January 17, 2023
Shayla Reaves, WCCO
…103 acre winter wonderland…and when people rent the inside event space, all of the money goes toward creating more experiences for kids to spend time outdoors…
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December 30, 2022
Sun Sailor
Entourage Events Group announced today it has partnered with Camp Fire Minnesota to offer unique rental experiences in nature…
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August 14, 2020
… for the first time in its 96-year history, nonprofit Camp Fire Minnesota, which runs Tanadoona, a 103-acre camp on Lake Minnewashta in Chanhassen, canceled its entire summer camp season.
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May 29, 2019
Isabelle Wattenberg, The Growlers
Catching a frog is something of a rite of passage at Camp Fire Minnesota. The wetlands at Tanadoona—the primary camp and nature-based learning property…
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March 1, 2019
Abby Doeden, MN Parent Magazine
Friendship, environmental stewardship and tradition combine at this historic summer camp near Excelsior. Featuring Talia Salinas, camper and Counselor in Training, and Rachael Chapman, former camper and current Day Camp Coordinator.
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March 1, 2019
Imani Cruzen of Star Tribune
Camps’ signature dishes defy cliches about hot dogs and beans. Read about the generations-old Tonka Toaster that campers look forward to at Tanadoona each summer.
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September 30, 2018
Paige Kieffer of Sun Sailor
On Sept. 13, than 20 seniors from Shorewood Landing Senior Living, Highlands of St. Paul Senior Living and White Bear Heights Senior Living traveled to Camp Fire Minnesota’s Tanadoona in Excelsior for a morning of fishing, archery, nature walks, outdoor games and a bonfire with s’mores.
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June 14, 2018
Unsie Zuege of Chanhassen Villager
It will only take two years for a new garden full of prairie flowers and grasses to fully bloom at Tanadoona in Chanhassen. The garden was recently planted to attract pollinators like bees, butterflies and even bats.
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September 7, 2016
Unsie Zuege of Chanhassen Villager
When four local Rotary Clubs – Excelsior, Chaska, Lake Minnetonka Excelsior and Chanhassen – collaborated to raise $45,000 for Camp Fire Minnesota’s Camp Tanadoona, it was a continuation of the special relationship that Rotary has had with Camp Tanadoona since the 1920s.
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February 14, 2015
Stephanie Helseth of Sun Sailor
Camp Fire Minnesota’s Camp Tanadoona has exceeded its $1.5 million goal for Phase One of its capital campaign and has received an additional $300,000 in in-kind gifts and services.
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June 24, 2014
Stephanie Gunyou of Sun Sailor
Camp Fire Minnesota, the parent organization of Camp Tanadoona, is one of seven finalists for the first-ever $500,000 Twins’ All-Star Fans Choose grant program.
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