Who are we?
Our Camp Council is a group of volunteers that give their time, treasures and talents to the property, policies, programming and relations of Sherbrooke Lake Camp. We are a group that meets monthly to make sure that camp is ready for the amazing campers, volunteers and staff each and every summer!
Who ELSE are we?
We are a group of eclectic individuals who bring a lot to camp and your campers! We are active and retired teachers, nurses, carpenters, accountants, ministers, professors, military professionals, cooks, parents, camp enthusiasts and so much more!
In Fall 2022, we want to introduce you to our team. Watch below and on our Instagram and Facebook for more!
Where is your favorite place at camp?
Chapel Island
What is your favorite food or camp food?
Mac and cheese with salad!
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
Leading beach days
Where is your favorite place at camp?
Friendship bridge! Love the sounds of the running river and the beautiful trees.
What is your favorite food or camp food?
Turkey Dinner obviously!
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
Gosh so many! If I had to choose it would probably be senior girls camp 2001, the canoe trip/out trip. So much fun hanging with the girls, sleeping under the stars.
Where is your favorite place at camp?
Chapel Island
What is your favorite food or camp food?
Turkey Dinner
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
Ross and company building friendship crossing and Kirk writing a song and leading campers over it for the first time
Where is your favorite place at camp?
Friendship Bridge and the Beach
What is your favorite food or camp food?
Sue Parks's Oh Henry Bars
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
Nights around the table in the kitchen playing spoons with the staff and eating homemade pizza!
Who was someone at camp that you looked up to?
Dave Simpson! He was an incredible director, great leader and just so funny
Where is your favorite place to sleep at camp?
I love to sleep by the stream at New Moss <3
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
My favorite camp memory was Suvivor Week 2010!
Who was someone at camp that you looked up to?
Dave Simpson. He was the director my first year of camp and portrayed so many excellent characteristics of a leader and truly brought the essence of camp into everything he did.
Where is your favorite place to sleep at camp?
Who needs sleep when you're powered by adrenaline & camp spirit? I'm happiest to sleep anywhere at camp, especially when some of my best friends are around to chat with before falling asleep
What are your favorite camp or camping memory?
So many! Favorites: bog, senior week boot camp, gaga ball and FREE SWIM - and of course the friendships I've made
What is your favorite place at camp?
My favorite place at camp is Chapel Island. This is only second to the Dining Hall!
What is your favorite camp memory?
There are so many. My favorites go back to the 70's with Eldon Wynn. Back then there was no power. We used to have a generator to pump the water and everything else was propane. That's what camping was to me. Just enjoying the sceneries and walking in to camp with Curtis MacDonald
What is your favorite camp memory?
My favorite camp memory is watching the growth of the staff and campers I worked with over the years
If you were a camper for a day what would you want to do?
If I were camper for a day I'd want to play Gaga Ball!
Why did you join Camp Council?
I wanted to join camp council because I'm passionate about helping to provide campers with a magical camp experience.
What is camping for you?
Camping for me is being in beautiful places with people. I love living without the distractions of the every day. It’s about waking with the sun and sleeping under the stars. It’s about cooking over a fire. It’s about keeping it really simple.
What are your favorite camp activities?
I love all kinds of activities at camp. But if I had to pick my top three… It would be whitewater canoeing, singing around a campfire, and Camp craft.
Why did you join Camp Council?
I wanted to join Camp Council because I really value Sherbrooke Lake Camp in the lives of my boys. We recently moved here from Australia, and the boys had never experienced a summer camp! I, however, grew up, going to camp my whole life as a kid in Ottawa! So it was great to be able to expose them to this camp. They absolutely love it and I wanted to be part of the family and community to make sure it keeps happening with the incredible values and traditions that make Sherbrooke Camp a magical place for all the kids who go there!