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Camp Manitou-Lin is located in Middleville, Michigan, United States, approximately 30 miles south of Grand Rapids. Operated by the YMCA, it was founded in 1913 as a summer camp on the shores of Old Lake Barlow. [12] The camp is at least 160 acres (0.65 km 2).
Founded in 1904 by the State YMCA of Michigan, the camp has operated continuously as a summer camp for boys between 4th and 11th grades. Buildings on the boys camp have been named for generous donors and past campers including Bonbright Lodge given by a Flint Industrialist, the Dow Building and the Stanley S. Kresge Lodge.
Pages in category "YMCA Summer Camps" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Camp Campbell Gard; Cedar Rapids YMCA; Camp Cormorant;
1959–present. 2200 acres located in the hills east of Willits. First camping took place in October 1959, and the first summer camp took place in July 1964. It was renamed to Wente Scout Reservation in 1978 in honor of San Francisco Council Board Member and Bank of America President Carl F. Wente. www.wentescoutreservation.org: Camp Willett
[1] [11] The county seat was originally located in Elk Rapids, but was moved to Bellaire in 1904 after 25 years of litigation. [12] In 1950 its population was 10,721. [13] YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha, the oldest American summer camp that sits on its original site, was opened on the shore of Torch Lake in Central Lake Township in 1904.
Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, Mukwonago, Wisconsin; YMCA Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha for Girls, Michigan; YMCA Camp Cory, Milo, New York; YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie, Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania; YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha for Boys, Michigan; YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda, California; YMCA Camp Orkila, Orcas Island, Washington state
The Missionary Volunteer Department of the General Conference began a class style award earning program in the 1920s. The Department's associate secretary received permission from the BSA to incorporate into a MV honors program parts from Merit Badges in 1928. In 1926, the denomination held its first summer camp in Michigan.
He was a founder of the Brotherhood of Rescue Mission Superintendents, which always held its annual meetings in January in Grand Rapids. [10] During World War I, Trotter and his musician friend, Homer Hammontree, entertained soldiers in American training camps for the YMCA with music proceeding Trotter's preaching.