My Summer on Staff; A Letter from Lauren Ewing

Dear Camp Arcadia Friends,   As I reflect on my first summer on staff at Camp Arcadia, I am excited to share just a little bit of what this summer has meant to me.       Working on staff is a completely unique experience. Relationships are developed and bonds are created as people from across the […]

Spirit of Arcadia: Building for the Future

Letter from Camp Arcadia Executive Director Chip May: Campers, LCA members, cottagers and all who hold Camp Arcadia close to their hearts: I am excited to present to you, the Spirit of Arcadia: Building for the Future. Learn more about the Spirit of Arcadia campaign For 94 years, Camp Arcadia has provided all who visit […]

Carlson’s Family Legacy Builder Story

I first heard of Camp Arcadia when Steve was teaching at Concordia Teacher’s College in River Forest in the mid 1970’s.  Dean Richard Korthals and his wife Lynn left Concordia every June to spend the summer at Camp RKD on the shores of Lake Michigan.  It sounded idyllic to me.  Growing up in Michigan, Steve […]

Call for Nominees

Call for 2016 Nominations for Camp Arcadia’s Board of Directors and Foundation Committee The election to choose three members of the Lutheran Camp Association’s (LCA) Board of Directors will be held via electronic voting starting on or before September 28, 2016 and at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 12, 2016.  The Nominations Committee is calling for nominations […]

Jim & Nancy Berg’s Legacy Builder Story

Our first experience at Camp was at the invitation of Pastor Walter Schoedel, who was our Pastor at Concordia Kirkwood Lutheran Church and a Dean at Camp.  That was in 1982, and we have been at Camp nearly every summer since.   The love for Lake Michigan and its shores began for Nancy as a […]