"For more than 60 years, I have been involved with Ajawah.  What
changes I have seen since my first wide-awake night in Tent Seven!  

Electricity came through in the late ‘40s, so total darkness didn’t
descend at 10 p.m.  A crank telephone was installed, and we no longer
had to sprint over to Carlisle’s farm to make a phone call.  We
purchased the land outright in the ‘50s, and were no longer in a cow
pasture:  third base, on the Flats, wasn’t a cow pie any more and we
removed the cow gate that guarded the Beach.  In the ‘60s, the “camp
uniform” blossomed into tie-dyes and tank tops as the old post-war
militarism of our ceremonies began to fade.  With the cows gone, the
forest began a come-back, the old basswoods, tamaracks, birches
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and junipers slowly giving way to maples, elms and oaks.  Over time, we tore down most of the old buildings and built new ones with
an eye to better safety, convenience and utility.  We challenged neighbors around the lake to baseball and soccer, and sometimes
won and sometimes lost.  We opened up to the wide world and our list of campers and then counselors included names like
Mauricio, Arturo and Flora; Xiong Pao, Soua and Chaoching, as boys and girls from other worlds brought us their skills and their
spirit and stirred them into the ever-boiling stew of Ajawah.  

Ajawah gave me friends, family and a career I loved:  teaching and coaching in various high schools, especially Minneapolis Edison,
where I taught for over 25 years.  Now I am working with The Ajawah Conservancy to ensure Ajawah continues to thrive for
generations to come!"
The Ajawah Conservancy