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Delavan, Wisconsin
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News Archives at House In The Wood
2005
--Adam Perez, new assistant director (12/05)
--Toni Davison, assistant director resigns (12/05)
--LIT Leadership Weekend Feb 18-19 (12/05)
--Two new camp kittens (12/05)
--Summer Camp Reunion January 8 (12/05)
--Staff Recruitment Starts Feb 1 (12/05)
--Summer Camp Registration February 20 (12/05)
--Charlie, the camp cat dies (12/05)
--Peaches, the camp bunny dies (10/05)
--Pages added to Parent Information (10/05)
--New Camper Web Pages (10/05)
--College Job Fair dates 2006 set (1/05)
--View Reunion 2005 Photos Here (1/05)
--View Camp Benefit Photos Here (1/05)
--View LIT Leadership Weekend Photos Here
--Camp in Winter (1/05)
2004
--Record Enrollment at Camp this Year (8/04)
--Date set for Fall Camp Workbee--October 1-3, 2004 (8/04)
--We welcome Toni Davison as our New Assistant Camp Director (3/04)
-- $40,000 dollar facility donation to House In The Wood (3/04)
2003
--Val Wright, Camp Director to present at Mid States Camping Conference (12/03)
--Assistant Camp Director position open (12/03)
--Summer Camp Jobs Recruitment starts January 5, 2004 (12/03)
--Camper registration starts March 1, 2004. (12/03)
--Summer Camp 2004 Dates set (12/03)
--New Theater Camp and 2nd Family Weekend added. (12/03)
--New Parent Web Pages will be uploaded in late January. (12/03)
--Pat Jaszka, In Town Camp Coordinator retires in May 2004. (12/03)
--Birdie Brown, Assistant Camp Director resigns (12/03)
--New Summer Slide Shows (10/03)
 --Order Slide Show CD to view on your computer for $7.00. (10/03)
 

 
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2005
Adam Perez, New Assistant Camp Director. Adam was a camper, LIT (Leader In Training) and staff member at House In The Wood. He and his wife Millie celebrated their marriage at camp. He will be joining our staff full time on February 1, 2006. Adam will be the camp staff member that will be signing up at campers for this summer. Welcome!

Toni Michelle Davison, Assistant Camp Director resigns. Toni has resigned from House In The Wood after spending two summers at camp. She will be missed by many parents who have come to know House In The Wood through Toni at camp registration. She was responsible for a number of innovative program changes during the summer. Toni resigns effective January 4. We wish her the best of luck in her future.

Two New Camp Kittens will join House In The Wood this summer at the camp office. Click here for pictures of the new kitties and Charlie, our camp cat.

Charlie the camp cat dies. Charlie our 20 year old grand old girl died on December 6 of renal failure. She spent every summer at camp in the office or chasing the chipmunks. Her ashes will be buried at camp next to the other camp animals--Sunshine the bunny and Albert the ferret.

Peaches the camp bunny dies. Peaches was out 7 year old bunny who started her life at camp after we bought her from the farmer near camp. She spent the summers at House In The Wood and the school year at a Montessori school in Chicago. She had a memorial service at the school where she was a well-loved bunny.
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 2004
Toni Davison joined our year around camp staff in March. She jumped right into registering and recruiting summer campers. Toni comes to us from Perlstein Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. She has attended camp most of her life and most recently has worked at Camp Chi as a Unit Director. Welcome to Toni.

Facility Donation. We received a facility donation "out-of-the-blue". We welcomed the opportunity to put roofs on 9 buildings, add stairs to Vittum Lodge, paint Hickory House, and repair various doors and screens.

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2003
 Mid States Presentation. Val Wright, Camp Director will be presenting at the Mid States Camping Conference in mid April on the topic of "How to Effectively Communicate with your Staff Pre-Camp".

Birdie Brown. After working at House In The Wood for 16 years in a variety of positions, Ms Birdie has elected not to continue as the Assistant Camp Director where she supervised our summer program and camper recruitment. She was a great addition to our camp staff and we will miss her dedication to the campers and staff during the summer. We wish her well with her future plans.

New Parent Information Web Pages will be uploaded in late January. Pages will include registration procedures, staff introductions, what to pack, and many other bits of useful information for the parent and camper coming to House In The Wood.

Pat Jaszka retires. Pat Jaszka has been signing up children and their families to go to camp for as long as I've been working at camp--20 years--and probably before that too. She will be retiring in May so make sure that you stop in and wish her the best of luck. She will be training another person to take over the important job of registering our summer campers. Many of you may not know that she was also our Camp Angel. She constantly thinks about what camp needs and would save us choice tidbits from the donations coming into the Settlement. She is responsible for everything from furniture to blankets and toys to snacks that we have had at camp throughout the last 20 years.