Getting up and getting out
Anybody who has run around Camp Ockanickon’s trail system in the past couple of weeks must be wondering why some of our single track trails have started to look a little bigger and a little cleaner.
Matolly L.I.T.s of 2011
Hello! We are the L.I.T. group of 2011! L.I.T. means that we are Leaders in Training. Being an L.I.T. includes writing in our newly decorated log books, which are notebooks we record our lessons and adventures in from leadership training. Though it's been raining the past two days, we've still managed to not let it rain on our parade. On the first full day of camp we made a list of things we'd like to accomplish and because we have a lot of freedom and flexibility with our schedule, we have quickly been crossing things off one by one. We've [...]
Sweet Spot
Gary Forster, a long time YMCA director and current camp consultant, visited our camp earlier this year during staff orientation as we all prepared for summer camp. Gary maintains a newsletter that goes out to camping professionals all over the country. Check out the shout out Gary gave to our very own Rich Rupert, Explorers village chief for Lake Stockwell and Recreational Specialist for our Outdoor Recreation department: Sweet Spot – Program instructor (and former U.S. Marine) Richard Rupert explained how he made an hour with 8-year-olds into something magic. “I was supposed to be supervising a game of baseball [...]