Welcome to the Holiday Home Camp Alumni Association!
Celebrating the 25th Year of Assisting Holiday Home Camp!!
Your connection to Holiday Home Camp since 1987.
Hello Holiday Home Camp Alumni!
I would like to welcome you to the Holiday Home Camp Alumni Association website. I hope that you find the site informative and enjoyable. Updates will be added periodically, so check our site for additional news and photos on a regular basis. I want to thank Katie Budrow for all of her hard work and dedication in creating this site. I know that she has spent countless hours getting the site ready for your review. Let's give Katie a GIANT Holiday Home (HO HO!!) thank you for all that she did to bring this site to you!
Bill Herron
Alumni Commitment to Holiday Home Camp
The Holiday Home Camp Alumni Association Inc. was established 25 years ago with the mission statement of assisting Holiday Home Camp with efforts in improving the camp facilities through volunteer efforts. The Alumni Association continues with that same commitment today with your donations and volunteering. Your continued support is necessary for our future endeavors with Holiday Home. Thanks for what you have done over the past 25 years and remember that we make a difference. Thank you for being so generous with your support!
Letter from Executive Director Tim Magill
Coming soon!!Spring 2012 Work Weekend
May 19, 2012 - Holiday Home Camp - Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Mark your calendars and contact Bill Herron by May 14th to confirm your participation in the 24th Annual Alumni Work Weekend at Holiday Home Camp!
The required skill levels vary, but there are enough projects to keep everyone's little hands busy! Projects cleaning the Cook's Cabin, cleaning the kitchen and dining room, cleaning Founder's Hall, yard work, and more!
Lunch and Dinner will be provided on Saturday. Cabins will be available for over night accommodations.
Participation in the Alumni Work Weekends has dwindled over the last few years to just a handful of individuals! Just remember we volunteer our time and talents for the children that need and benefit from their time at Camp! Volunteer your talents to a place that gives so much others!!! See you on May 19th!
Alumni Deaths
Nan and Jack Schwemm
As one enters Holiday Home Camp, they pass through the welcoming Nan Prickertt gates with Nan and Jack Schwemm trees planted in the landscaping around the gates. Traveling a short distance farther on down the camp drive you will pass the Schwemm cabin located in the lower village.
Nan was a counselor at Holiday Home in the oldest girl's cabin in 1953. Nan always spoke fondly of "her girls" and remembered all of their names. Nan reconnected with camp through the Holiday Home Camp Alumni Association in 1998. Nan and Jack hosted the camp staff and alumni for a social gathering at their summer home on Delavan Lake.
Jack joined the Board of Directors in May of 2003 and became the chairperson for the Founder's Society. Jack served on the Board for several years, resigning after selling their summer home, and experiencing some health issues.
Nan passed away in September 2011 following a five month battle with cancer. Jack passed away in October 2011. Nan and Jack were wonderful individuals who were extremely generous to Holiday Home and cared deeply about the children who attended camp.
Jack once told me that Margaret Mead said "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world, for indeed, that's all who ever have." Nan and Jack Schwemm cared.
Lorraine Mayes
Lorraine Mayes passed away at Hospitality Manor in Kenosha on May 15, 2011. Lorraine was 97.
Lorraine was the head cook at camp in the summers of 1963 thru 1967. She enjoyed working with the kitchen boys and managed to keep them in line which sometimes was a full time job in itself! Lorraine was a very detailed person who worked hard at meal preparation making sure that the meals were always nutritious and served on time.
Lorraine was a cook of the Kenosha Public Schools for many years. She was a 4-H leader for many years and taught sewing. Lorraine won many Grand Championship ribbons for her handcrafted items at the Kenosha County Fair.
Trees will be planted at camp on May 19, 2012 for Nan & Jack Schwemm and Lorraine Mayes.