Welcome to the Muskegon Y's Club - Supporting Camp Pendalouan
Since its inception in 1926, the Y’s Club has continually led fundraising efforts ranging from the original purchase of Camp Pendalouan’s property on Big Blue Lake, to scholarships for deserving area youth, to funding maintenance and improvements in Camp cabins and facilities. The annual White Elephant Sale was introduced in 1963 and ran 56 years, raising over one million dollars! Spurred by the effects of the pandemic, the Club re-invented the Sale to become a year-round online Auction Sale. Learn how you can support the new tradition in the section “White Elephant Auction Sale”.
Learn About Camp Pendalouan
YMCA Camp Pendalouan on the shores of Big Blue Lake offers a quiet, rustic setting and unparalleled service for groups from throughout Michigan and the Great Lakes region. We are located near Muskegon, Michigan, on over 150 acres of mature oak-pine forest, adjacent to the Manistee National Forest and the White River.
Summer camps, seasonal events, weekend camps, school programs, and group retreats highlight our camping program at Pendalouan. And our success as a four-season camp dates back to 1925.
As a YMCA camp, we have access to national standards for developing character as well as host of other assets. We maximize our resources through soliciting and acting on parent evaluations, following state guidelines, and maintaining the highest possible standards established by the American Camp Association.
Our Affiliations
International Affiliations
We are Internationally affiliated with Y Service Clubs International, with 1000+ clubs in 60+ countries. The Y's Men International (Y Service Clubs International) is oriented to serving the worldwide YMCA and the communities in which it is present throughout the world.
Their mission is to strive through active service to develop, encourage and provide leadership to build a better world for all humankind.
Local Affiliations
We are locally affiliated with the Muskegon YMCA and Camp Pendalouan. The camp is the official YMCA Camp that we support.
More About Muskegon Y's Club
Our Y's Club Mission
The Muskegon Y’s Club supports the broader mission of the Y Service Clubs International:
To strive through active service to develop, encourage and provide leadership to build a better world for all humankind.
Our specific mission in Muskegon, MI:
To support the Muskegon YMCA Camp Pendalouan through fundraising activities that include scholarships for deserving youth, donations for cabin and facility maintenance, and contributing to camp improvements.
Membership
While formerly known as the Muskegon Y’s Men’s Club, we accept both female and male adults as members. We meet twice a month for lunch. In recent years, we meet jointly with the Muskegon Host Lions Club for the first meeting of the month, sharing the responsibility to host an interesting and informative speaker. Quarterly dues cover club, region and international fees ($25/quarter in 2022). Dues do not cover lunch expenses.