This will be our 75th summer hosting campers. For over seven decades, we have been serving tens of thousands of campers who have enjoyed being a part of Camp Mini-Yo-We. Here are three things we’re working on for Summer 2021!
How is Mini-Yo-We Improving Activities in 2021?
We would like to bring you up to speed on a number of changes made at Camp Mini-Yo-We around how we will carry out our activities and instructions this coming summer. These changes, we believe, will improve our activities.
Jump in! The 2019 Christmas Campaign is Coming to a Close!
Now is the time to act and support the mission of Camp Mini-Yo-We! Time is running out to participate in this year’s Christmas Campaign. Our goal is to raise $107,000 before December 31st, 2019. Click here to learn more and to give. This year, your donations will go towards two strategically important areas that will push our ministry forward. We’re …
Merry Christmas… and Happy New Washrooms!
Merry Christmas from Camp Mini-Yo-We! We know that is Christmas Week, but we’re super excited about toilets and sinks and urinals and the list goes on! This year’s Christmas Campaign is in full swing and friends like you are excited about the fact that we’re updating the washrooms at our Boys Camp site! REALLY! For 25 years, Boys Camp has …
5 Reasons Docks are Really, REALLY Important to Our Ministry at Boys Camp
Would Mini-Yo-We be Mini-Yo-We without Mary Lake? Can you imagine what it would be like to go to Camp without being able to jump off the dock into the lake? How important is our waterfront to what happens at Boys Camp? You might have heard that we’re celebrating 25 summers of Boys Camp at Edgewoods during our Christmas Campaign this …
Merry Christmas! We’re Celebrating 25 Years of Boys Camp at Edgewoods!
For 25 summers, Edgewoods has been home to Boys Camp! Before we permanently moved Boys Camp to Edgewoods, we used to alternate where Boys Camp and Girls Camp were based every week of the summer. But then our leadership team decided to settle our programs into specific sites on our property. For the last 25 summers, Boys Camp, Girls Camp, …
Did you know you can donate stocks to Camp Mini-Yo-We?
There are a number of friends in our donor community that donate stocks and securities to Camp Mini-Yo-We as part of their way to support our mission. An article in the Globe & Mail last month explained the process, and it got us thinking that some members of our community might be unaware of this method of giving to Camp. …
5 Examples of School Trip Fundraising Ideas
Every year at Camp Mini-Yo-We we host school groups for various types of class trips. These experiences add incredible value to the lives of students as they get a chance to be away from the typical pattern of school life and enhance their learning with some outdoors experience. Here some examples of the types of school trips that we host …
7 Ways We Keep Things Safe at Camp Mini-Yo-We Every Summer
It takes a lot of trust to send your child away for a week, and we don’t take the responsibility lightly! At Mini-Yo-We, our first organizational priority is the safety of our campers. A safe environment is the foundation for a fun summer camp experience. We have a great team that works hard year-round to ensure the safety of the …
5 Reasons Grandparents Love Sending Their Grandkids to Camp Mini-Yo-We
We love Mini-Yo-We families! For a large segment of our camper community, Camp is more than just something they do during the summer; rather, it has become a way of life for the entire family. Families eagerly await the time when the next generation will make the pilgrimage to Mary Lake to become part of the family tradition of coming …