Camp Manitou, founded in 1947, will host it's 65th Year Reunion in June of 2011. The dates for the event are June 10th - 12th. Further details will be posted after this summer.

For a complete history on Camp Manitou, as well as photos from years' past, please visit the camp website, or alumni only site: www.menofmaroonandgray.com

The perfect taste of camp for prospective Manitou campers! There will be 3 dates this summer: July 10th, 24th and 31st. Details and an application can be found on our website directly at this link: Fantasy Camp

Manitou Theather Directors Steve Borowka and Chris Murrah are currently working on the scripts for this summer's play schedule. Once they determine all shows for the summer, we will post on Manitou's Facebook page. Check there for the announcement!

The Manitou Camps Foundation will be hosting a Pre-Visiting Day dinner at 7pm on Friday the 16th.

Specific details for the event will be emailed seperately but please save the date if you plan on coming up for Visiting Day weekend. Feedback, from families who attended last year, was wonderful.

To RSVP for the event, please visit the Events page on the Manitou Experience website

All proceeds support Manitou Experience, a one-week non-profit camp for boys who have lost a parent.

For more information, please contact Sara Deren: sara@campmanitou.com.

The Manitou Leadership program will give campers a formal introduction to Leadership principles and alse the opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience!

The program will also involve campers in community service projects both in and out of camp. Partnerships with community services for the summer are being worked on now.

Registration for the program is available in your myManitou account.

Camp Manitou's SCUBA program offers boys a chance to get PADI training and a Discover Scuba certificate that can be applied to future PADI certifications and resort course trainings. The Discover SCUBA program gives campers the opportunity to experience the thrill of SCUBA diving in a comfortable setting in our lake. The instructor (SCUBA Terry), a 30 year resident of the Belgrade Lakes region, will take campers, once comfortable, to some scenic parts of the lake for exploration. To participate, parents must complete a release form which will be posted in your myManitou account in April (program is for 12 years old and up).

The new Camp Eastwood facility, located just around the corner from Manitou, which hosts the programs Acting Manitou and Camp MoveIT , had a wonderful second season and is preparing for its 3rd summer at their new home. This brand new campus designed for the performing arts runs for 9 weeks. Acting Manitou runs a 3-week session and 12-day session and will be doing so again in 2010. Camp MoveIT runs two, 2-week sessions. For info on each of the programs, please visit their websites at www.actingmanitou.com and www.campmoveit.com.

Building upon last summer's success, the Manitou Camps Foundation will be supporting three incredible programs this summer. Manitou Experience, it's staple program for boys who have lost a parent, will host 50 boys this year. Summer Dreams, a leadership camp program for urban middle school boys from Boston, will see 90 boys this summer. Joining the group, for its first summer program, is the Seed School , from Washington DC. This impressive school will have 60 boys come up in June for a week of Leadership and fun. Similair to the Summer Dream's program, these boys will get to experience the outdoors, group living, and many land, water and creative activities for the first time in their lives. The Manitou Camps Foundation, in its second summer of programming, is proud to give the camp experience to 200 boys this year! More info on the programs can be found at www.manitoucampsfoundation.org

Manitou Directors are busy completing their staff hiring for the summer and are thrilled that this summer's new staff hiring has been much easier cause there are so many wonderful returning staff from 2009! As usual, most of our directors and activity heads will be returning from last summer (85%) to lead our crew. We also have an enthusiastic group of former campers on staff! The CIT and Leadership programs have produced some outstanding counselors for Manitou the past few years and that continues this summer with one of the largest former camper groups we've ever had.

Gives siblings of current Manitou campers a great way to see what life at Manitou is all about. Those attending will be dropped off the night before Visiting Day (Friday, July 16th) and will have a set of activities and dinner with their brother (or cousin) that night. Campers will spend the night in their brother's bunk and meet up with the rest of the family at the start of Visiting Day on Saturday morning.

An enrollment form can be found here.

Please call us at 800-326-1916 if you have any questions or email Derek at derek@campmanitou.com.