The Trading Post is your official source for Camp Manito-wish YMCA clothing, books, music, gifts, and handy staples for camp life. Participants and visitors can shop the Trading Post while they are at Camp or our most popular items are available for purchase right here:
Gift Bundles
Need some ideas for the Manito-wish lover in your life? Select from one of these pre-made gift bundles and let us do the matching for you!
Welcome Bundle
Includes 4 Camp Manito-wish Stickers, 2 Camp themed Croc charms, a fan favorite Nalgene water bottle, and a nylon drawstring bag
Price: $33.50
Coffee Table Bundle
Includes a Camp Manito-wish Tervis, 'Course Set for Manito-wish' history book, a songbook, 'Influence' - a book on Elmer Ott, a Manito-wish bookmark, and 'Where the Tall Pines Grow.'
Price: $110.00
Camper Starter Bundle
Includes a Camp Manito-wish hoodie, sweatpants and Nalgene water bottle.
Price: $71.50
FIRESIDE FUN
Includes a Manito-wish blanket, a deck of cards, a cribbage board, and a Manito-wish paint by number set.
Price: $68.00
Course Set Bundle
Includes a Manito-wish license plate frame, an 'Experience Manito-wish' car sticker, a 'course set for Manito-wish' bumper sticker and a Manito-wish pennant flag.
Price: $18.00
Paul Bunyan Bundle
Includes a Manito-wish mug, a buffalo plaid tote bag, and a matching Stormy Kromer hat.
Price: $57.00
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Vespers Vibes Bundle
Includes a Charles River soft shell jacket, a Where the Tall Pines Grow history book, a Songs of the Northwoods song book, and a Manito-wish CD.
Price: $110.00
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
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Clothing
Manito-wish Hooded Sweatshirt Adult
Show your Manito-wish spirit and impeccable sense of style with the classic Manito-wish sweatshirt! Keeps you warm, comfortable and stylin’. Use the hood to escape from paparazzi who heard you went to Manito-wish and want to get your photo. 50/50 preshrunk cotton/poly blend.
Price: $33
Manito-wish Hooded Sweatshirt Youth
Show your Manito-wish spirit and impeccable sense of style with the classic Manito-wish sweatshirt! Keeps you warm, comfortable and stylin’. Use the hood to escape from paparazzi who heard you went to Manito-wish and want to get your photo. 50/50 preshrunk cotton/poly blend.
Price: $33
Sweatpants
Get up and out or just lounge around in these excellent Manito-wish sweatpants! Actually sweating in them is optional. 55% preshrunk cotton/45% polyester.
Price: $26
TLC Short Sleeve Tee
Price: $20
TLC Long Sleeve Adult Tee
Our Trout Lake Circle T-shirt, specially modified for adults with chronically chilly arms.
Price: $22
Portage On Short Sleeve Tee
Price: $20
Wooden Paddle
Short Sleeve Tee
Price: $20
Canoe Hike Kayak
Short Sleeve Tee
Price: $20
Canoe Hike Kayak
Long Sleeve Tee
Price: $22
Knit Cuffed Winter
Pom Pom Hat
Fun and colorful knit winter pom pom hat embroidered with “The Y” and “Camp Manito-wish YMCA”.
Price: $28
Knit Cuffed Winter
Beanie Hat
Fun and colorful knit winter beanie hat embroidered with “The Y” and “Camp Manito-wish YMCA”.
Price: $20
The Kromer Cap
The legendary cap that started it all. Featuring a retro Manito-wish logo, this hat is made of six panels of pre-shrunk, recycled wool for exceptional comfort, combined with a patented ear band system that can take whatever Mother Nature and Old Man Winter can dish out. 80% recycled wool/20% other fibers. 100% cotton lining. Made in USA.
Price: $37
CMY Retro Visor
Retro Camp Manito-wish YMCA visor.
Price: $20
CMY Patch Logo Cap
Classic CMY patch logo create’s a collectible cap. Durable tough cotton canvas that is soft to the touch and easy on the eyes. Visor for all those sunny days on the lake. Put it on and get paddling!
Price: $22
CMY Embroidered Logo Cap
Another classic CMY logo cap, this time embroidered. Durable tough cotton canvas in three bright colors to choose from.
Price: $22
Gifts and Gear
100th Anniversary
Souvenir Pennant
Get your 100th Anniversary Souvenir Veltex Pennant – hunter green with white imprint
Price: $7
100th Anniversary Commemorative Book
Get your 100th Anniversary Commemorative Book “Where the Tall Pines Grow”
Price: $30
Manito-wish Songbook
Break Out the Oars, Bum and a Fish, The Life of a Voyageur, and all of your Manito-wish favorites, compiled in this thoughtful songbook. Sing them on-key, off-key, or like the campers do, screaming at the top of your lungs — it’s your call.
Price: $15
Snuggle Blanket
A soft and snuggly sweatshirt blanket. Not that similar product you see on all the infomercials; this one is much better. Why? Because it has our name on it, that’s why.
Price: $24
Water bottle
The human body is composed of 60% water, and you’re bound to lose most of it on that super-long portage. Replenish those electrolytes with clear, cold water from our rugged Nalgene® Water Bottles. BPA-free.
Price: $16.00
Camp Manito-wish
YMCA Cinch Sack
This bag will make a great gift for your Camper! Perfect to package up a gift from the Trading Post then reuse to stow gear for a trip to the gym, dance class, soccer, and more! Not so perfect for stowing the raccoon he encountered on Trail. So, use accordingly.
Price: $6
Course Set for
Manito-wish Book
The entire amazing history of camp is documented in Course Set for Manito-wish: The History of Camp-Manitowish YMCA, a beautifully written book by Jon Helminiak. This soft-cover second edition documents Camp’s history through wonderful stories and photographs. A must-read for anyone who knows and loves Manito-wish, and would like to learn even more.
Price: $30
Break Out the Oars/ Songs of Camp Manito-wish YMCA
A great way to pass along traditions and keep memories fresh! Songs include Bum and a Fish, Dreams, Break Out the Oars, On the Shores of Old Lake Boulder, The River Maligne, Life of a Voyageur, many many more, recorded at our 85th Anniversary celebration by Manito-wish alumni! (No alumni were harmed in the making of this CD.)
Price: $10
Influence! The Wisdom of Elmer F. Ott
Elmer Ott directed Camp Manito-wish for 37 amazing and influential years. This collection of his wisdom, observations and beliefs — written in his own words — provides a thoughtful portrait of the man and an insightful guide for camp directors, counselors, campers and parents.
Price: $10
Belt Buckle
Here’s a rough and rugged belt buckle that’ll stand up to whatever Trail (or several extra helpings of echabrunch in your belly) can throw at it. This solid pewter buckle features a beautiful wilderness scene and the Camp Manito-wish YMCA name. By Impression Holding Co, LTD.
Price: $40
Metal Camp Mug
CMY metal camp mugs in 3 fun colors. 16oz. Perfect for hot chocolate around the camp fire.
Price: $10
