https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/c7bb7fc3-af04-4f50-b8cf-131058518f04/border+bw+illustration.png https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/nearly-wonderful monthly 0.5 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/04296a09-454c-4a5d-aa4e-97dc2e5ca340/Screenshot+2026-03-22+at+5.19.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Nearly Wonderful - Make it stand out The South River Chip Truck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/c09a2df1-ff0c-4c9d-a571-ff30d8e14181/Screenshot+2026-03-22+at+5.18.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Nearly Wonderful - Make it stand out A family sized poutine shared between counsellors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/6bf2a8a7-d4b3-4eff-b30b-f40e167434e7/Screenshot+2026-03-22+at+5.19.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Nearly Wonderful - Make it stand out Jamesy pulling the joker https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/setting-the-stage monthly 0.5 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/413fe2e3-690f-44d9-94c7-97311d2b6c2b/DSC00896.jpg Blog - Setting the Stage - Make it stand out My sister, Quinn, posing with the beautiful new nation flags she handmade - some incredible objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/ff6a7f2c-73a8-4691-9d99-2f971cf4fc38/IMG_4641.jpeg Blog - Setting the Stage - Make it stand out You can see the trends of plaque painting change over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/08c1b14a-8eb7-4dc2-abfc-ee88647f653a/IMG_3913.jpeg Blog - Setting the Stage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/a8ade4b8-c9fc-4781-a418-ca087c3799f0/IMG_3915.jpeg Blog - Setting the Stage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1772338775239-JUF16RZ8JFPLZ55KWUEQ/IMG_2607.JPG Blog - Setting the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1772338795814-I7BI1H60TB1Y2CB2GU88/IMG_4940.jpeg Blog - Setting the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1772338779306-ONGMQAL8L591SQ46RY9O/IMG_0587.JPG Blog - Setting the Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1772338846507-A6LQUXSZFZXC1PWVL7K1/IMG_4922%281%29.jpeg Blog - Setting the Stage https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/the-spirit-lives-on monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1c89ead6-6d2b-4cf0-b093-360c7b1dd1a2/Screenshot+2026-02-14+at+9.42.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Spirit lives on - Make it stand out Putting my luggage on the bus on my first day of being a CIT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/d9981c6f-25a9-46ad-87ac-41f800381711/Screenshot+2026-02-14+at+9.42.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Spirit lives on - Make it stand out Me sitting in front of 400 (roughly) grilled cheese that I will soon be frying up on the grill. * thanks to the many staff members that have been on grilled cheese duty, helping to butter the many thousands upon thousands of grilled cheeses over the years! ❤️ https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/seek-and-ye-shall-find monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/202f876e-0331-4445-9708-a403f3278bc4/IMG_1390.JPG Blog - Seek And Ye Shall Find - Make it stand out The staff of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/19aac7eb-417c-443b-a2d8-b8d233eb285f/IMG_0242.JPG Blog - Seek And Ye Shall Find - Make it stand out Andrew paints war paint on eager campers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/cce100dc-6538-4f1a-8172-075e30eb3c92/IMG_0547.JPG Blog - Seek And Ye Shall Find - Make it stand out Spider-Bud, the Canadian Spider-man https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/nursing-at-camp monthly 0.5 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/20437c9d-4530-4a13-9958-f0afb307aa21/WhatsApp+Image+2026-01-17+at+23.49.59.jpg Blog - Nursing at Camp - Make it stand out Light Night Traffic at the Nurse’s Cabin for Nighttime Meds https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/impact-of-effort monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/ec4011b3-6be5-4143-8992-063914f235b9/IMG_4594.jpg Blog - the great impact of a little effort - Make it stand out Teddy (cowboy hat) entertaining a cabin of campers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/ae1f0fd5-35f7-478b-bd17-2f25db45dab5/IMG_1076+%282%29.JPG Blog - the great impact of a little effort - Make it stand out Evening Sectional Story in the Rec Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/e1ee61dc-665b-4811-9c1e-39d962d37cc4/IMG_1102.JPG Blog - the great impact of a little effort - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/93f1603f-d06f-481d-936a-8eded30c9ed5/IMG_4785.jpg Blog - the great impact of a little effort - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/faith-at-boys-camp monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/0daf4f97-b256-4614-b837-8da0fbaf40be/DEV04396.jpg Blog - Faith at Boys’ Camp - Make it stand out In 2018, Hobo visits Camp Ozanam to deliver our weekly Liturgy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/f4cfa168-4978-41d2-906b-c18e8ef4a7ed/DEV04403.jpg Blog - Faith at Boys’ Camp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/8367935c-e96a-498d-947f-f1433beaaf89/IMG_3986.jpg Blog - Faith at Boys’ Camp - Make it stand out Staff Liturgy, 2024 https://www.ozstaff.ca/blog/a-tour-of-our-property monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/2a3d4d37-05b3-47cf-a9f1-30c65fd413f6/IMG_4292.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Make it stand out An aerial view of Camp Ozanam on the shores of Deer Lake, just outside South River ON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/1763928305351-AIZ9Z96P10NMU04JVFS7/camp+map Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Make it stand out A map of the property. Our tour begins at the bottom middle of the map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/fb7e0604-985d-43f4-bd65-4ad5158d63bf/IMG_8408.JPG Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Eagle Lake Road Counsellors run up the road during our Pre-camp 5k - Summer 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/d404e0c8-6911-4325-9546-7aa6de7804d6/GEDC0606.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Counsellor Cabin placeholder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/252be7e8-a5b1-4c91-8734-5d21495569bf/IMG_5449.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Rec Hall insert description https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/59ae1c92-de19-43bf-8aff-54cbbc27356a/IMG_4087.