Staff members, paid and volunteer, are carefully screened, selected, trained, and supervised by a year-round staff with 50+ combined years of camp experience. The staff is comprised of adults of all ages, including college students & high school graduates.

Wanake’s study of the Bible revolves around an experience-based interaction with the Word of God, worship, prayer, and a community based on God’s unconditional love. In exploring God’s Word, campers will be challenged to learn how to pray for themselves and others, see the work of the spirit in themselves and others, participate in small group worship and be agents of God’s unconditional love. Wanake’s goal is that each camper builds a relationship with God as they experience a community of unconditional love that points to God.

Health care is provided through the Health Director who lives on site and a Registered Nurse who visits daily. All staff members are trained in their healthcare responsibilities and follow the Camp Doctor’s standing orders for minor illnesses and injuries, including first aid and over-the-counter medications.

All medications are kept locked in the Health Center or a medical lock box and are monitored by staff. The Health Director monitors campers to make sure medications are taken as prescribed and that healthcare needs are met.

Wanake’s goal is to provide an excellent experience for every camper. We are best able to meet this goal when we can plan and partner with parents. Please follow the following steps:

Before registering

• Call Wanake
  Wanake can accommodate special medical, behavioral, dietary, and social/emotional needs for which the camper can provide some self-care and self-regulation with a pre-arranged plan. Wanake may be able to provide one-on-one buddies for campers with special needs. Please contact Wanake before registering to review your camper’s needs at 330-756-2333 or info@campwanake.org.

After Registering

• Notify Wanake
  Once you have registered your camper, notify Wanake. This will give Wanake staff and your family time to plan and prepare together for an excellent experience.w
• Medication and/or Behavioral Plans
  If a camper is on medication or follows a behavioral plan during the school year, Wanake recommends that the camper continue the same medication or behavioral routine while at camp. Part of the fun of camp is adapting to a new environment and a new daily routine. Since campers experience so many changes it is generally not a good idea to alter normal medication or behavioral routines during a stay at camp. Wanake asks that campers on psychotropic medication who have had a change in medication or dosage within three months before their arrival at camp notify Wanake.

The Wanake Kitchen serves healthy, kid-friendly food and provides opportunities for campers to exercise decision-making in their food choices.

Wanake serves a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables – yogurt, granola, and fresh fruit with hot entrees at breakfast, salad with lunch, and fresh fruits and vegetables at supper and on cookouts. Many foods are cooked from scratch and desserts are baked homemade, reducing the use of high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors/dyes, and hydrogenated oils. Finally, Wanake provides plenty of food for active campers engaged in energetic camp activities. With a pre-arranged plan Wanake can provide a balanced diet for those with food allergies and/or special diets: gluten-free, vegetarian/vegan, lactose intolerant, etc.

Please contact Wanake before and after enrollment to review your camper’s dietary needs at 330-756-2333 or info@campwanake.org.

Now more than ever, our children need the opportunity to

• be outside in God’s creation,
• be adventurous,
• build a relationship with God,
• connect with each other in safe ways,
• be mentored by positive Christian role models,
• and have fun!

Wanake offers your family a safe, fun place to explore God’s creation and build relationships with God, others, and ourselves.

Clean, comfortable facilities on Wanake’s 250 acres are staffed by capable, mature, caring counselors who love Jesus, children, and the out-of-doors. Deep understandings are built, and new skills are developed as campers and counselors live, laugh, study, create, work, and play in a Jesus-Centered environment in the out-of-doors. Counselors serve as mentors and role models as campers learn to live in a community, building strong friendships and leadership skills.

We look forward to welcoming your family’s campers for an adventure that impacts lives for a lifetime and beyond!