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Camp Kawaga
Camp Kawaga, has been a boys summer camp in Minocqua, Wisconsin, since 1915. The camp is a summer, overnight sports camp for boys aged 6-16. For 8 weeks each summer, Kawaga is home to over 200 boys from all over the world. The camp's primary philosophy is to free campers from the social pressures while putting an emphasis on positive sportsmanship and other life skills and traits. There is a dedicated staff that serve as counselors, mentors, and friends to all of the campers, each and every summer.

Each Summer, the Braves of Camp Kawaga meet for a 2 day competition battle with Camp Menominee to the East.

In 1992, the director's torch was passed from David "Duke" Fisher to Jordan Shiner and along with his wife Fran, they directed Camp through 2002.

In 2002, the torch was passed to David "Taz" Tasner and he ran camp successfully for seven years.

In 2009, Matt and Karen "Dewey" Abrams took the torch and became Camp Kawaga's Current Director's and continue to grow the Kawaga family each and every summer.

Links
Camp Kawaga

Kawaga Alumni Association

Google Place Page

Kawaga on Twitter

Kawaga on Facebook

Camp Kawaga From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contents [hide]

1 History 2 Ron & Liz Silverstein 3 Fisher Family 4 Kawaga Alumni Association 5 Links

[edit] History

Camp Kawaga Website

Camp Kawaga Alumni Website [edit] Ron & Liz Silverstein

In 1968, in a ceremony which will be long remembered, Lou and Dag passed the perpetual torch of Kawaga to Ron and Liz Silverstein, confident that putting Kawaga first, they had chosen “a man and his wife who would carry on, enlarge, and elaborate on all that Kawaga means.” [edit] Fisher Family

After the 1986 camping season, the torch of Kawaga was passed for only the second time to a new family. In a ceremony similar to the one eighteen years earlier, Ron and Liz Silverstein announced their retirement and the passing of the torch to the Fisher family. The four Fisher brothers: Bobby, Michael, Marc, and David “Duke” still proudly own and operate Camp Kawaga. In recent years, they have all had children spend summers at Camp and continue to remain intimately involved in camp life at Kawaga. [edit] Kawaga Alumni Association

What began as a simple conversation regarding a small get-together, has with ever mounting enthusiasm and tremendous momentum, evolved into a dedicated organization, fueled by the common feelings we all share about our remembrances of Camp Kawaga. The Kawaga Alumni Association began in 1995, as Mark Loewenstein and Richard Korengold were on their way to work one morning.

As always, the torch has been passed to a new generation, "reach into the future but never forget the past." In keeping with true Kawaga Tradition, several braves have taken over the Alumni Association.

Camp Kawaga Alumni Website [edit] Links

Camp Kawaga Website

Camp Kawaga Alumni Website