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Woodcraft Continuing to the right, past the Rec Hall, the road winds around to the garage where we run Woodcraft. Here you’ll find birdhouses and racecars with sawed stick wheels, along with other crafts created by campers hanging from the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/4f7c36fc-1778-435c-8639-84ba49960ae3/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.21.20%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Basketball & Archery Branching off down another road behind Woodcraft, the forest opens up into a clearing with an asphalt basketball court and an open field for Archery. The court comes to life during 3rd activity (T.C. time off) when Senior Staff meet T.C.’s to share in some lively 3-on-3 competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/7bf4cd5b-4d6e-44ad-b814-20e4ad169313/IMG_6078.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Fire Pit Back up the trail and past Woodcraft, we continue up the road where we arrive at the heart of camp. On the right is our fire bowl, lined with rows of plank and stump benches. Where we meet on night 1 and night 6 to sing our songs beneath the open sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/57247b4d-638a-4dfd-b131-e5d5791d3846/IMG_0141.JPG Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Sky Section Cabins On the left you’ll find the Sky Section’s (formally the Papooses) motel-style cabins. Each Sky cabin has its own bathroom with a shower and behind the motel are the washrooms that our Water Section (formerly the Braves) uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/7376dc8a-850d-4225-9923-21c6f00e1a5c/GEDC0428.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Anatari Straight ahead, facing our Sky Section cabins, is the Anatari (our dining hall) and bell tower. Here, the camp congregates before each meal at the podium in front of the main entrance for announcements, grace, and cheers. Above the dining hall is where senior staff calls home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/086ce85c-3546-461a-9e2f-4ee1b47a2520/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.11.10%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Homestead To the right of the Anatari is the Homestead - which hosts guests, the Directors office, plus a workspace and lounge for senior staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/f4cfa168-4978-41d2-906b-c18e8ef4a7ed/DEV04403.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Kiva Past the Homestead, we come to our Kiva, where we gather outside for our weekly liturgies and inside for reflection and activities. Staff plaques and photo collages cover the walls of the Kiva, telling the rich history of Boys’ Camp through the generations. Pictured: Hobo visits camp in 2018 and leads a liturgy in front of the Kiva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/8ada6dca-f7b8-4b60-8bf2-8bfce2dca971/IMG_4948.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - C.I.T. Cabin Behind the Kiva, next to the fire bowl is the C.I.T. Cabin. A large room with rows of bunks, where the painted hand prints of past C.I.T.s fill the ceiling, and generations of C.I.T. plaques are hung around the walls. Behind the C.I.T. Cabin is a creek that is fed from the Lake - many canoes have attempted to explore this creek and just as many have been rescued from it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/9343a2f5-8216-48bc-b15b-a94b66ada1f3/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.08.35%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Volleyball Court & Handicraft Moving back up to the Anatari and walking around to the other side, the back porch looks out over our beautiful waterfront. Here, counsellors on their meals off eat together while enjoying the best view on camp property. A beach volleyball court stretches out in front of the fence that encloses our beach, while to the left stands our beach house, also home to Handicraft. Its front porch is covered in painted signatures with ledges displaying pet rocks and popsicle stick catapults, along with other camper-made projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/074c82c3-c2bb-4ba0-9211-da2089b4d78c/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.12.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Waterfront The highlight of our property is the waterfront. Its shore is sandy, and the water is shallow, getting as deep as an adult's shoulders in the deep end. A dock for lifeguards juts out on the left hand side and tethered to the dock is another favourite feature of camp - the barge. The barge has seen it all; countless staff sessions, cabin nights, and Evening Entertainment skits have floated the barge into the lake to jump off of, professionally wrestle on, and host reflections with counsellors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/cd27d0bc-263e-40a3-8999-eac42e3cc390/IMG_6730_5184.jpg Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Canoeing To the left of the beach stands the home for our canoeing activity. Racks of canoes line the rocky shore, and the tin-roofed boathouse stores paddles, life jackets, old surfboards, and doubles as a quiet retreat for counsellors on their time off, offering a calm space with a stunning view of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/53426a06-2c01-427d-8ef3-7acc951e0a31/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.14.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Water Section & Nurse’s Cabin Walking up the road from the boathouse brings you back to the centre of camp, with the Anatari on your left, and straight ahead, the Nurses’ Cabin and Water Section cabins. The Water Section lives in one large building split into four rooms, hosting the campers of each cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65f46a21d5d6dc7435787a00/fe0aca9f-c873-40b3-aaae-39533ef75277/Screenshot+2025-12-27+at+4.10.10%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A Tour of camp ozanam - Camper’s Row Wandering past the Water Section you arrive back at the soccer field where you reach a fork in the trail. Left, brings you back up to the Counsellor’s Cabin, where we began our tour, and right guides you around the other side of the soccer field to “Camper’s Row”. A row of cabins tucked away behind a grove of trees. This is where our “big dawgs”, the Land Section (formally the Warriors) reside. Along Camper’s Row, many cabins now stand abandoned, some of which have been demolished in recent years to make way for brand new structures that now house our four Land Section cabins. 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