YWCA Camp Cavell News!
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6/30/10
New Calve wins Hearts at Camp
Cavell!
Look at this cute fellow he is just one Month old!
Read more! |
 4/04/2010
Primitive Shelter Crushed by
6 Sister Trees!
The six oaks that have been named "Six Sisters" fell
last night
during a wind storm and crushed the primitive shelter.
Read more! |
 3/25/2010
Kitchen Crew Attempts to Bring
Home Giant Chicken!
Read more about our kitchen crew and their hunt for new recipes! Meet
the
crew and learn what it takes to operate a commercial camp kitchen.
Read more! |
 3/28/2010
Toasty the Goat has Twin Kids!
Toasty our mama goat from last year has had twins and they will be at
camp this summer! See pictures and an invitation to a BABY SHOWER!
Read more! |
 1/11/2010
Carlo & Tulio Winter Life!
Read about Carlo & Tulio's life in the winter time!
They don't like snow that is for sure!
Read more! |
1/2/2010
Young Colt Bolts into
Lake. . . Bit of History!
Read a neat story about the horses and people that helped to
build
our camp buildings. By Rick Wilson.
Read more! |
 10/15/09
Meet our Friendly Ducks!
Learn more about our Muscovy Ducks and their funny antics!
If you have a mosquito problem in your yard you really
want to
read more! |
9/18/09
See Jill the Camp
Directors Funny Chipmunk Video!
Chippy the Chipmunk and his
Peanuts
Check this YOU TUBE video out that Jill took at Wide Waters Campground in
the
Upper Peninsula! This little fellow got into her
peanuts and feasted! |
 06/26/08
What a Day!
STANLEY CUP VISITS
YWCA CAMP CAVELL!
See pictures and read the story click. . .
HERE |
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05/15/08
Lake Huron Water Levels to
Continue Low Trend!
Lake Huron is only expected to rise by a few inches
into the fall.
Read more about tides, storm surges, and snowfall effects. |
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01/01/08
 New
Patio brings New Structures Together!
Thanks to a wonderful friend we have a new patio between the new picnic shelter
and the barbeque area! |
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06/28/07
 Bottled
Water VS Camp Water!
Here at camp we are seeing the number of water bottles being
brought to camp growing! Read more about this environmental problem!
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05/21/07
 Giant
Moth WOW's Campers
Check out this GIANT moth found at camp!
Read more about this incredible find. They are nocturnal so we do not
usually see them! |
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05/20/07
 Me
& My Mom from the Zahler Family!
Read a
wonderful review of the Me & My Weekend from the Zahler Family!
We had a wonderful weekend, the weather was beautiful and the families
enjoyed this special time! |
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05/10/07
 Glory
has a New Foal! What a
beautiful baby! If you were in our riding program at the end of the summer
you got to meet Glory. Glory has now had her baby and here are the baby
pictures! She belongs to Mai our riding director. Glory had her
first foal "Papu" right here at camp 7 years ago! Many of you met Papu who
spent last summer here at camp as well! |
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 05/1/07
New Animals Arrive at Camp
Come see our new animals
that you can visit at camp this summer.
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02/01/07
 Camp
receives 3 new Structures!
Take a look at these three donated structures that make camp a better place for
everyone! |
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 11/10/06
A Special Thanks to Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans
for supporting our Friends Dinner & Auction! |
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 05/28/06
Two New
Kids born to Chanel our Goat from Last Year!
Meet our new camp animals! |
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 04/22/06
Cabin
Remodeling Project moves ahead!
We are moving ahead on our
Cabin Fix Up projects! |
Our
Tree Climbing kid's will be eating, sleeping and raising needed funds
for our Campership programs at our Redford YWCA branch on Mothers Day
Weekend! Dean Krauskopf (WJR, The Gardening Show) The
PUBLIC is welcome on Saturday to try a sample climb in exchange for a
donation to YWCA Camp Cavell Campership Program! To make a
DONATION or PLEDGE click here!
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Meet
Carlo, he is an ALPACA, which is something like a small Lama.
Carlo and his pal Tulio now call Camp Cavell home! P.s. They
don't spit at people!
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Alumni and Volunteers, we are looking for your help to create
scrapbooks to celebrate our 80th birthday in camping in the year 2004.
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Camp was hit hard by the Ice Storm that lasted for two days.
This weekend was to be our work weekend with 50 volunteers all set to
come up and give a hand to open camp! Work weekend will be moved
to April 11th!
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Camp
Angels have gotten together again to build our NEW Crafts
Cabin! The structure is up, now we just need the finishing
touches!
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Thanks
to our "Camp Angels" our Nature Yurt is a reality! Our dream of having a nature center
where we can focus our efforts for environmental awareness will take
shape this spring!
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Last
year we were able to purchase new "Sit on Top" kayaks for our
waterfront. Check them out!
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Here
at camp we have seen the Lake Levels raise and fall dramatically.
We have gone from having almost no beach (as you see in the
photo below) with the pier covered with water, to the pier being
totally out of the water this year!
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Learn
more about fossils, sand, and the rocks and shells you find on the
beach. You can even learn the secret location of a
shipwreck!
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 Recent Media Coverage of
YWCA Camp Cavell
Take a look at
these news items!
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Lake
Levels keep Dropping!