Long-time donors and cottagers on Lake Kawagama, they learned that the 150 campers and staff who live there each week are deeply focused, not only on having fun, but on learning and modeling good character traits - Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship. Every activity at Camp is "intentional," designed to develop these deeper skills and bring out the best in each child.

Red and black symbols all around the grounds look like "No Parking" signs but with a big "D" instead of a "P." They're there to remind everyone not to Demean, Diminish or Disrespect another person. Even when the Dining Hall was filled with a high-energy (and high-volume) lunchtime chant challenge between the girls' and boys' cabins, the overarching feeling was inclusion, not competition. And when prizes were given out to deserving campers, they went not only for new skills, but for acts of kindness as well.