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Top 10 Camp Movies of All Time

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-10-16T12:05:31-04:00October 16th, 2012|

So, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom was just released on DVD and Blu-Ray last week and as an avid movie-watcher of any sort, camp movies in particular hold a special place in my heart. I decided to share my Top 10 Camp Movies of All Time with the rest of the nation. And yes, this is the child-friendly list. We will leave Jason Voorhees off for now. 1. Meatballs 2. Heavyweights 3. Earnest Goes to Camp 4. Camp Nowhere 5. The Parent Trap (1961) 6. Moonrise Kingdom 7. The Great Outdoors (not really camp, but camping all the same) 8. Indian Summer 9. Addams Family [...]

Keep in touch…

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-04-04T09:13:15-04:00April 4th, 2012|

Hello everyone! I would like to introduce to our Guest Blogger for today… Emily Madison. Emily is a local girl from Medford and has gone from Camper up the ranks thru our C.I.T. and L.I.T programs to become an amazing staff member. Last summer Emily was Matolly’s Land Sports Director and has accepted the duty of being our Boating Director for the summer of 2012. Emily is currently in her first year at Clark University but we can’t wait to get her back home to Camp this summer!! Without further ado… here’s Emily on friendships created here at Camp and continued [...]

Camp Friendships

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-03-23T06:46:01-04:00March 23rd, 2012|

My friend, and fellow CIT, Mike, shot me an email last week; “When are you going to write about me?” Well Mike, here you go … After I got that email from Mike, I started thinking about what makes our friendship, and the other friendships we’ve developed at camp over the years, so much stronger than the friendships developed growing up in school and from home. What makes them stand the test of time? I wasn’t able to come up with an answer. Luckily, someone smarter than me had already done the legwork. Michael Thompson is a psychologist and author whom [...]

Saint Patrick’s Day weekend…

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-03-18T17:33:29-04:00March 18th, 2012|

Hello folks... Another busy weekend here at the Kitchen at YMCA Camps of Medford. In honor of Saint Partick's Day, my Friday evening "Learn to Cook" class learned how to make Irish Soda Bread from scratch AND the delicious Philadelphia regional treat, Irish Potatoes!! On Saturday we held a "Beef and Ale" style fundraiser here at Camp and served up the tastiest Corned Beef and Cabbage you've ever had!! Also making an appearance for the meal was more Irish Soda Bread. I made 12 loaves on Saturday morning and just about every crumb was consumed. The compliments poured in over [...]

Never judge a book…

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-03-18T16:46:46-04:00March 18th, 2012|

Hello everyone... Chef Jason here to introduce another Guest Blogger. Lauren Correia has been a Camper and Staff at Camp Matollionequay for years. As a Staff member Lauren has held many titles culminating with being our CIT/LIT Director for 3 years running at Matolly. Here is a very sweet little story that I found on Lauren's personal Blog and I asked if we could share it here. Thankfully she said yes!! Without further ado... Ms. Lauren Correia... Isobel Sloan (pictured left) and I (pictured right) had the great fortune of being Camp Matolly's boating directors for the summer of 2008. [...]

Life-long friendship…

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-03-14T17:03:42-04:00March 14th, 2012|

Hello everyone… This week the Matolly post has been contributed by a guest blogger. Our own Matolly girl, Hana Nobel, has a heartfelt story to share with all of us. Hana has been involved with Camp for quite some time as a Camper and Staff member, as you will discover below. So without further ado… here’s Hana… As a Mohawk counselor and Village Chief, a lot of girls have asked me if they should continue on to camp‚s Counselor In Training (CIT) program. I always tell my campers that in addition to learning a ton about camp, the friends you [...]

Did you know?

By YMCA of the Pines|2012-02-02T11:38:53-05:00February 2nd, 2012|

This year Matolly celebrates it's 75th anniversary!! Keep your eyes and ears open for ways to join us in celebration this summer... and if you haven't signed up for Summer Camp yet you better hurry. Beds are filling up quickly!!

5th Annual Gobbler Run

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-11-20T18:14:38-05:00November 20th, 2011|

The five-day forecast is reporting sunshine and temperatures in the high 50's for our 5th Annual Gobbler Run and Family Fun Walk next Saturday. Last year with temperatures in the low 40's, we had over 300 registered participants. Be sure to register to secure your race number! https://ycamp.org/documents/2011GobblerRun.pdf

Roll Up Your Sleeves

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-10-15T17:50:13-04:00October 15th, 2011|

As some of you might have noticed, today was our fall Roll Up Your Sleeves or RUYS. Unlike our traditional RUYS which has been a full weekend in the past. This weekend’s RUYS was a single day. We would like to thank all the families and Horizon Health Care for coming out today to help us clean, paint, plant, and repair. In total, we had around 40 people come and volunteer their time to help make camp a little cleaner and a little better. Interested in our programs? Please head to www.ycamp.org to find out more about or programs.

Camp is buzzing again

By YMCA of the Pines|2011-09-10T16:30:01-04:00September 10th, 2011|

The YMCA Camps of Medford have been pretty quiet since Hurricane Irene passed through and this weekend we are extremely excited to have folks out at both camps. The Howell Girl Scouts arrived Friday evening with about 200 Girl Scouts and the University of Pennsylvania arrived Saturday morning with about 80 students. The Howell Girl Scouts have been coming to Camp Matollionequay […]