Wisconsin Blog

Get to know the New Counselors

      Camp Name: Duncs Hometown: Fall Creek, WI Year in School: Junior Year in Kesem: 2nd year with Kesem but 1st at camp Position at Camp: Youth Counselor Major: Rehabilitation Psychology (Pre-Occupational Therapy) If my life was a theme day, what would it be and why?: If my life were a theme day, [...]

Coordinator Spotlight: Get to know Pixie!

    Camp Name:  Pixie Hometown:  Hartford, WI Year in School:  Junior Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology Major          How did you hear about Camp Kesem? I heard about Camp Kesem through a wonderful friend, Blondie! She told me how magical camp was and I knew immediately that I wanted to sign up for this amazing [...]

Make the Magic 2013

  To say that this year’s Make the Magic event was a success would be an understatement.   This was the 3rd Annual Make the Magic for CKUW! First of all we would like to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone to attended the event, we had a sold out show!  And another HUGE [...]

Coordinator Blog: A look back on Button’s camp experience, as a soon-to-be graduate

Putting my experience with Camp Kesem into words fails to do justice to the experience I have had, and to the family that I am so grateful to have become a part of. I joined Camp Kesem four years ago when I came upon the organization at a campus event. I moved a long way [...]

Coordinator Blog-Cabin Chat with Sunshine

Every day at camp ends with cabin chats.  Cabin chats are a time to build relationships within the children’s cabins with both the campers and counselors.  Cabin chats are also the most frequent times when the campers chose to share about their experiences with their parent’s cancer.   For my blog I wanted to demonstrate what [...]

Coordinator Spotlight: Get to know Peaches!

    Camp Name: Peaches Hometown: Chaska, MN Year in School: Sophomore Major(s)/Minor(s): Rehabilitation Psychology     What is the meaning behind your camp name? I mean, who doesn’t love peaches? What are you most looking forward to about next summer’s Camp Kesem? Swimming and Campfires If your life was a camp theme day what would it be? Alice [...]

Coordinator Spotlight: Get to know Neon!

      Camp Name: Neon Hometown:  Evanston, IL Year in School:  Senior Major(s)/Minor(s): Nursing major with a minor in global health       How did you hear about Camp Kesem? I first heard about CKUW through a friend I lived with freshman year. I came with her to a few meetings and applied to [...]

Coordinator Spotlight: Get to know Coolio!

    Camp Name: Coolio Hometown:  South Milwaukee, WI Year in School:  Second Year Major(s)/Minor(s): Communicative Sciences and Disorders       How did you hear about Camp Kesem? My older sister, Sunshine, joined Kesem. She loves it and always talks about it. She told me to check it out when I was coming into UW as [...]

Coordinator Spotlight: Get to know Osita!

  Camp Name:  Osita Hometown: Burnsville, MN Year in School:  Senior Major(s)/Minor(s): Spanish and World Language Education         How did you hear about Camp Kesem? I first heard about Camp Kesem as a junior through my roommates who were involved at different levels with Camp Kesem. After finding out more about how incredible this [...]

LIVESTRONG Assembly 2013

Four of our Executive board members had the honor and privilege to attend this year’s LIVESTRONG Assembly in Chicago Illinois last week.  We had a lot of fun and learned a lot! On Tuesday we took a bus through the snow storm and arrived at the Swissotel in Chicago around 10:30pm, after catching up with [...]