Chinese Family Camp

Who We Are

Who We Are

The Midwest Chinese Family Camp unites a multi-generational community of extended Chinese American families for a week of fun and recreation in a modern lakeside retreat setting.  We provide a space where families with a diverse set of Chinese/Chinese-American/adopted Chinese families join to share our inherited and adopted culture. We socialize, share our Chinese-American experiences, and celebrate our culture and heritage.  Since 1958, our annual gatherings have continued to create and sustain deep and lifelong friendships that are truly priceless.

What do we do?

Chinese Family Camp welcomes all families who would like to combine their interest in Chinese heritage and culture with the fun of a week-long summer camp.  We have had Chinese Family Camp every year since 1958. In 2020 and 2021, we held our entire camp online via Zoom and it was all free! In the Year of the Tiger in 2022, we returned to a LIVE, In Person, Honest to Goodness Camp at Cedar Lake.

And we’ll be going back to Cedar Lake in 2025!

As mentioned above, our camp has been running continually since the Eisenhower administration!  What keeps us going is our strong relationships and friendships, a good dose of fun, and committed leaders and volunteers!

One of the primary goals of Camp is to provide a safe and fun-filled environment where every child (and adult!) can build a healthy, strong and positive self-image in the company of other Chinese-Americans. Deep friendships are built between all generations as families and individuals return year after year.

We are comprised of a wide range of campers, celebrating the diversity of all Chinese-American families – some with Chinese immigrant grandparents, some with Chinese-American parents, some blended families, and several families with adopted Chinese children.

We welcome you!  We are convinced that by creating our camp together, we all have the power to make this ‘A Great Camp For Us All.‘  We invite you to become part of our large, happy extended family!

Key Contacts

President: Elysa Chao – [email protected]

New to Camp? Please contact:
Camp Director/Registrar: Lawrence Wang  [email protected]

Secretary/Tech Master/Camper Emeritus: Allen Yang [email protected]

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