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Monthly Archives: May 2012

Scrap to Treasure…

By |2012-05-06T07:36:47-04:00May 6th, 2012|

Hey everyone!! Did you know... back in the kitchen here at Camp we are beginning to compost our fruit and vegetable scraps? When feeding the volumes of people we feed we produce peels and trimmings from cucumbers, lettuce, cantaloupe, tomatoes, onions, etc, etc... and we thought it was high time we start turning those scraps in to treasure!! Compost!! My Assistant, Nick and I have prepared a rudimentary area for the process and have revived 2 old composters that Camp had hanging around, collecting dust. Our hopes is that we can produce some quality usable compost for distribution around Camp's various [...]

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Semper Paratus….Always Ready

By |2012-05-05T15:07:17-04:00May 5th, 2012|

This past Friday I had the great pleasure of welcoming the local US Coast Guard Auxiliary to YMCA Camp Ockanickon. The purpose of their visit was to do safety checks on camps canoes, rowboats, PFD’s, paddles and oars. Established by Congress in 1939 under title 14, §§ 23of the U.S. Code, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is Semper Paratus…Always Ready. There are over 30,000 members of the US Coast Guard Reserve and they perform a variety of services to protect our waterways each year. The Auxiliary performs: Safety and Security Patrols Search and Rescue Mass Causality or Disasters Pollution Response [...]

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Thought of the Day…

By |2012-05-02T12:52:39-04:00May 2nd, 2012|

RISK more than others think is safe, CARE more than others think is wise, DREAM more than others think is practical, EXPECT more than others think is possible.                                                ~cadet maxim

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Thank You!

By |2012-05-01T13:40:37-04:00May 1st, 2012|

A big thank you goes out today to Atlanticare and their Healthy Schools Initiative. AtlantiCare recieved funding to create student run advisory boards at eight schools in Atlantic County that all particpated in raising awareness and concern for health and safety issues affecting their communities. Today, all eight advisory boards came out to camp to have some fun and enjoy their success. Thank you to everyone that came out to camp today for all of the hard work you have put into this program!

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