Donate

Your tax-exempt monetary donation goes directly to the ministry of Camp Chippewa. This includes; summer & winter camps, Institute, volunteer work days, animal care, grounds improvement, continuing education, community events, after-school programs, & more! 

Camper Scholarship Fund

Help a camper come to camp! This fund allows us to remove financial barriers to allow all children, youth, and adults to experience the magic of camp.

Bequests

If you’ve felt a special connection to Camp Chippewa in your life, we’d love to be a part of your living legacy here on earth. Call the camp office at 785-242-6797 for more information.

Wish list

For more information or to check on currently needed items, contact the camp office. In addition to the items below, check out our Amazon Wishlist.

Facility equipment

  • Any Construction Materials (2x4s, 2x6s, 2x8s, ½” and ¾” plywood, etc)

  • Golf Cart/ UTV

Health and Safety

  • Lightening Detector

  • First Aid Supplies (band-aids, gauze, latex-free gloves, aloe, wasp sting spray or cream, etc…)

Housekeeping and Food Service

  • Brooms (both inside and outside)

  • Mops/Mop Heads

Office items

  • Sharpies

  • Dry Erase Markers

  • 3-Prong binders (1 inch)

  • Copy paper

  • Painter’s Tape

  • Duck Tape

  • Packing Tape

Program items

  • Acrylic Paint

  • Canvas

  • Craft Supplies (Beads, Glitter, Glue, Embroidery Thread, Markers,)

  • Tie-Dye and pillowcases to tie-dye

  • Balls (playground, watermelon ball)

  • Backyard games (corn hole, ladder toss, etc.)

  • Shaving cream

  • Fast-Fill water balloons

Waterfront items

  • Fishing poles

  • Pool toys (dive rings, Nerf balls, etc.)

  • Goggles

  • Kayaks

Site improvements

(financial donations and volunteer labor)

  • Repair entrance cabin

  • Outdoor labyrinth

  • Covered riding arena

  • Additional benches at the outdoor chapel and gravel/screenings spread

  • Sports fields and equipment (soccer, softball, ultimate Frisbee, etc.)

  • Outdoor fire ring with seating for 150

Horse-related items

  • Riding helmets:

    • 2 extra large

    • 3 medium

    • 3 small

    • 3 extra small (6 3/4″ and smaller)

  • Rain covers for saddles (10)

  • Grooming brushes and curry combs

  • Neoprene cinches (30″, 32″, 34″) (10 or more)

  • Halters (medium to large) (6 or more)

  • 14″-16″ western saddles (good condition)

  • T-post and barbed wire

  • Saddle pads (10)

Adopt-A-Horse

Support the Chippewa herd. This fund pays for:

  • Feed

  • Hay

  • Vet care

  • Tack

Learn more about the Adopt-a-Horse program

Annual Fund

Support the day-to-day operations of the camp. This fund pays for:

  • Grounds & building improvement

  • Animal care

  • New programs & resources

  • Continuing education

and more! 

Adopt-A Horse Donors

Recipients:

2012

  • Steanson

  • Wolf

  • Smerckek

  • Harnden

  • Humboldt UMC

  • Taylor

  • Works

  • Hoyt

  • Blagunier

  • Spangler

  • Garnett UMW

  • Wallace

  • Waterville UMC

  • McReynolds

  • Smerchek

  • Granzow

2020

  • Wolf

  • McCurdy

  • Kemp

  • Patterson

2013

  • Herder

  • Hopwood

  • Wallace

  • Big Creek Methodist Church

  • Spangler

  • Taylor

  • Hoyt

  • Harnden

  • Smerchek

  • West Mineral UMC

  • Baker

  • Weirsma

2021

  • Wolf

  • Steanson

  • Smerchek

  • Meigs

  • Barnum

2014

  • UMW Wetmore

  • West Mineral UMC

  • Wallace

  • Carlson

  • Wiersma

  • Hopwood

  • Harnden

  • George

  • Spangler

  • Rickner

  • Granzow

  • Big Creek UMC

  • Mathis

2015

  • First UMC of Junction City

  • Paola UMC

  • George

  • Wallace

  • Harnden

  • West Mineral Methodist Church

  • Wiersma

  • Kennedy

  • Rickner

2016

  • Taylor

  • Langhofer

  • Wetmore UMW

  • Big Creek Methodist Church

  • Wallace

  • Wallace

  • Harnden

  • West Mineral Methodist Church

2017

  • Langhofer

  • Bastemeyer

  • Ludham

  • George

  • Smerchek

  • Wallace

  • Sauder

  • Wiersma

  • West Mineral UMC

  • Paola UMC

  • Rickner

  • Taylor

  • Funk

  • Big Creek Methodist Church

  • West Liberty UMC

  • Knetsch

  • Wetmore UMC

  • Harnden

2018

  • Sauder

  • Humboldt UMC

  • Jones

  • Humboldt UMC

  • Barnett

  • Big Creek Methodist Church

2019

  • Smerchek

  • Wallace

  • Antholz

  • Humboldt UMC

  • King

  • Big Creek Methodist Church

  • McCurdy

  • Humboldt UMC

  • Sauder

  • Barnett