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 Ogichi Daa Kwe's mission is to empower the strong spirits of
young women and their families through wilderness experiences and lifelong community.
Our Philosophy:
Ogichi strives to provide an environment for all females to flourish through the stages of life.
• Create a supportive living community
• Give opportunities for a full spectrum life
• Teach girls to navigate both human nature and Mother Nature
• Teach gratitude, flexibility, compassion and positive attitude
• Give daily opportunities to learn and to teach
• Provide challenges to cause both failure and success
• Stimulate new horizons
• Reflect on inner strengths, potential and leadership
• Encourage and incorporate ideas into Ogichi's program and philosophy
How we got here - "Milestones to Success"
July 2001: Market research project on summer camps for girls  completed by the Long Range Planning Committee of the Camping and Education Foundation
2003: First meeting of Founders of Ogichi Daa Kwe held in
Minneapolis, MN; Ogichi Daa Kwe incorporated in ohio as a separate
Limited Liability company under the Camping and Education Foundation;
Chair of Ogichi Daa Kwe Founders Committee, George Simmons
2004: First formal fund raising campaign launched; Inaugural
Ogichi Daa Kwe Canoe Trip – Turtle River, Ontario, Canada; Ogichi Daa
Kwe Founders Committee ratified as first formal Board of Ogichi Daa
Kwe; Janet Vandenbark elected as Chairman and appointed to the Camping
and Education Foundation Board of Trustees. Kathy Dix of Prairie
Village, Kansas hired as first Executive Director of Ogichi Daa Kwe;
First issue of Ogichi Daa Kwe newsletter Songs of the Paddle
2005: First in-camp full season for Ogichi Daa Kwe
Today: Ogichi will celebrate it's 5th summer of program
offerings, including sessions for leadership development (LDAC), 3-week
campers, Chickadees, college trippers, women's trips, men's trips and
short offerings for junior and senior high schoolers. The Camping and
Education Foundation is developing a permanent site plan to house
Ogichi on the mainland of Rainy Lake in proximity to Camp
Kooch-i-ching's Deer Island location.
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