CAMP NEWS

Registration for our camps’ summer programs is now open! Visit the camps’ respective websites (below) for registration links.

Camp Emmaus (Mount Morris, Ill.) has announced its summer camping schedule for 2024. This year’s curriculum theme will be “Linked by Love”:

April 13 Spring Into Camp
May 24-27 Memorial Day Family Camp
July 7-11 Intermediate Camp (grades 3-5)
July 12-14 Young Adult and Young at Heart Camp (YAAYAH)
July 14-20 Senior High Camp (grades 9-12)
July 21-27 Middle School Camp (grades 6-8)
Aug. 2-4 CIT training
Aug. 3-4 Elementary Camp (grades 1-2)
Aug. 8-10 Women’s Camp
Aug. 16-18 Men’s Camp
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 Labor Day Family Camp

Camp Emmanuel (Astoria, Ill.) has announced its summer 2024 camping schedule:

Women’s Camp May 31-June 2

Youth Camp (grades 9-12) 2nd week in June or 2nd weekend in June (to be determined)

Middle School Camp (grades 6-8) June 9-15

Junior Camp (grades 3-5) June 19-23

Pre-Junior Camp (grades K-2) June 28-30

Day Camp (grades K-5) July 15-19

Men’s Camp Aug. 9-11

Family Camp Aug. 30-Sept. 2

Creation Camp (grades 3-6) Sept. 6-8

Camp Emmanuel will be holding Spring Work Days April 20-25. The camp opens to the public May 1 for fishing and hiking.

The new “Escape to Emmaus” series at Camp Emmaus continued April 6 with a Flintknapping Day that drew about 10 people to learn about carving stone into arrowheads, garden tools, and other shapes. The series continues May 4 with a Birding Day (in partnership with Northwest Illinois Audubon) and June 1 with Target Sports (archery/slingshots). See www.campemmaus.org for details and registration. The camp also benefited recently from a group of volunteers who helped remove about a dozen diseased and dead trees around the camp.

The Camp Emmaus “Spring into Camp” event will be April 13, 1-6 p.m., with time to informally enjoy the camp’s amenities in the afternoon before a dedication of the new stone council ring at 4 p.m., a campfire at 4:30 p.m., and a cookout dinner (food provided) at 5:30 p.m.

Stay up to date on what’s happening at our district camps! Visit www.campem.com for Camp Emmanuel news and www.campemmaus.org for Camp Emmaus news.