Owing to the Covid19 pandemic, Camp Kanawana has h...

Owing to the Covid19 pandemic, Camp Kanawana has had to remain closed for a second summer. Despite this setback, my three have happy, wholesome memories of campfires, sunburns, and nourishing food. I hope Kanawana reopens for 2022.
After the boys' first year at Kanawana, I knew I would be sending them back annually. Eventually, my forest-hating daughter was 'surprised to learn she was headed for a 3 week long canoe trip on the River Ash. Kanawana was more than mosquito bites, pooping in the woods, and holidays from Mum: it was a sojourn in self-discovery. My children learned how to negotiate their social relationships with the guidance of kind, comical, and enthusiastic young adults around them. Kanawana would be just another campground but the staff and counsellors made it an inclusive, diverse, and fun YMCA camp for my children and hundreds others. I cannot wait until they reopen but am grateful for seven summers of fart jokes.