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Camp Nelson Dodd opened in 1921 through an initial gift of land to the State YMCA of Ohio (a predecessor to the current Ohio-West Virginia State YMCA chartered in 1984) by J. Foster Dodd. He gave family farm land near Brinkhaven in Knox County as a memorial to his youngest brother Nelson. The camp's last operating season was 1967. It was sold to the Newark YMCA who operated it for a few years and then closed the camp. In the early 1990's the Newark YMCA sold Camp Nelson Dodd to the Evans Foundation in Newark. The Foundation now leases the property to the Joy of Living Ministries. |
Many former Camp Nelson Dodd campers have sent us their memories about their Camp Nelson Dodd experience. [ Read their Comments ].
If you were connected with Camp Nelson Dodd in some way, we want to hear from you. Please take a few moments to fill out the Nelson Dodd Participant Reply Form.
Periodically we send out a Nelson Dodd newsletter to those former Nelson Dodd campers and friends who have shared their email address with us. Here are some past newsletters that you may view online:
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Gifts of Camp Nelson Dodd items are welcome! Our goal is to have a Nelson Dodd Memorial building or at least a room at the Ohio-West Virginia State YMCA's new Ohio residential Cave Lake Center for Community Leadership. Pictures, postcards, brochures, memoribilia and other Nelson Dodd materials are welcome additions to our collection. Give us a call or mail them to us.
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