Meet Calie Herbst, Minikani Alum and camp parent! Many of you may know Calie through her website, Miltown Moms, ( www.miltownmoms.com) a wonderful resource for Milwaukee area parents that details fun activities and events to do with kids. If you don’t know Calie due to Miltown Moms, it’s probably because […]

Simply giving a young person the opportunity to attend Camp Minikani can change their life. When Perry Bump was eight years old, his mother Betty discovered a program offered by the local YMCA that helped kids attend camp. The premise behind the ‘Cookies for Camp’ program was simple-sell cookies and […]

Community. Responsibility. Leadership. Life-long friendships. Nina Shully Darling began camp as a nine-year-old camper in the mid 90’s and ended in 2008 as the Girls Unit Director. Her experience was ‘indescribable’ and the support, values, and qualities she learned at camp transformed her not only as an adolescent but as […]

In advance of YMCA Camp Minikani’s 100th anniversary celebration, I toured the camp I attended as a Milwaukee city youth decades ago acquiring my first extended experience in what seemed like the wilds of Wisconsin. That same sense of adventure and new experiences thrives today at the 150-acre camp in […]