Posts Tagged ‘Cedar Lake’
Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp is Underway
It is hard to believe, but the Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth camp is already in its second week of operation for the 2023 season. Currently, we are hosting more than 30 9-11 year-olds for a week of overnight camp down at Cedar Lake. Last week we had 35-day campers join us to learn new outdoor skills…
Read MoreMichigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp is Hiring
Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth Camp is returning to overnight programming in 2022 and will be hosting campers at the Cedar Lake Outdoor Center. Our camp is a unique experience creating opportunities that have life-changing impacts on the next generation of conservationists. In addition to outdoor technical skills like hunting and fishing, campers learn teamwork, resiliency, problem-solving,…
Read MoreCamp is Back
After two years of being unable to operate our traditional programs, we are excited to announce camp is back. The Michigan Out-of-Doors Youth camp will be resuming its traditional overnight week-long programming for the summer of 2022. We are looking forward to once again hosting nearly 400, 5-15-year-olds at the Cedar Lake Outdoor Center. Registration…
Read MoreCamp Registration is Now Open
It’s early February and Michigan is having some wild winter weather. For some people like myself, that is good news. However, many other people cannot wait until summer is here and it is time to start complaining about how hot it is. For those of you who are dreaming about summer, we have an announcement…
Read MoreClosing the Gate for the Season
The gate at camp is closed for the winter. We have completed all of our programming and wrapped up pretty much all of the facility work we will be doing in 2018. It was another successful season and I would like to take a minute to say thank you to all of the people who…
Read MoreNational Wildlife Federation Board Visits Camp
Last week MUCC had the opportunity to highlight its education programs on a national scale. The venue was the Cedar Lake Outdoor Center (MOOD Camp) and the audience was National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors and Executive staff. The NWF Board was in Ann Arbor for one of its annual meetings. Board members had flown…
Read MoreMichigan Works Students Get Outside
To wrap up the fiscal year 2018 for OTG Jr, we had the opportunity to do some work close to home. We brought a group of students down to Camp from Lansing. Outreach Specialist Hunter Salisbury and I had a chance to work with some non-traditional students who participated in OTG Jr. and an outdoor…
Read MoreThe End of Another Season
Just like that, after 40 days of controlled chaos, Cedar Lake is once again quiet. Soon the animals will return to the camp property. With no campers, summer camp becomes just another part of the forest. With the final week of campers in the books, this is going to be another memorable summer. Our oldest…
Read MoreTaking the Leap into the Outdoors
Have you ever been excited about a new experience, but were a little unsure of what to expect? For many campers this week, the answer to this question would be a resounding, “YES! Week four of camp is always an exciting time for our campers and staff. Traditionally this week has the newest faces joining…
Read MoreWeek Three- The Older Campers Arrive
With the camp season, crossing the midway point the programming and activities really picked up this week. For our third week of campers, an older age group joined us. This week we were home away from home for 68 campers ages 12-15. These campers traveled from all over the state and some even came from…
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