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1900-1919
1911 - Gift of 7.93 acres received on
Lake
Keesus from Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Thompson. Boys' Busy Life Club transfers summer camping activities to their own tenting area on
Lake
Keesus from
Beaver
Lake
1912 - First multi-purpose building constructed ("Won Hon Ta"). It includes a combination kitchen; dining hall; five wings for sleeping quarters for ten boys each; single staff quarters for five; and a staff library for planning
1912 -
Camp
Whitcomb receives another donation of 18.07 acres of land from Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Rogers--camp now totals 26 acres
1920-1939
1926 - Gift of 13 acres donated by Mr. and Mrs. John J Hansen - total acreage now 39
1939 - First campers' cabin built ("Kangi Bloko") due to popularity of camping program, expanding the capacity beyond the five wings in the "Won Hon Ta." This was the first of three, square cabins, with cots and clothing bins for eight campers and one counselor.
1940-1959
1941 - Joint Council No. 200 of Truck Drivers Union gave funds to construct; "Una Li-Ya" Lodge (House of Friendship). Facilities contain a large fireplace and floor area to hold entire camp for indoor programs during inclement weather. This was the first instance of any labor organization actively supporting the work of a social agency.
1947 - The first of eighteen cabins is built and named Apache Cabin--each with a fireplace, screened porch, quarters for eight campers and two staff.
1950 - Day camp program started for boys not emotionally ready for overnight camping
1950 - Winter camping activities implemented for weekends and school holidays
1950 - Swimming pool and camp caretaker's lodge built
1951 - Bert Loock Health Lodge dedicated
1952 - Camping for diabetic boys initiated; only camp in
Wisconsin offering two-week camp periods to diabetics
1957 - Forty acres of land donated to
Camp
Whitcomb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Thompson by their daughter. This expanse is known as the "Henry M. Thompson Woods."
1960-1979
1962 - "Bradley Nature Crafts lodge" dedicated
1966 - Camp Elliott B. Mason established--purchase of 150 acres of land contiguous to
Camp
Whitcomb
1968 - Camp Elliot B. Mason opened and operating as teenage camp for boys during the summer months
1969 - Walter H. Stiemke Lodge built in
Camp
Mason
1970 - Teipel Family Woodcraft Lodge and Henoch Nature Study Lodge dedicated
1980-1999
1986 - Name officially changed to "Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee"
1990 - Camp Whitcomb/Mason receives national award for Program Excellence for the Frontiers Program
1991 - Camp Whitcomb/Mason receives national award for Program Excellence, merit award for Chick Squad
1992 - Camp Whitcomb/Mason receives national award for Program Excellence, for the Discovery Zone Environmental Education Program
1992 - First annual Camp Whitcomb/Mason Triathlon
1993 - Camp Whitcomb/Mason receives national award for Program Excellence, for the Friends of Riverside Park Program
1994 - James Retreat/Conference Center constructed
1994 - Kadish Environmental education center dedicated
1995 - Team building course developed
1996 - Sargento foods petting farm remodeled for year round use
1995 - Adventure based counseling program begins
1996 - Lakeshore lodge purchased
1997 -
Archaeology
Center opened
2000-present
2007 - Growing Power and Camp Whitcomb/Mason embarked upon
a cooperative project involving a piece of camp land transformed
into an organic farm
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