We also have a name now for the partnership ministry – IGNITE.  We needed something to build a brand around so we can clearly express the objectives of the program to potential partners and donors.  The campers will typically just know Camp Widjiitiwin.

1. Ignite a desire to change their status quo, to break the cycle of poverty, or poor education or abuse or​ drugs or alcohol,​ ​or whatever their situation is​, to be a better version of themselves, to…
2. Ignite a spark for the love of God
3. Ignite a passion for helping others, serving,

A strike anywhere match has two chemical components that come together to produce the flame. It brings two things together to produce change.

• Camp Widjiitiwin and our partners
• The camper community and camp
• Heaven & earth
• Communities and churches/ministries

Verses

• See how a small spark can ignite a great forest fire. James 3:5b 
• The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 ESV

Our Partners

• Toronto Police 42 Division in Toronto
• Hughson Street Baptist Church in Hamilton 
• Church of the City in Guelph
• Capstone Community Bible Church in Etobicoke
• Ephraim’s Place in North York

Relationships have always been at the heart of the success of Christian camping ministry and that is what most campers talk about when they get home – the friends they made. That, plus the FUN, games, food, campfires, activities and of course the Tuck Shop.

See also these additional blog posts:

• https://widjiitiwin.ca/changing-the-world-one-camper-at-a-time/
• https://widjiitiwin.ca/widji-partnership-camps/
• https://widjiitiwin.ca/tatyianas-guest-blog/