Wonder what’s going on this year at Widji. Well, here are some of the plans we have. January through April – camp fairs and promotions, staff recruiting, interviews and hiring plus program development. 

May

• May 5-7 – summer leadership weekend
• May 8 – spring crew start
• May 19-22 – work/staff development weekend
• summer camp prep & program development  

June

• June 2 – Widji Work Day (replace Longhouse floor & renovate Fish Hut)
• summer camp prep & program development 
• June 8-10 – Forward Church Youth Retreat
• June 20 – summer leadership staff arrive
• June 24 – July 1 – summer staff development week

July

• July 2-22 – SALT # 1 (Adventure focus)
• July 2-8 – Escape Camp with Hughson Street Baptist Church, Hamilton
• July 9-15 – TNT 1 & Blast 1
• July 16-22 – TNT 2 & Blast 2
• July 23-29 – Fresh Air Camp with Toronto Police, 42 Division, Scarborough
• July 30-August 5 – Royal City Camp with Church of the City, Guelph

August

• July 30-August 19 – SALT 2 (Creative Arts focus)
• August 6-12 – TNT 3 & Blast 3 
• August 13-19 – Venture Camp with Capstone Bible Community Church, Etobicoke
• August 20-26 – Ephraim’s Place Camp with Ephraim’s Place, North York
• August 27 – September 2 – Sizzle
• September 3- summer staff depart

September is for hosting Fall retreats and camp clean up. We have three weekends still available. Email registrar@mycamp.ca for more information.

October is camp clean up and shut down, planning for next summer, Thanksgiving, a few extra days off and the annual Ontario camp tour hosted by CCI/Canada

November is the time for creating the brochure, staff website prep, camper registration, budgeting, marketing plans, the annual tactical plan and some vacation

December is for collecting staff application, camper registrations and Christmas vacation.