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Resident Camp Program Updates 2024

Resident Camp Program Updates 2024 Along with the excitement that comes with the opening of registration for Resident Camp each fall, there are five topics that Calumet wishes to make everyone registering informed about regarding Resident Camp 2024 1. New Tiered Pricing System Calumet has always tried to ensure the Calumet experience is available to all who wish to be a part of it, and offered financial assistance to those who need it, and this will not change based on our new tiered pricing system. As we assess our needs for summer 2024, the unanticipated external realities of inflationary...

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It's Our Story

December 16 at 7:00 PM "It's Our Story (and we're stickin' to it)" Calumet Lutheran Ministries, partnering together with First Christian Church in Freedom and Nativity Lutheran in North Conway, will present a Lessons & Carols experience on December 16 at the Oasis, Calumet's newest meeting space located directly behind the Conference Center. The event is a follow-up to 2022's very successful "A Calumet Christmas Carol" which was a re-telling of the Dickins classic which invited people from far and wide to participate LIVE on Facebook and YouTube. There were hundreds of...

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20staff24

Summer Staff Opportunities 2024 For 2024, Calumet's leadership will be making a major step toward the direction of Resident Camp staff compensation that is more reflective of summer camp salaries at camps throughout the network of ELCA camps. It's been long-needed, and Calumet is serious about moving ahead with boldness. Every Resident Camp staff position at Calumet will be receiving a significant bump in compensation, and will ultimately be dependent on the person's certifications and ability to meet the requirements in terms of length of service. Also, all summer staff will be expected to...

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Tiered Pricing

New Tiered-Pricing Model New Tiered-Pricing Model These are some pretty tough times for non-profits -- and however much Calumet is doing okay in the midst of these challenging times, we've got to be creative for the sake of all that we are doing. Here is a bit of what we're up against: For many, many years, Calumet's Board of Directors has kept price increases each year to between 2%-3% each. For a while, that worked pretty well. But we've hit a complicated point due to things outside our control -- especially the rising costs of *everything.*. In short, the complication has had the most...

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Shop Online

Shop Online for Calumet! Helping Calumet with THINGS we need is a huge help. There are all kinds of reasons people have for wanting to help Calumet with "Gifts In Kind" at any time of year. For some people, getting Calumet things we need is the easiest option for offering support.In particular, the Pippi Art Space and the A&C Shoppes at Resident Camp is always needs art supplies to help people of all ages explore and engage. Calumet Wishlist Are you a Thrivent Member? Calumet is in the midst of a *BIG* effort to stock the shelves of the brand new Pippi Art Space at the Oasis. In...

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