Registration for Summer 2024 is open!

The dates have been nailed down and we are ready to accept Registration Forms! As usual, those who send in their Registration Forms early will benefit from significant registration fee discounts. But remember! Only $25 is required as a deposit at the time of registration. The rest can be paid in person on the day camp begins.

The dates for Camp Ortoha Youth 2024 are:

Junior Week

Sunday, July 21 - Thursday, July 25

Senior Week

Sunday, July 28 - Friday, August 2

More details are available here.

Junior Camp includes kids who are about to start the 4th grade through kids about to start the 7th grade. Senior Camp includes kids who are about to start 8th grade through 12th graders.

Got questions? Don’t hesitation to reach out! You can visit our Contact & Directions page for the best email address or phone number to use. You can also drop us a message via our Facebook page.

Getting Ready to Open Camp!

The 2023 camping season is nearly here! In order to get Camp Ortoha ready for its campers, though, a fair amount of work needs to be put into cleaning up the grounds and buildings. We’re inviting the community to pitch in and help out! Do you have a student looking to fulfill volunteer hours? Or do you simply LOVE Ortoha and want an excuse to go visit? We hope you’ll join us!

Junior Week Starts Today!

Hooray! After a tough couple of years (due to COVID and troublesome fire seasons), we are overjoyed that camp is back in session again! For 2022 (as mentioned in our previous post), we restructured the age groups for camp to reflect how things had been pre-1984, having a Junior week for grades 4-7 and Senior week for grades 8-12. We are also welcoming some wonderful new additions to the Ortoha staff team (see more info below!).

CAMP ORTOHA NEEDS YOU!

After a one-year hiatus - the first missed season in 75 years - Camp Ortoha is back! Well, sorta 😊. We will be offering a week of camp for high schoolers at 50% capacity (30 campers). This will take place the week of August 1-6 (Sunday afternoon-Friday afternoon). The working theme is: “Life is about Relationships” The idea is to help the campers see the importance of having a relationship with Jesus.

Fresh Updates at Ortoha!

Hi all! It’s been a straaaaaange year, but somehow we are chugging right along and summer has just about come to its close. We wanted to send a quick update so you knew what we’ve been up to at Camp Ortoha over the past few months.

First off, we are happy to report that a wide variety of small family groups were able to rent out Ortoha for short summer get-aways. So although it was a big disappointment to miss out Ortoha Youth Camp, we’re thankful the space was still utilized and enjoyed.

Second, we are pleased to announce the Mess Hall and Kitchen will look a bit more spruced up the next time you visit. We’ve already completed Phase 1, which was putting down a fresh coat of paint in the Mess Hall. That will help seal the floor, and keeps things looking sharp. Many thanks to the volunteers who helped move the tables around and pushed the rollers during that project!

We’d like to invite you to be a part of Phase 2, though. We need volunteers to help with moving furniture and equipment in the Kitchen so we can paint the floor in there, as well. This project is tentatively slated for the second week in September (right around the corner!). If you are interested, please connect with Sandy Sutton: sjsutton@ncidata.com.

Know someone who might be available to help? Help us spread the word!

Speaking of the Kitchen: for your enjoyment, here are a handful of fun, artsy pictures of that dear old beloved space. It’s served to feed and nourish so many wonderful campers over so many decades! We hope you enjoy these, and have the opportunity to pitch in. Thank you!