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CAMP GUIDE
2024

A 

bustling hive of youthful energy 
summer in and summer out, 
Willoway Day Camp truly is 
something for everyone. While campers 
range from as young as kindergarten to as 
old as high school freshmen, there is no 
shortage of opportunities to have the best 
summer ever.
The youngest campers are immersed into 
“theme days” once a week, where they find 
themselves navigating the Willoway jungles 
or meeting Mario and Luigi in Super Mario. 
Creative games curate team-building and 
form bonds between groups of campers 
as they compete against counselors and 
work together to reach their end goal of 
the theme day. And, once a year, everyone 
comes together at the Olympic-themed day, 
full of cross-camp teamwork and fun. 
“It’s so fun and something different every 
day,” said Camper Davis Korotkin, age 6. “I 
like the team games, choosing stuff to do, 
cool counselors and making fun summer 
friends. Also, the hot dogs are the best on 
Fridays! One time I ate four!” 
The older campers, fifth graders or older, 
known as Explorers, get to stretch their 
wings outside of Willoway, going on field 
trips for exciting getaways once a week. 
Hopping on a Willoway bus and going to 
the movies, a trampoline park, Kensington 
Metropark and other local entertainment 
hubs gets these older campers out into the 

community to experience fun adventures 
and make friendships along the way.
Liliana Meyers-Zerwekh, age 8, is count-
ing down the days. “I cannot wait for camp! 
The counselors are fun and nice, specifical-
ly Emily and Elizabeth were amazing,” she 
said. “I love swimming and tubing. I can’t 
wait to get back to Willoway so I can see 
my friends who go to different schools.”
And, to bring many campers of all ages 
together, they can stay for an overnight pro-
gram. Campers sleep over at Willoway on a 
Thursday night and partake in an evening 
full of games, swimming, meals, arts, sports 
and, most importantly, the campfire songs 
that promote friendship and comradery 
over s’mores. 
“Willoway overnights are something 
that I fondly remember from my years as 
a camper with [Willoway’s founder] Arnie 
[Fisher] leading campfire songs. I’m proud 
that we can offer them to this generation of 
campers,” said Jason Rosen, a camp director 
and lifelong Willoway camper.
Providing something for every camp-
er is a Willoway hallmark en route to its 
“Best Summer Ever.” The Willoway team is 
counting down the days to Willoway 2025 
beginning on June 16, 2025. 

Seth Kruger, a Willoway camper and staff alumnus, is 

a junior studying journalism and mass communication 

at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

SETH KRUGER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Willoway Has 
Something for Everyone