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If daily activities are the core of the Winona experience, the special events make up some of the most enjoyable and unique memories while at camp!

Daily Events:

• Oscar Showings – everyone is on an Indian tribe team. The object is to show the Oscar (a polar bear totem) successfully gaining points for your tribe, while the other tribes attempt to catch the totem. Points accumulate throughout the summer.
• Bat Showings – Can happen any day when you least expect it!

Weekly Events

• Cookouts - on Wednesday and Saturday nights and Sunday morning.
• Movie night – each Tuesday the entire camp gathers in the Cobb for a recent big screen movie, including soda and popcorn!
• Tent time – on Monday nights each tent does an evening program as a group.
• Campfires – enjoy some quiet time by campfire each Saturday, looking back on the busy week.

Summer Events

• Wyo Plays – Twice each summer Inty Winona travels down the lake to our sister camp, Wyonegonic, to watch their drama production. The events are followed by a short social.
• Winona Night – the first all camp gathering and welcome each season.
• Field Day – the first Sunday afternoon each season. Hosted by the CIT’s, all types of fun events, 40 yard dash, obstacle course, tug-o-war and more!
• Mid-season cookout – the whole camp gathers for a special cookout to mark the end of the first half session.
• Wyo/ Winona Road Race – run the 4.2 miles from the Wyo Farm house to the Winona Farm House
• Red/ Gray week – at the end of each summer the teams participate in each activity trying to win points for their team in hope of winning the banner! This includes the awesome great relay, involving every camper and every activity.
• Treasure Hunts – find and decipher clues and then run to the next location; trying to be the first team back to the Wiggy!
• Senior Circus – hosted by the Senior Unit, a fun carnival of booths like a haunted house, pillow fight, shave the balloon and more, don’t forget the great dinner before or the snow cones and Necco wafers.
• Banquet Night – a nice meal to finish the summer
• Awards Night – the last night of camp when banners are announced, and the Bats are unveiled!