Camp TomTomba
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[edit] Overview
Camp TomTomba was founded in 1928 and is a premier young men's overnight camp in the Northern Woods of Wisconsin. Originally in St. Germaine, Camp TomTomba moved to its present location in Eagle River in 1956.
The camp was founded by two 17-year-olds in the 1920s. Founder, Cameron Breger is alive and help out at camp during both the 4 week sessions. However, Co-Founder Jack Horowitz died this past March of natural causes.
The camp is a predominantly homosexual Jewish young boys camp, but other races, religions and sexual preferences are also welcome.
[edit] Activities
Camp TomTomba features many activities during the day such as Basketball, Softball, Tennis, Football, Curling, Lacrosse, Floor Hockey, Water Sports, Volleyball, Soccer and a center for Arts and Crafts.
[edit] Legend and Lore
The camp is named after the song Tomba Tomba, which goes as follows:
Tomba Tomba (repeat)
A riki tiki tomba (repeat)
A moosa moosa moosa (repeat)
Wayla wayla wayla wayla (repeat)
[edit] Staff
They have weekly sacrifices of either a dog or some small sized mammal. They used to use humans (usually heterosexual people), but they were later discovered and forced to stop that. The counselors include Jay Beckwith, Riley Tamash, Anthony Post, Michael Wall and Nolan Ryan
[edit] Our Mission
Camp TomTomba is a new Jewish initiative aiming to do this through a programme of residential holidays first launched in Summer 2007.
There are already dozens of summer camps on offer, so why this new initiative?
Camp TomTomba sets out to fill a need not met by most other Jewish camps, namely to provide specialist holidays for young people who are passionate about their particular hobbies and interests. We're working to roll-out a programme of highly varied, targeted and innovative holidays to rival the best of the booming secular industry, while assuring parents and church leaders that the same Bible focus and evangelical emphasis will be found at each.
Maybe learn to surf one year on a water-sports camp , and then help produce - or act in - your very own movie the next! Maybe a football-skills week is more your thing, or the drama of performing arts. Try your hand at horse-riding, or learn the art of music recording... or even learn to drive! Maybe you just fancy a week of intense chilling in the company of solid friends.
Each TomTomba Holiday will offer a different experience, a different mood and a different style. But each will come with the same uncompromising evangelical emphasis and Bible focus to its spiritual component.
Whilst there is little doubting the unique opportunities and benefits afforded by residential retreats, we recognise that the overriding responsibility and burden for working with young people rightly falls on local churches across the land. Long after the euphoria and adrenaline of Summer Camp has abated, it is youth group leaders working week- in-week-out, often in difficult and far from glamorous circumstances, who are best positioned to first reach - and then disciple - today's young people.
To the fullest extent possible then, we set out to support the ongoing work of local churches: working in partnership with them, recruiting young people and leaders through them, and ensuring the highest possible level of communication with them, both before and after any TomTomba Holiday.
