Here are some of the numbers from our 2019 summer at Widji! Weeks of camp – 9 Decisions for Christ – 56 TNT & Blast & Sizzle campers – 195 (7 day campers) Ignite Partnership campers – 319 SALTers – 18 (72 camper weeks) Aspire campers – 5 (for 2 weeks each) Total camper weeksContinue reading “Widji 2019 by the Numbers”
Tag Archives: staff
Our Approach To Homesickness
Everyone has days or times when they want to be somewhere else. Campers who are new to overnight camp or it’s their first time at Widjiitiwin, it can be a hard time. Even staff we go through homesickness or the desire to be at home more than at camp. Discover how we help your kidsContinue reading “Our Approach To Homesickness”
Staffing, How Widji Builds its Team
As any manager knows, building a team and hiring staff every year can be exhausting work. There are countless models to follow, and countless considerations that can pile up and, if not careful, overwhelm a person with decisions. To give an idea of what hiring looks like for this organization, here’s a couple of numbers:Continue reading “Staffing, How Widji Builds its Team”
Widji Staff & Campers Will Grow Up To Rule The World
Staff & campers will grow up to rule the world! I often wonder as I look around each summer at the new group of campers, what will be come of them. Which ones will do our SALT program, become staff, then leadership staff. Which one might eventually be the camp director. We don’t know theContinue reading “Widji Staff & Campers Will Grow Up To Rule The World”
Reflections on Widji Summer 2018
Here are some of the great things to celebrate as we have been blessed at Widji this past summer. 42 decisions for Christ 84 Bibles given out Full leadership team with age & maturity (8+ staff over 20) During Royal City’s week alone, 27 bibles were given out This summer we had 328 campers plus 26Continue reading “Reflections on Widji Summer 2018”
Why Widjiitiwin?
Why Widji is a great question. Why not? Or why not another place or job? I’ve always said whatever job I had needed to have a greater purpose. Maybe you’re like that too. Widji does!! In some ways we all have our own reason for coming to camp. Some grew up here a week atContinue reading “Why Widjiitiwin?”
Questions to Ask Your Child on the Way Home from Widji
After an amazing week at Widjiitiwin, it’s likely that your camper will be bursting to the seams with fun stories, great songs, and wishes to return to camp ASAP. The drive home from camp can be a perfect time to reconnect with your child after a week apart. If your child isn’t sleeping on the wayContinue reading “Questions to Ask Your Child on the Way Home from Widji”
Meet the 2018 Widji Spring Crew
Meet 2018 the Widji spring crew!! They are: Program Director – Ryan Pearl Jones Assistant Program Director – Emma Notch Wigston SALT Director – Aunna Rhino Greenfield Waterfront Director – Caroline Shooby Raymer Assistant Director – Leah Shadbolt Plus (not in picture) Director – Josh Heyoo Laverty and General Director – Mike Moose Greenfield Over the next seven weeks they will be gettingContinue reading “Meet the 2018 Widji Spring Crew”
Moose Update February 2018
It has been quite a year. About this time last year I began to be more affected by the debilitating dizziness that would eventually send me off on sick leave from July to September last summer. It was the first summer since I was 13 that I had not been at camp. It was hardContinue reading “Moose Update February 2018”
Changes Are Coming
It’s said that the only person who likes change is a baby. At Muskoka Bible Centre & Camp Widjiitiwin we believe that, as we set our sights on our 2020 vision, we needed update our organizational structure to be ready for more ministry opportunities. The new changes will be effective February 1, 2018. Moose will be onContinue reading “Changes Are Coming”
Meandering Moose 