Monthly Archives: July 2010

Hello! My name is Jena Rae Carabasi and I am the Algonquin Village Chief here at Matolly. Recently, Ross Williamson (the Algonquin Village Chief at Ockanickon) and I have been bouncing ideas off of one another for our co-eds during a two week session. Last night, we had the privelage of running one of these co-ed activities: a County Fair. The County Fair included classic fairground activities such as Bobbing for Apples, Win a Fish, Egg Toss, Test Your Strength, Finger Painting, Coin Toss, Line Dancing, Fortune Telling, Knock Over Bottles, and Big Wheel of Fun. There was even a [...]

Hello Everyone! It’s Kayla Borden, the Mohawk Village Chief. As you can see, today has been very busy at Matolly for the girls! The weather was great, and dinner was definitely more exciting than usual. […]

Hello readers! Matolly's Seneca VC, Cristina Lepore, here! Session 3 is flying by, but we are having so much fun and are enjoying every second of it! Today at Arts & Crafts, Hana & Meg, our beloved creative engineers, led a really inspiring project. Hana discovered a really neat children's book at Barnes & Noble called, "It's Okay to be Different" by Todd Parr. Each page of the book started with the words 'it's okay to...' and incorporated a lot of silly examples like most children's books do. Hana and Meg invited our campers to create their own "It's Okay [...]

Hello readers! This is Cristina Lepore, the Seneca Village Chief. The staff at Matollionequay want to thank our campers and their families for an awesome Session Two. We can't believe it's over already! The summer goes too quickly! We were so anxious this weekend to meet the campers of Session Three. We were excited to see some familiar faces and just as excited to meet some new Matolly girls! Our camp family keeps on growing, and we're thankful that you're all a part of it! Seneca Village enjoyed the skits and songs that the counselors presented last night and went [...]