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The very best of outdoor experience awaits you at Camp
Winnataska. Come
experience the wealth of activities that make resident
camping at Camp Winnataska
so special. For over 80 years, Camp Winnataska has offered a wide
variety of quality programs for boys and girls. Each camp session
will provide
campers the opportunity to experience aspects of outdoor life such
as swimming, canoeing, arts, crafts, nature study, sports,
ropes course, hiking and
camping, and horseback riding. Camp Winnataska offers six weekly
sessions in June and July of each year. These sessions begin on
Sunday and end
on Saturday.
Camp
Winnataska is located only 20 minutes from Birmingham (see map),
has over 1,400 acres of fun-filled outdoor adventure. Beautiful Kelly
Creek meanders
through the camp property and spills into 24 acre Grace Lake. This
unique outdoor setting provides a once in a lifetime opportunity for
boys and
girls. Welcome to Camp Winnataska.
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Our Purpose
"
Christian camping at its best." We endeavor, through Christian
camping, to further the physical and mental welfare of children and
adults;
to promote a love for nature and the benefits of outdoor living; to
encourage the acquiring and sharing of individual skills through personal
and
group
effort; to instill values, responsibility, sportsmanship, and patriotic
citizenship; to develop character; to provide campers exciting and
meaningful experiences which will help them excel in years to come.
Who Can Be A Summer Camper
Kids from 6 to 15 come for one or more six-day camp sessions each summer.
Campers age 6 through 8 share Chico Camp, a pioneer log-cabin village
sized for smaller folks. Few camps offer overnight camping for Chico
age children. Our program is fully supervised just for younger
campers.
Older campers bunk in the rustic huts on Mainside Camp across Kelly
Creek. Our older campers have their own type of program with several
high adventure opportunities.
Statement of Christian Intent
Camp Winnataska was operated after its founding in 1918 by the Birmingham
Sunday School Council. The camp has always been run as
an interdenominational camp. The Birmingham Sunday School Council was
composed of Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Methodists, and Baptists. The
camp--and its leadership--has always included Catholics, Lutherans, and
other Christian denominations. The camp is open to anyone who wishes
to attend. Because Winnataska is interdenominational, we are careful
not to compel campers to agree to any religious or denominational doctrine.
The intent is fulfilled in the following ways at Camp Winnataska's six
summer sessions: Sunday morning church (leaders & staff), morning
Bible study, Hillside inspirational vespers & hymns, evening hut
Bible devotions, and singing Christian songs.
