The executive council of Milwaukee’s Episcopal Diocese has voted to put Camp Webb, its 135-acre lakefront property near Wautoma, on the market.
The site has hosted summer camps and other activities since 1960 for thousands of children and adults through church-run programs and other organizations.
But usage has declined over the years, and the diocese has been spending most of its annual Christian formation budgets to subsidize the camp, which has a $400,000 debt, Milwaukee Bishop Steven Miller said Friday.
They say $105,000 is too much to maintain the camp. That’s the price of 3 nice cars. Their priority is the “new thang” and not their youth.
On the other hand, summer camp just doesn’t carry the cachet it used to with most youth….it needs to be ‘computer’ camp or ‘sports’ camp or ‘i-pod camp’ or ‘music (electronic and loud) camp’…
Camp Webb not perfect but Good News
The camp Property owned by the Diocese of Milwaukee previously known as Camp Webb has been purchased by a group committed to providing a Christian founded camp experience for children. While it would have been better to maintain it as an Episcopal mission, the Bishop of Milwaukee felt differently. The camp, now Camp Lakotah, will carry on the mission prepared by many dedicated Episcopalian Bishops, Priests and lay people. The new operators, a good person, a Lutheran and an Anglican, are professionals and will do honor to those who contributed so much. Send your children!