Tim Jordan, MD & Anne Jordan, RN
After teaching parenting classes and adult personal growth retreats for years, the Jordan’s realized that many of the personal and relationship problems the adults were dealing with had their roots in childhood experiences and subsequent belief systems.
Dr. Jordan felt that kids and teens needed a safe place to go to where they could discuss, handle and make healthy sense of whatever they were experiencing in their lives before they became unhealthy beliefs and patterns. Camp Weloki was born in 1991 to meet that need. Since that time thousands of kids have had the opportunity to learn invaluable life skills, develop more personal awareness and self knowledge, and to learn to deepen all of their relationships. Camp Weloki has become a kid’s safe haven where they can come back several times a year and get real, be heard, relax and continue to enhance their personal growth.
Both Tim and Anne Jordan are instructors at the camps and all three of their grown children attended the camps growing up and continue to come back every summer to be counselors, and more recently, instructors as well. To read more about the Jordan's biographies click her for Profiles of the Jordan's. |
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 Mike Lander, Camp Director
Mike has been working with Camp Weloki since 1994 and has been our director and enrollment manager since 1995. He has a background in camping and working with youth in summer camp settings. He also has been a youth ice hockey coach for 7 years.
Besides being our director, Mike is also one of our course-room instructors. He is a life-skills coach and runs life and social skills groups specializing in adolescent and pre-adolescent boys. He also runs an outdoor adventure company, MT Adventures.
Mike’s wife, Mary, is also one of our instructors. Mike and Mary are the parents of two boys ages 4 and 6.
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Instructors & Staff
We are very proud of our Camp Weloki staff and all the wonderful energy and loving compassion they bring to our campers. Many of our staff who return year after year were once former campers themselves before they were picked to become part of our staff. They are always exceptional people with many skills and talents to share and are exceptionally  committed to children and their well-
being.
We have college students, teachers and business people that share in the missions of Camp Weloki and help each summer at our camp sessions. All staff have been screened with criminal background checks and have personal interviews with our directors. They attend our camp staff retreat each year and are encouraged to work on their own personal growth so they may be fully present and available to the children we work with at camp.
Most of our staff have been with us for over 5 years. We have a mix of age groups in our staff ranging from twenty year olds to people in their fifties. We also have a few Counselors in Training (CIT's) each session. These are usually high school age kids who have demonstrated great leadership abilities and a strong commitment to serving children. They also have been campers for many years and understand the camp process.
Our staff are essential in helping the children and teenagers feel connected and special while creating a fun atmosphere in which to learn and grow. All of our staff contain the natural ability to engage every camper and to bring out the best in them. They work tirelessly from sun up to lights out to be sure every camper has the best week of their lives. Because of their commitment and the way they treat campers, many of our campers come back year after year and want to become part of our staff when they are mature enough.
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