585 for more information.

 



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House In The Wood | 3300 Bay Road | Delavan, WI 53115 | USA | Camp Phone: 262-728-2752 | info@houseinthewood.org

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Last Updated: 01/08/2010