A place apart, kept in trust
A restored camp where troops, schools, and families step away to the woods, the water, and one long table — and return changed.
A hundred springs
by the creek.
Since 1919 this ground has been held in trust for the young people of Mahoning County, Ohio. Generations have learned to paddle here, to build a fire, to sit at a long table with people they would not otherwise have met. The gate stays open all year, and the grounds stay cared-for.
A century, in four chapters
The ground is given
Henry Stambaugh deeds eighty-some wooded acres along the creek to a trust for the young people of Mahoning County. The first four cabins go up that summer.
The dining hall is built
Returning families raise the timber-framed dining hall, seating two hundred under one roof. It still serves meals each season.
The lodges open
Three meeting lodges with stone fireplaces are added for ceremonies, sessions, and rainy afternoons — the heart of camp on a cold night.
A hundred springs
The Foundation marks its centennial and begins a decade of stewardship: new washhouses, restored trails, and a renewed creek frontage.
Our stewardship
Held in trust
The grounds belong to no one and to everyone — kept whole for the next troop, the next class, the next family.
Light on the land
We steward eighty acres of woods, trails, and creek with care, so the camp a child remembers is the camp their children will find.
For the youth
Every reservation sustains our programs for the young people of Mahoning County — that is the whole of our purpose.
Who keeps the camp
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