Young Life has owned Castaway for more than 40 years. In the early years the focus was on changing the property from a summer home estate to a camp for 150 high school young people. Later the opportunity came to buy a few acres of adjacent property, including a sandy beach for the campers to enjoy. About 15 years ago Young Life decided to upgrade the camp property and prepare it to serve 350 kids each camp week . Several projects have been completed, and now the attention turns to renovating our landmark building, the Windjammer.

This project will renovate the upstairs of the Windjammer where currently all members of the work crew and all summer interns are housed.  Major renovation of this area will provide quality housing for work crew and all summer interns. Preliminary plans call for up to 40 beds for work crew and their bosses with meeting and lounge space and a separate area for all summer interns with 16 beds. 

 

 

Young Life camps have a long-standing policy to first raise the funds and then to develop new projects, facilities and programmatic activities.

 

This is so the camp fee that summer and school season guests pay is minimized to reflect true operating costs.  This practice also allows us to develop new projects to a standard of excellence.

 

If you are interested in further information or to make a contribution to the development of Castaway Club please contact Greg Johnson, Castaway Club Camp Manager, at 218.532.2662 or visit our online giving page.