When I was younger I often attended a summer camp. My favorite one had lots of outdoor activities such as archery and swimming. Have you been to summer camp?
Yeah, I went to Camp Ondessonk, a rustic outdoor catholic youth camp. You?
I was at Camp Okeechobee, which was on a lake in the woods. My favorite part was roasting marshmallows and telling stories around the campfire.
Camp Ondessonk
Camp Ondessonk is a rustic, outdoor, Catholic youth camp run by the Belleville Diocese. It is located in the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Illinois, near Ozark, Illinois. The camp strives to remain a “last frontier” of sorts, where participants can experience life away from the plugged in world of today's society, and go back to a time of outdoor living while experiencing nature to the fullest. Camp Ondessonk states their mission to be "to provide an environment that inspires physical, mental,
direction of Monsignor John T. Fournie.
Camp St. Philip offered participants traditional camp activities such as riflery, archery, swimming, and handicrafts, as well as some unique summer camp activities such as cooking, housekeeping, and axmanship. The camp also offered a camping honor society similar to the one found at Camp Ondessonk today. Campers at St. Philip spent their nights in one of five units; Marquette, LaSalle, LaLande, Brebeuf, and Hennepin. Led by a desire for a permanent location for a Catholic youth camp,