Looking forward to the 2021 Season! - Camp Hayo-Went-Ha
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Looking forward to the 2021 Season!
For well over 100 years, Hayo-Went-Ha Camps have provided a place for campers and staff to congregate in the
spirit of friendship and family. Since their inception, Hayo-Went-Ha Camps have never missed a summer... until
2020. We challenge campers to look inside themselves and discover strength they didn’t know they had. We
teach the campers to have fortitude when faced with challenging situations, and we will act in kind. It is time to
start a new streak of unbroken summers, and we are already looking forward to 2021. Rest assured that our
camps will be here for years to come. There is no doubt that campers and staff will gather on the shores of Torch
and Arbutus to share challenges, friendship, laughter, and songs.
Director's Corner - Torch Lake Site
The kids are heading back to a new reality this fall. In addition to all the challenges of being a young
person, they are navigating remote learning, in-person fishbowls in the classroom, and missed
opportunities to interact with others their age. At Hayo-Went-Ha, we are dealing with new realities too.
The trails have gone quiet—no noises of fall school groups. The only remaining sounds are wind
whistling through the golds and reds of the quickly darkening leaves. Hayo-Went-Ha teaches resilience,
though. The camp and the campers are tempered and made more robust from the challenges they face
and overcome. The bizarre new normal of our day-to-day over the next eight months will only make the
reunion next summer that much sweeter. I can't wait to see all of your smiling faces next summer.
Director's Corner - Arbutus Lake Site
The summer of 2020 will always be remembered as the year of no programming. Camp this year has
been very quiet and very strange indeed. No Big Blue Bus coming down the driveway with cabins of
happy and dirty, hardcore girls back from their trips, no skit nights, no canoeing and no excited campers
running around our Piney Wood Hills. I do hope that despite the canceled camp season that you all still
found some positives. I hope you all connected with your camp friends either in person or virtually and
reminisced about summers past and the coming 2021 summer when you will all be back. I hope you all
found peace in spending the summer differently than you planned. Maybe more time with your family and
local friends or trying new things. I know camp missed you all! We are all hoping that 2021 will see us
back better and safer than ever. Keep in touch.
New bathroom at Arbutus!
Thank you to all the donors who were excited about donating to a bathroom. We all know
a bathroom is not exactly the most exciting project to donate to, but I can assure you that
every single camper and staff assigned to Happy Hollow in the future will be VERY
appreciative! It will be a “game changer,” which is a direct quote from several past staff
members who toured the new building this summer. Thank you to Chris Richter and RCI
for your construction expertise and for coming in just under budget.
Our next project: a bathroom in the Nejee area! (This will be just as exciting!)
Virtual Campfire
The 2019 AD staff from both camps are planning a
Virtual Campfire. Please join us on October 10th at
7:00 PM. We will have all of your favorite camp songs
and some special guests!
Join Zoom Meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88694834164
Camp Merchandise
HWH or AHWH
The camp store is open! If you would like a traditional camp hoody or a
specially designed 2020 non trip trip shirt just call the office or email us
with your size and color, and we will get that to you in time for the
cooler Fall weather.
Staying Connected with our Campers
Even though we all missed the summer at camp this year the Arbutus Lake LC’s group
of 2020 decided to still do a project. This year as a group they wrote to every first-year
camper introducing themselves and the camp program! Instead of being at camp and
receiving their first-year moon, our first year campers received a handwritten letter
from a veteran camper. As sad as it is missing out on your first year at AHWH at least
our first-year campers all received a little taste of what camp is all about. Thank you to
our LC group who put their letter writing skills and envelope making skills to the test. I
hope to see you all complete staff applications for the 2021 summer.
Gina G
Despite the unusual summer, we have been able to secure Gina’s trainee plan through it
all. Gina has enjoyed a full 18 months at AHWH spending time learning all aspects of the
organization. She has learned how to book permits, register campers, record alumni
events and donations as well as learning a great deal about maintenance. She has
certainly spent some time fixing a roof or two this summer too! As her 18 months draws
to a close please join me wishing her well and that we hope we see her back in some
capacity even just for a visit in 2021! We miss you already. https://MissYouAlreadyG
In Memoriam
We honor the memory of our Hayo-Went-Ha brothers and sisters.
O Hayo-went-ha, though some are gone, they yet remain.
Their spirit is ours now, and lives among us again, who once were strangers, but now in spirit,
are friends together once more again. -Bob Thurston
Joe Palmer (1924-2020) - Obituary
Sam Corl (1937-2020) - Obituary
David Comfort (1936-2020) - Obituary
Thelma Hansen (1921-2020) – Obituary
How can you help?
Here are three easy ways you can support Hayo-Went-Ha Camps.
1. Keep talking about us! Even though camp this year was cancelled we are planning to be back better
and safer than ever next year. Share your experiences. Spread the word about us to all your friends.
2. Share our short video promoting our camps in preparation for the 2021 summer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jlREmanTg&feature=youtu.be
3. Protect our future by investing in our continued success by donating to our mission of developing
future leaders.
Announcements:
• Halloween activities canceled
• Thanksgiving Dinner canceled
• Fall/Winter/Spring programming canceled
2021 Registration Update
Thank you to all of the Camp families who rolled over their registrations from 2020 to 2021! If you
have not confirmed your 2021 program and session, please contact the Camp Registrar as soon as
possible at: registrar@hayowentha.org or call Cathy Kulhawik at the office: 231-544-5915.
We would like to get all 2020 campers where they want to be before opening up registration on the
website to new campers. Campers can choose the same program that they were going to do in 2020
or move on to the program they qualify for (by grade) in 2021. Don’t wait long to confirm! These
programs are close to capacity or AT capacity already:
• Helmsmen S1 - four slots available
• Helmsmen S2 - FULL
• Isle Royale S1 and S2: Boys have a few openings / Girls S2 FULL
• Alaska S1 Girls has one slot available and Alaska S2 Girls has 3 openings
AMAZON WISH LIST
We have a lot of equipment that is in constant need of replacement, simply due to use and
age. If you would like to help us replenish our supplies, from canoes to paddles to tents and
backpacks, we can always use more. We keep a Wish List going on Amazon, where you can
see what we have the most need for at: YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps Wish List.
Remember if you are shopping at Amazon that if you do so at AmazonSmile and name
YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps as your charity, Amazon will send us .05% of the price as a
donation.
Our Contact Information
State YMCA of Michigan
919 East Torch Lake Dr.
Central Lake, MI 49622
231-544-5915
https://www.hayowentha.org
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