Winners' Camp Foundation

Winners’ Camp is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational foundation with a 40-year legacy of empowering Hawai‘i’s youth and communities. Our flagship program is a week-long residential leadership and accelerated learning retreat for teens ages 13–17.

Since 1985, more than 20,000 campers and 1,500 graduate leaders have completed our programs. In a safe, supportive environment, teens break through self-imposed limitations, discover courage, and build lasting self-confidence through experiential learning and outdoor challenges.

Our curriculum blends leadership development, accelerated learning, and character building to help teens:

Develop a strong sense of self-esteem and identity
Build cooperative and responsible relationships
Strengthen trust, teamwork, and communication
Learn conflict resolution and advanced communication skills
Cultivate academic growth through mindset, habits, and study strategies

More than academics, Winners’ Camp fosters positive attitudes and self-belief — the foundation for success in school, relationships, and life.

Her-story

Founded in 1984 by Delorese Malulani Gregoire and a group of alumni from Marshall Thurber’s Business and You Lifeskills courses, Winners’ Camp held its first programs on Kaua‘i with the support of contributors such as Vic Quiton, Guy Tucker, Dr. Trinidad Hunt, Michael Wall, Dr. Stephanie Burns, Mick Quenzer, Pam Chambers, and Anthony Robbins. In 2000, the foundation received a license from Kamehameha Schools / Princess Pauahi Bishop Estate to establish its home on Kamehame Ridge, where it has grown into a nonprofit that has empowered thousands of teens through experiential learning, leadership development, and community connection.

Discover the vision that started it all.

Our Ohana Mama

Delorese Gregoire is the Founder of Winners’ Camp with a rich history of working with teenagers and their families as Founder of Hawai’i Study Tours, which brought students from around the world to study in Hawai’i. In 1984 she directed a team of enthusiastic educators and created Winners’ Camp Foundation. She developed specialized programs with the Department of Education, the Department of Health, and private foundations, businesses, and financial institutions; both private and public schools across the Islands, the Mainland, Japan and China.

Our Director

In 2000 our director, Jeannette Emley Macaluso, first attended Winners' Camp as a camper and realized "This is my place." She returned on the weekends to help build up the site and to camps as a leader, facilitator and administrator, through high school and college, stepping aside when she began a family.

Her children attended camp after Covid in 2022 and they haven't left. She is now the Executive Director and works alongside her husband and children up at Winners' Camp.

Our Mission

Dedicated to empowering Hawai‘i’s youth, families, and educators through experiential learning. Winners' Camp:

Provides leadership training for teens, families, and educators.
Awakens teens to their personal and community potential.
Helps young people break through self-limiting beliefs and move toward success.
Equips teens with tools for learning and inspires excellence.
Teaches the Five R’s: Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Resilience, and Restraint.
Supports educators with experiential teaching tools through workshops and seminars.

Our Board of Directors

Winners’ Camp is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors and community leaders committed to our mission:

Allan Silva, President

Debbie Bohol, Secretary

David Livingston, Past President

Charles Long, Director

Joseph O'Connell, Director, Graduate