Author: Carolyn Dugan
2022 Christmas Fundraiser – open only until Dec 4th!
We have 3 separate fundraisers going on for this season – all with Custom Ink: 3/4 Fleece link Sweatpants link Notebook link We will need to hit a minimum in order for the items to be printed so share with friends and family! If you choose to have items shipped to the Region Office, I will send you an email when they are ready for pick up.
Caring for Your Soul: Clergy Retreat
All Region Clergy are invited to some time away at Camp Tamarack from Sunday, January 29th, in the evening, through Tuesday, January 31st, 2pm The purpose of our time together is to provide space for clergy post-holidays to relax, rest, and seek spiritual direction or coaching should they desire it. Our retreat leaders are Rev. Dr. John Walton, Jr., pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, Rev. Dr. Thomas Aldworth, retired from Chicago, and Rev. Jacki Belile, of Living Well Ministries and pastor of Eden United Church of Christ. Registration is open until Jan 15th, 2023 Tentative Schedule: Sunday, January 29th:…
End of Year Retreat for Young Adults
End the year right! Spend some time at Camp Tamarack Thurs night December 29th until Sat morning Dec 31st contemplating and making plans for “What’s Next” in 2023. This retreat is for those that are post High School up to 6ish years. The schedule will be set by those that attend, but there will be time for rest, for fun, for worship and connecting with each other and creation. Cost will be $60/person for meals and lodging You can register here Any questions? Contact Carolyn at carolyn.dugan@abcofwi.org or 715-281-2269
Congratulations Linda Jolly – Hospitality Manager
Congratulations to Linda Jolly who will be adding to her Head Cook duties at Camp Tamarack as our Hospitality Manager. Linda will be responsible for camp security, housekeeping, receiving rental groups and overall supporting the Camp Tamarack mission and vision. Linda has been an incredible asset to Camp Tamarack the past several years as assistant cook and head cook – plus all the “other duties as assigned” she helped with this summer. She is a past camper, leader and makes cinnamon rolls as big as your head!
2022 staff and volunteers – Thank you!!
What a summer! We are nearing the end of our programming and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all the Cabin Leaders, Health Officers, Weekly Directors and Pastors who helped to make the summer special for all our campers. You are appreciated! A special thank you to our part time staff that helped in various capacities – George Scott as Assistant Groundskeeper and Reshma Zadda, Stacey Martyniuk, Martin (& Gwendolyn) Jolly, Jessica Bulson and Lara (& Ruby) Munger who helped in the kitchen. Linda Jolly and Emma Delikowski have truly gone above and beyond this summer! We had…
Celebrate, Collaborate, Create! A Pre-Holiday Retreat for Ministers
November 10-12, 2022 (Thursday evening through Saturday morning) Camp Tamarack E879 Golke Road Waupaca WI 54981 All clergy/pastoral leaders are invited to a time of respite and renewal as we prepare for the holidays. We’ll have time to rest, worship together, share our traditions of Advent, Christmas, Watch Night and other celebrations, share resources for sermon and worship planning, and have our own holiday festivities before the busy-ness of the season arrives. Cost: $125 single room at Basile, $75 per person w/roommate at Basile or $75 person in the John Gray (covers 2 nights lodging, meals all day Friday and…
UPDATE to camp schedule
Please note that due to a low camper registration and shortage of volunteers as cabin leaders we will be making the following updates to the camp schedule this season: Primary Camp and Middler Camp will be combining to make one camp. There is no change to Primary campers. For Middler campers, this will mean their camp will now end on Wed and the cost will shift from $265 to $170. This camp will run from July 10-13th. Junior Camp and Jr High Camp will also be combined. This will mean that campers that signed up for Junior camp will have…
Volunteer Opportunities starting in May 2022
There are several opportunities to share your time and talents with Camp this spring/summer! 1) Help get camp ready for the season: May 13-15 we will be tackling some physical property projects such as chain sawing and moving trees, putting up a new flag pole and more. May 19-21 is Spring in to Camp weekend when we get the lodges and cabins ready for the summer. May 27-29 we will continue to tackle the physi cal property projects we didn’t finish the weekend on May 13th and include more such as fixing Hogans. June 3-5 will be the last weekend…
Congratulations and Best Wishes to Rev. Kim Drost
Please join me in wishing Rev. Kim Drost well as she takes on a new role as Interim Pastor for First Baptist Church in Ixonia. Kim has been serving camp in various ways for over a decade : Head cook (with one year of Assistant cook) = ~750 meals including camp casserole and “rolling out the dough” Camp Pastor = incalculable prayers and songs – especially in “Right field” Tamarack Tales Director = rockets, water testing, solar systems, turtle crossings Assistant Minister = billions of blades of grass cut, numerous rentals, spaces cleaned, trees cut up,…