Wisconsin Lions Foundation

Chronological Order of WLF and WLC History

1956: Resolution passed to purchase the Camp with 240 acres purchased for $18,000
- – Opening session for youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired– 26 attended
1957: Formal dedication of Camp
- – Dining Hall built
- – Maples, Birches, Oakes, Traders, Explorers, Frontiers, Lakewoods, and Pioneers cabins built
1959: Elms and Trailblazers cabins built
1960: Property Manager’s house and garage built
1961: Memorial Building built
1964: First year of adults who are Blind or Visually Impaired
- – 40 acres purchased on the south side
- – Director’s cabin built
1966: First year of youth with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism
- – Totem Pole #1 installed
1967: Boys’ and girls’ bathhouses built
1969: First year of youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- – 20 acres purchased on north side
- – Health Lodge and Crafts buildings built
- – Hemlocks and Pines cabins built
1971: Willows, Hodags, Pathfinders, and Ravens cabins built
- – 100 acres added to the north and west of main Camp
1974: Tamaracks cabin built
1976: Off camp trip program
1977: Rental program
1978: New Recreation/Storage Building built
1979: Environmental Education program added
- – Swimming Pier purchased for $17,000
1980: Program began for Danish Counselors
- – Lumberjacks Cabin used as 11th Boys’ Cabin
1981: Indian Hollow developed by campers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- – Leadership program developed
- – Renovation of Health Lodge and Crafts building
- – Additional boys’ bathhouse built
- – Hodge House built
- – Foundation Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary
1983: Nature Center built
- – Totem Pole #2 installed (“NA-WAK-WA”)
1984: Dry storage building built
1986: Pinewood Lodge built
1987: Swimming area expanded
- – Ropes Course program added
- – Trading Post built
- – Dining Hall expanded
1988: Pinewood Lodge lower level completed
- – New main entrance gate built
1989: Phase 1 Lions Lake dredging
- – Nature Center expanded
1991: Memorial Building Office renovated
1992: Memorial Building bathrooms renovated
- – Wood shed built
1994: 40 acres purchased on the south side
1995: Regional Eyeglass Recycling Center built
1997: First and Second of nine year-round Duplex Cabins built
1998: Third and Fourth of nine year-round Duplex Cabins built
1999: Climbing Tower built
- – Friends and Honor Garden built
- – Fifth and Sixth of nine year-round Duplex Cabins built
- – Trading Post expanded
2000: New Rope Swing installed
- – Seventh and Eighth of nine year-round Duplex Cabins built
- – First year of youth with Diabetes
- – Maintenance Shop/Storage built
2001: Ninth of Nine year-round Duplex Cabins built
- – Totem Pole #3 installed
2002: Wisconsin Lions Foundation, Inc. Offices move to expanded Eyeglass Recycling Center
2003: Sturm Memorial Dining Hall renovated
- – Dry Storage building removed
2004: High & Low Challenge Course renovated
2005: New Low Rope Elements added
2006: Rope Swing replaced
- – Foundation Celebrate 50th Year Anniversary
- – Performing Arts program added
- – Health Lodge resolution passed, construction began
2007: Health Lodge built in time for summer season
2008: New elements added to both High and Low Ropes Course
2009: Indian Hollow project completed – electricity and handrail added
2010: Memorial roof project – flat roof removal and re-shingling
2011: Totem Pole #3 removed due to deterioration
2012: Storage shed rebuilt – destroyed by windstorm
- – Temporary 18 ft. Totem Pole installed (“MISCH-KEE-KEE”)
2014: Totem Pole #4 installed
- – Sensory Wall built
2015: Storage Shed rebuilt – destroyed by fire
2017: Gaga Pit installed
2018: Adventure Course & Sun High Ropes built
- – Friends & Honors Garden Addition started
2019: Friends & Honors Garden Addition completed
- – First year of Youth with Epilepsy or Seizure disorders
2021: 9-Square in the Air installed
- – Disc Golf Course complete
2022: Solar panels installed on Duplex Cabin 1
- – Staircase in boys’ area redone
- – Trail around lake resurfaced
2023: Adventure Course shelter built
- – Horseshoe Pits redone
- – Disc Golf Open to the public
- – Rentals Office opened
- – Shade structures complete in swimming & boating areas
- – Dining Hall Ramp entrance redone
- – Circle around Trading Post redone
- – Multipurpose Court started
2024: Multipurpose Court completed
- Eyeglass Recycling Storage Shed built
- Climbing Tower replaced
- Bouldering Wall built

WLF Past Presidents

PRESIDENTS	TERM
LUCARELLI, V.J.	1956-59
LEWIS, FRED	1959-62
STURM, CLARENCE	1962-63
METCALF, VERN	1963-64
JOHNSON, HAROLD	1964-66
SCOTT, HUGH	1966-68
VOLZ, VERN	1968-70
THRALL, CLIFFORD	1970-71
JOHNSON, WILLIAM	1971-73
ROSHELL, J. EUGENE	1973-74
HEIMKE, HOWARD	1974-75
MERRIMAN, HARRY	1975-76
ROSENKRANZ, DR. ALTON	1976-77
SCHOONENBERG, JOHN	1977-78
HOFFMANN, GEORGE	1978-79
STEVENS, DANIEL	1979-80
ENDER, GENE	1980-81
VALLETT, WILLIS	1981-82
MEYER, PETER J.	1982-83
LECY, HELMER N.	1983-84
PETERSON, ROBERT G.	1984-85
HELWIG, HAL	1985-86
CARL, DUWAYNE	1986-87
RABBACH, GERALD H.	1987-88
RYAN, IVAN	1988-89
TYREE, WAYNE	1989-90
HUSBY, RONALD	1990-91
WELCH, ROBERT	1991-92
SCHNEIDER, HERB	1992-93
DUFFE, RON	1993-94
KOHLWEY, ALFRED	1994-95
AHLER, ROBERT	1995-96
POGRANT, DAVID	1996-97
PAVLAT, DON	1997-98
JOHNSON, DON	1998-99
HANDRICK, TED	1999-2000
KORANDA, DENNIS	2000-01
MCMEEKEN, MIKE	2001-02
ZAIS, JERRY	2002-03
SCHROEDER, DALE	2003-04
KJENDALEN, CURT	2004-05
OSINSKI, MARTIN	2005-06
ENDER, ERIC	2006-07
PRYOR, GREG	2007-08
CLAUSEN, TOM	2008-09
MOEGENBURG, GLEN	2009-10
KAISER, DAVID	2010-11
DEINHAMMER, ANDREW	2011-12
HOLTHAUS, ERIC	2012-13
DAVID HEMPEL	2013-14
VRIEZE, LEE	2014-15
REINDL, JACK	2015-16
MUELLER, TOM	2016-17
DICKSON, JOHN	2017-18
MARSON, JO	2018-19
JANOWITZ, TAL	2019-20
VRIEZE, MARY	2020-21
BLANK, DARREL	2021-22
TESTA, LARRY	2022-23
BEHRENS, BRAD	2023-24